Sumerian Cuneiform Gallery
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Cuneiform tablet containing administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impress
Flood Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Library ofAshurbanipal (Nineveh, 600s BC).Gilgamesh w
Cuneiform tablet counting beer for the workers. Circa 3100-3000 B.C, from Uruk in what is now southe
The first dictionary,Around 2,300 BC a group of Semitic people called the Akkadians invaded and conq
Ruins of the Sumerian city of Uruk, the oldest city in the world.During the Uruk Period (c. 4000 – 2
tammuz:Sumerian Cuneiform tablet from the ancient city of Nippur dating back to 1730 BCE. The inscri
Letter from the High Priest Lu'enna to the King of Lagash (Girsu, c.2400 BC).In this letter, the hig
A cuneiform receipt for the sale of goats, Sumer, circa 2,000 BC.
Sumerian terracotta tablet with pictographs (c. 3500 BC, during theLate Uruk Period). Dimensions ar
Sumerian contract for the sale of a field and a house (Shuruppak, c.2600 BC). Dimensions are 8.5 x
Terracotta brick of Eannatum, Prince of Lagash (Girsu, c. 2450 BC).Eannatum gives his title and desc
Hymn to Iddin-Dagan of Isin (c. 1950 BC).During the dynasties of Isin and Larsa, hymns exalting the
Part of a stone monument inscribed with the name of Utu-hengal, king of Uruk (Ur, c. 1215 BC).In 233
Tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal (600s BC) in the BritishMuseum.Discovery and translation of
Sumerian King List (c. 1800 BC), probably found at Larsa.This clay prism (20 x 9cm) is inscribed on
Sumerian foundation figurines:Foundation figurine of Ur-Nammu (r.2112 – 2095 BC) from the Temple of
Cylinder seal of the Sumerian king Shulgi (r. 2094 – 2047 BC).Under the unifying force of the Third
allmesopotamia:rsbenedict:This week’s Sumerian sign is gullum, cat.Cuneiform is from the Pennsylvani
Sumerian cuneiform tablet (c. 3100 – 2900 BC). Administrativeaccount recording the distribution of
The Weld-Blundell Prism, inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform with the Sumerian King List (1800 BC).This
Limestone tablet with Sumerian cuneiform (late 4thmillennium BC, during Uruk III).This is possibly a
Room 55 at the British Museum, showing tablets from the Library ofAshurbanipal. This display i
A sikkatu (cone/peg) inscribed in the Sumerian and Akkadianlanguages from the reign of Samsu-iluna (
Details from the war scene of the Standard of Ur (Sumer, c. 2500 BC).Sumer was the southernmost regi
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