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Sumerian foundation figurines:Foundation figurine of Ur-Nammu (r.2112 – 2095 BC) from the Temple of

archaicwonder:Kassite Kudurru (Boundary Stone), c. 1125-1100 BC The cuneiform inscription on this ku

Cylinder seal of the Sumerian king Shulgi (r. 2094 – 2047 BC).Under the unifying force of the Third

peashooter85:Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet and figurine discovered in a tomb dating to aroun

A Proto - Cuneiform beer recipe, Mesopotamia, approximately 3,000 BC

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

Ur-Nammu’s dedication tablet for the Temple of Inanna in Uruk (2112 -2095 BC).Ur-Nammu was the

Mesopotamian foundation cones like this one were designed to simulate a builder’s nail or peg;

The Weld-Blundell Prism, inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform with the Sumerian King List (1800 BC).This

hildegard-von-bingen:The earliest-known hymn writer inhistory was the Akkadian highpriestess Enhedua

Copy of Utu-hengal’s victory stele describing his victory overTirigan, king of Gutium (c.

Flood tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Nineveh, 800s BC).The cuneiform text on this tablet is an ear

The Complaint Tablet of Ea-NasirCurrently on display at the British Museum, the “Complain

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

massarrah:Literature from Mesopotamia: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet 6This Neo-Assyrian tablet prese

A sikkatu (cone/peg) inscribed in the Sumerian and Akkadianlanguages from the reign of Samsu-iluna (

allthingslinguistic:Cuneiform cookies from the Penn Museum blog! See their post for how to make them

Details from the war scene of the Standard of Ur (Sumer, c. 2500 BC).Sumer was the southernmost regi

The twelve tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Library ofAshurbanipal (600s BC), held in the B

Glencairn’s Ancient Near East Gallery features cuneiform tablets; cylinder seals with imag

Jon-Michael Frank (American, based Puget Sound, WA, USA) - Illustration for book How’s Eve

worldhistoryfacts: Cuneiform receipt for cattle and sheep from the royal cattle office, 21st century

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