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“Their men, young and old, I took as prisoners. Of some I cut off the feet and hands; of other

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

allmesopotamia:“Calculation of the surface area of a terrain at Umma, Mesopotamia (Iraq). Clay

Parthian of a man from Hatra, Iraq

ahencyclopedia:LOVE, SEX AND MARRIAGE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA: Marriage in ancient Mesopotamia w

catalina-de-aragon:Women in History:EnheduannaShe was an Akkadian princess as well as High Priestess

yourmaj3sty:   The myth of Ishtar symbolizes the descent of the human spirit through the s

Limestone tablet with Sumerian cuneiform (late 4thmillennium BC, during Uruk III).This is possibly a

dwellerinthelibrary:“Old Babylonian Terracotta Plaque: God with Sword smiting Enemy (Mesop

Ancient civilizations that History forgot (Part 2): Hurrian civilizationA people living in East Anat

whencyclopedia: Gudea, Prince of Lagash Diorite statue of Gudea, prince of the state of Lagash in So

Excavations of the Eanna Temple at Uruk (Sumer).Uruk was divided into two sections: the older Anu Di

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

Lapis-lazuli and gold bull head fragment of ancient lyre from Ur

Aerial view of the Sumerian archaeological site of Uruk (Warka, Iraq).The history of Sumer is from c

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

[Left]Cylinder seal impressionFrom cylinder seal. Mesopotamia, Babylonian period. 1700 BC, hematitep

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

Ancient Mesopotamian cylinder seal with impression, depicting a banquet scene.  Artist unknown;

Kassite Cylinder Seal, dates to between 1595 and 1155 BC (Middle Babylonian). The impressi

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

Sumerianstone sculpture with Gilgamesh wrestling two bulls; two lions alsoappear.  Found in the

Bevelled-rim bowl (Nippur, c. 3300 – 3100 BC).  Ceramic, 8.2 x 19.0x 19.0 cm.  Late

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