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OLD BABYLONIAN ADMINISTRATIVE CUNEIFORM TABLET 20th-17th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN ADMINISTRATIVE CUNEIFORM TABLET 20th-17th century BC A baked clay rectangular tablet with cuneiform text...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


OLD AKKADIAN ADMINISTRATIVE CUNEIFORM DOCUMENT 25th-23rd century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD AKKADIAN ADMINISTRATIVE CUNEIFORM DOCUMENT 25th-23rd century BC A baked clay rectangular tablet with cuneiform script...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


OLD BABYLONIAN LEGAL DOCUMENT CUNEIFORM TABLET 20th-17th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN LEGAL DOCUMENT CUNEIFORM TABLET 20th-17th century BC A baked clay rectangular tablet with cuneiform text...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


WCUNEIFORM TABLET 2nd millennium BC
WESTERN ASIATIC CUNEIFORM TABLET 2nd millennium BC A baked clay rectangular tablet with horizontal lines of cuneiform text to both sides....

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET DOCUMENTING SILVER AND NAMED MEN 21st-17th century
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET DOCUMENTING SILVER AND NAMED MEN 21st-17th century BC A baked clay rectangular tablet...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET DOCUMENTING PRECIOUS METALS 19th-17th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET DOCUMENTING PRECIOUS METALS 19th-17th century BC A baked clay rectangular tablet with...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


SUMERIAN STATUETTE OF A WORSHIPPER 3rd millennium BC
WESTERN ASIATIC SUMERIAN STATUETTE OF A WORSHIPPER 3rd millennium BC A bronze figure of a standing male worshipper, small cap of hair to...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


SUMERIAN HEAD OF A PRIEST 3rd millennium BC
WESTERN ASIATIC SUMERIAN HEAD OF A PRIEST 3rd millennium BC A carved alabaster male head with long wavy hair combed back from the brow,...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


ACHAEMENID WORSHIPPER TORSO STATUETTE 5th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC ACHAEMENID WORSHIPPER TORSO STATUETTE 5th century BC A carved limestone statuette of a male worshipper with hands clasped...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


BABYLONIAN MUSHUSSU HEAD SPOUT 8th-5th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC BABYLONIAN MUšHUššU HEAD SPOUT 8th-5th century BC A ceramic vessel spout in the form of a Sirrush, with arched eyebrows,...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH MAGICAL INSCRIPTION 2nd millennium BC
WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH MAGICAL INSCRIPTION 2nd millennium BC A banded carnelian cylinder seal engraved with four...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


MESOPOTAMIAN PRIEST WITH TEMPLE OFFERING FIGURINE Late 3rd millennium BC
WESTERN ASIATIC MESOPOTAMIAN PRIEST WITH TEMPLE OFFERING FIGURINE Late 3rd millennium BC A carved limestone figure of a kilted priest or...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


FIRST DYNASTY OF ISIN CUNEIFORM TAG 1923-1896 BC
WESTERN ASIATIC FIRST DYNASTY OF ISIN CUNEIFORM TAG 1923-1896 BC A baked clay tablet with cuneiform text with list of domestic animals...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


The Gilgamesh Seal
Western Asiatic Akkadian Gilgamesh Cylinder Seal Old Akkadian, late 3rd millennium BC. A black agate cylinder seal with intaglio scenes...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20182 min read


Babylonian Bronze Beaker, ca 10th - 9th century BC
This superb bronze beaker from ancient western Iran dates to the 10th-9th century B.C. The beaker has a slender and cylindrical shape...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20183 min read


Mesopotamian Hematite Duck Weight, Babylon, ca 2100 - 1800 BC
A measuring weight carved from hematite in the shape of a stylized duck, its long neck turned across its back, the head resting flat in...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read


Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation # Kingdoms of Sumeria
The Enuma Elish (also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation) is the Mesopotamian creation myth whose title is derived from the opening...

Ryan Moorhen
Feb 2, 201833 min read


Cylinder Seals in Ancient Mesopotamia # Kingdoms of Sumeria
Among the most interesting and revealing artifacts discovered from ancient Mesopotamia are the objects known as cylinder seals. These...

Ryan Moorhen
Feb 2, 201812 min read


Eclipse Tablet Inscribed in Babylonian # Kingdoms of Sumeria
Tablet Inscribed in Babylonian with a Ritual for the Observances of Eclipses Mesopotamia, seleucid period(ca. third-first century...

Ryan Moorhen
Feb 2, 20181 min read


Striding Bull # Kingdoms of Sumeria
Striding Bull Cylinder seal and impression Persia, Achaemenid periodca. 550–330 B.C.Chalcedony25 x 13 mmSeal no. 837 See more information...

Ryan Moorhen
Feb 2, 20181 min read
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