WESTERN ASIATIC EARLY DYNASTIC CYLINDER SEAL WITH CONTEST SCENE Early 3rd millennium BC A lapis lazuli cylinder seal with a dense frieze...

I was taking photos in the main hall of the Sulaymaniyah Museum and came across a display case containing a small clay tablet. The...

Script is any particular system of writing or the written means of human communication. In the West, writing begins in Sumeria over 4,000...

Lugal-Dalu was probably a local ruler of Adab. The inscriptions on the statue's right shoulder describe the depicted man as "king of...

A pair of golden earrings with the shape of a half pumpkin. The overlying decorative cuneiform inscriptions mention that these earrings...

Lion Attacking Stag Before Tree on Mountain Mesopotamia, Middle Assyrian period(ca. thirteenth century B.C.)Chert 30 x 13 mm Seal no. 603...

Stone Bowl With a Dedication Inscription in Sumerian Inscribed: (To) [a deity], Megirimta, child born to Lugal-kisalsi (and) wife of...

Imagine something that has never been thought of before. If one holds a book in one’s hands, one can imagine an e-book, a large-print...

Enki is a god of Sumerian mythology and, later in time, known as Ea in Babylonian mythology. He was the deity of sweet water, crafts,...

The Atrahasis is the Akkadian/Babylonian epic of the Great Flood sent by the gods to destroy human life. Only the good man, Atrahasis...

The Hymn to Ninkasi is at once a song of praise to Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of beer, and an ancient recipe for brewing. Written down...

The Queen of the Night (also known as the `Burney Relief’) is a high relief terracotta plaque of baked clay, measuring 19.4 inches (49.5...

The Epic of Gilgamesh was originally a Sumerian poem, later translated into Akkadian, and first written down some 700 – 1000 years after...

📷 Ur-Nammu (reigned 2047-2030 BCE) was the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur in Sumer who initiated the so-called Ur III Period...

Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk best known from The Epic of Gilgamesh (written c. 2150-1400 BCE) the great Sumerian/Babylonian...

Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. It is considered the most...

Uruk was one of the most important cities (at one time, the most important) in ancient Mesopotamia. According to the Sumerian King List,...

Eridu (present day Abu Shahrein, Iraq) was considered the first city in the world by the ancient Sumerians and, certainly, is among the...

Ur was a city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, in what is modern-day Iraq. According to biblical tradition, the city is...

Godin Tepe is, today, an archaeological site in the Kangavar valley of Luristan, in western central Iran. The name means "hill of Godin"...