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The Jerusalem Prism and Sennacherib
The Jerusalem prism was acquired by the Israel Museum at a Sotheby's auction in 1970. It was only published in 1990. The three known...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20182 min read
A Praise Poem to Iddin-Dagān - Louvre Prism
Iddin-Dagan (Akkadian: Iddin-Dagān, inscribed di-din dda-gan; fl. c. 1910 BC — c. 1890 BC by the short chronology of the ancient Near...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20183 min read
Clay Prism of Senanacherib - Oriental Institute
On the six inscribed sides of this clay prism, King Sennacherib recorded eight military campaigns undertaken against various peoples who...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Assyrian Prism of Esarhaddon
The cuneiform inscription on this hexagonal clay prism narrates the military campaigns of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (reigned 680-669...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20181 min read
Fragment of an Assyrian Prism
Only this fragment of a large Assyrian terracotta prism has survived. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian period. 8th and 7th...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20181 min read
Terracotta Foundation Document from Nineveh
This terracotta prism was found in Nineveh. It documents Sennacherib's military campaigns and the rebuilding of the city of Nineveh. The...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20181 min read
The Taylor Prism of King Sennacherib
This prism records the first eight campaigns of the Assyrian King Sennacherib (704-681 BCE). This six-sided baked clay document (or...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20181 min read
The Babylonian Chronicle and Nineveh's Fall
This clay tablet is one of a series that chronicles important events between 747-282 BCE. Here, the text narrates the events between...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20181 min read
The Taylor Prism Versus the Sennacherib Prism
The Taylor PrismOffsite Link, a six-sided baked clay document (or prism) was discovered at the Assyrian capital NinevehOffsite Link, in...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Ain Dara Neo-Hittite Temple
Ain Dara is located in northern Syria, about 65 km. northwest of Aleppo. In 1955 the discovery of a monumental basalt lion led to the...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Karatepe and the Storm God
The Late Hittite fortress of Karatepe (also named as Aslantaş) is in the province of Osmaniye and in the district of Kadirli. The site...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20184 min read
The Nergal Fragment that Changed the World
A fragment of a circular stone vessel which was dedicated to the temple of God Nergal by a high official. The carved scenes in low relief...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Nergal - Essential Sumerian Knowledge
NergalGod of war, plague, death, and disease📷Ancient Parthian relief carving of Nergal from Hatra in Iraq, dating to the first or second...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Apkallu in Urartu Mythology with Winged Disc on Bucket
Theispas (also known as Teisheba or Teišeba) of Kumenu was the Araratian (Urartian) weather-god, notably the god of storms and thunder....
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Apkallu is Standardized as an Inscription of king Ashurnasirpal II
A close-up image of the "Standard Inscription" of the Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II. This is part of a wall relief that depicts an...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Apkallu Ceremony Directly linked to ENKI / EA
Sumerian God Holding The Ceremonial Ritual of Water Bucket. Usually Identifiable To Enki/Ea and Marduk/Ashur.
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Ashurnasirpal II Prays with his Apkallu Friends with the God Shamash
The Assyrian king appears to raise his right hand and point his right index finger in a gesture of worship. He holds a mace, the symbol...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Apkallu Wall Reliefs with Hand Posture
Detail of a gypsum wall relief from the northwest at Nimrud. What has survived is the left hand of an apkallu (Akkadian word meaning...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20182 min read
The Nimrud Apkallu Lost to History
The city of Nimrud, known as Calah in the Bible, became the capital of the neo-Assyrian Empire in 883 B.C., under King Ashurnasirpal II....
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Lahmu God
Lahmu was a minor god associated with the god Ea. Ritual texts prescribe that such figures be buried in the corners of a room and in the...
Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
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