WESTERN ASIATIC CYLINDER SEAL WITH GODDESS FOR NAMED GATEKEEPER 21st-19th century BC A haematite cylinder seal engraved with the figure...

WESTERN ASIATIC SUMERIAN STATUE 3rd millennium BC A steatite statue of a worshipper wearing a long robe, hands clasped together in the...

WESTERN ASIATIC SUMERIAN WORSHIPPER STATUETTE 2550-2400 BC A carved limestone statuette of a standing female with her hands clasped at...

WESTERN ASIATIC SUMERIAN FIGURINE 2600-2400 BC A gypsum statuette of a male or female worshipper with eyes inlaid with shell and black...

WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN LETTER IN A SEALED ENVELOPE 1731 BC A baked clay letter in sealed baked clay envelope with lines of...

WESTERN ASIATIC NEO-SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM MESSENGER TABLET FROM IRI-SAGRIG 2037 BC A baked clay tablet with cuneiform text in columns. 48...

WESTERN ASIATIC NEO-SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM MESSENGER TABLET FROM IRI-SAGRIG 2032 BC A baked clay tablet with cuneiform text in columns: "1...

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...