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~2300 BCE·Akkadian Empire

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(1) To Šara of the E-mah, Egal-isi, the temple administrator of Zabalam, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Šarrukin, king of Agade.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

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(1) To Šara of the Abzu-banda, Egal-isi, the temple administrator of Zabalam, dedicated this (object) for the well-being of Šarrukin, king of Agade.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten. Yapahu requests help against Hapiru (Biblical Hebrews), a…

Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Clay tablet. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions the jewelry names in honor of the city of Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. C. 600 BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions the jewelry names in honor of the city of Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. Neo-Babylonian period, c. 600 BCE. V…

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 1

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Small clay tablet with cuneiform writing on both sides (in Akkadian language), from Early Old Babylonian period. It displays an account of labor, specifically refe…

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- Akkadian synonym list, Malku=sharru, tablet 3 MET ME86 11 371

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Seleucid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Epic of Gilgamesh Flood Tablet in Akkadian Cuneiform - Nate Loper (43494374962)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text, after…

Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Old Babylonian baked clay cylinder. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions a capacity table. 18th-16th century BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Babylonian baked clay cylinder. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions a capacity table. 18th-16th century BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin…

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

PATESI Ensi on the tablet of Lugalannatum

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 fr). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: PATESI (Sumerian reading) Ensi (Akkadian reading) on the tablet of Lugalannatum

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Sargon 2007add

Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten

Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Clay tablet. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions the jewelry names in honor of the city of Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. C. 600 BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 1

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

Cuneiform tablet- Akkadian synonym list, Malku=sharru, tablet 3 MET ME86 11 371

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

Epic of Gilgamesh Flood Tablet in Akkadian Cuneiform - Nate Loper (43494374962)

Old Babylonian baked clay cylinder. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions a capacity table. 18th-16th century BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

PATESI Ensi on the tablet of Lugalannatum

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 140, 1971-349

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 245, Bod S 295

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 340

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CUSAS 11, 283

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