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~2300 BCE·Akkadian Empire

ETCSRI

Sargon 12

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Sargon 13

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on its socle.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Sargon 15

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Sargon 16

(1) Enheduana, the zirru-priestess, Nanna's spouse, child of Šarrukin, king of the world, erected an altar in the temple of Inana-ZAZA in Urim. She named it “The altar is An's table”.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Sargon 2001

(1') ..., the estate adminstrator of Tašlultum, Šarrukin's spouse, ... for the well-being ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Sargon 2006add

(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

Sargon 2007add

(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

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…

Sargon 12

Sargon 13

Sargon 15

Sargon 16

Sargon 2001

Sargon 2006add

Sargon 2007add

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

Adab 0650

Adab 0815

Adab 0846

Adab 0865

Adab 0965 + 1016-1

AuOr 09, 148 4

BuB 2, 07

HSS 10, 024

HSS 10, 031

MAD 1, 195

MAD 1, 291

MAD 5, 091

MAD 5, 112

MVN 03, 025

MVN 03, 055

MVN 03, 107

OAIC 04

OIP 014, 089

OIP 014, 182

OSP 2, 056

OSP 2, 066

OSP 2, 071

OSP 2, 077

OSP 2, 115

OSP 2, 116

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 03

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 14

RIME 2.01.05.10, ex. 01

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. 07

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. 08

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. 09

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add12

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add13

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add14

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add15

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add16

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add17

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add18

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add19

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add21

RIME 2.13.06.01, ex. add22

RIME 2.13.06.03, ex. 08