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Foundation Tablet of Amar-Seun from Ur
This is a stone tablet, inscribed with a cuneiform text. This was a dedication to the Temple of Nanna at Kar-Zida of Ur, by Amar-Seun (Amar-Sin). Amar-Seun was king of Ur III dynasty. From Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Sumerian...
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Foundation Tablet of Ammar-Seun from Girsu
This is a stone tablet, inscribed with a cuneiform text. This was a dedication to the Temple of Inanna at Girsu by Amar-Seun (Amar-Sin). Amar-Seun was king of Ur III dynasty. From Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Sumerian Period...
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Votive Mace Head of Shulgi
This marble votive mace head was inscribed with a cuneiform text. The text says that this mace head is a dedication on behalf of Shulgi, a king of Ur III, to the god Meslamtaea, or Nergal. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Sumerian Period...
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Stone Plate of Enmahgalanna from Ur
This is a polished grey stone, which was probably an offering stand. The name (and title) of "Enmahgalanna" appears and is repeated unusually with a pictogram of the moon's crescent (instead of using the pertinent cuneiform sign). Enmahgalanna...
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Votive Mace Head of Ur-Ningirsu II from Girsu
This grey stone mace head was inscribed with a cuneiform text. The text says that this mace head was dedicated to the god Ningirsu by Ur-Ningirsu II (son of Gudea, ruler of Lagash). From Girsu, Sothern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Circa...
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Votive Mace Head from Lagash
This mace head was inscribed with a cuneiform text. The text says that the mace is dedicated to the god Kindazi by the lady Ninkagina, both on her own behalf and that of Nam-mahani, who was a king of Lagash. The mace head itself has a name...
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Movses Khorenatsi
Movses Khorenatsi (Moses of Khoren) who was a 5th century CE Armenian historian whose work the 'History of the Armenians' has earned him the title of the “father of Armenian history”.
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Xanthias from 'The Frogs
A red-figure vessel depicting Xanthias, the slave of Dionysos in the 405 BCE Greek comedy play 'The Frogs' by Aristophanes. Mid-4th century BCE, Campania. (British Museum, London)
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Hurrian Lion Foundation Peg
Cast in copper alloy, this Hurrian foundation peg dates to circa 2200-2100 BCE. It measures 11.7 cm high x 7.9 cm wide. Artist unknown, from Syria. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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Clay Tablet Inscribed in Hurrian
Inscribed by an unknown author, this portion of a clay tablet comprises eleven lines with a list of gods in Hurrian. It measures 50 mm in height and 49 mm in width. (British Museum, London)