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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...

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...

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”.

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)

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).

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)

Certain types of figurines were commonly placed within foundations of buildings during the third dynasty of Ur (2100-2000 BCE) of the Neo-Sumerian Period, to commemorate the building of temples by the ruler. These...

This is a stone tablet, inscribed with a cuneiform text. This was a dedication to the Temple of Nin-Sun at Ur by Ur-Nammu. Ur-Nammu was king of Ur III dynasty. From Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Sumerian...

This is a black steatite stone tablet, inscribed with a cuneiform text. This was a dedication to the Temple of Dimtabba (Nimintaba) at Ur by Shulgi. Shulgi was king of Ur III dynasty. It was found buried with a...

This jar was dedicated to Shulgi, king of Ur III dynasty, by the priestess Shuqurtum. There are two incised channels at the upper half; between them, the cuneiform inscription was placed. The inscription also curses...