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| - | [[statue_idrimi_alalakh|{{ http:// | + | [[http:// |
| - | The autobiography | + | A poorly understood stone land-sale document, possibly showing one of the earliest images of an anthropomorphic god in Mesopotamia. [[figure_aux_plumes|More information...]] |
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| - | [[treaty_hattshili_ramesses|{{ http:// | ||
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| - | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. [[treaty_hattshili_ramesses|More information...]] | + | [[http:// |
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| + | A list of years named after officials, one important tool for establishing a chronology of first part of the first millennium B.C. [[old_assyrian_limmu_list|More information...]] | ||
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| + | The Sumerian king Urukagina shows he is a just ruler, describing in this document a number of legal and social reforms - including a debt cancellation. [[reforms_of_urukagina|More information...]] | ||
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| + | //Period//: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340)\\ | ||
| + | //Current location//: Louvre Museum, Paris\\ | ||
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| + | On this inscribed statue, seated king Gudea holds in his lap a drawn plan of Ningirsu' | ||
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| + | //Period//: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)\\ | ||
| + | //Current location//: Louvre Museum, Paris (AO 2)\\ | ||
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| + | A series of conflicts over land and irrigation rights, between two neighbouring city-states in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia. [[umma_lagash_border_conflict|More information...]] | ||
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| + | //Period//: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340)\\ | ||
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| + | [[letter_tushratta_amenhotep|{{ image.jpg? | ||
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| + | In which Tushratta of Mittanni presents Pharaoh Amenhotep III with booty from the land of Hatti. [[letter_tushratta_amenhotep|More information...]] | ||
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| + | //Period//: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)\\ | ||
| + | //Current location//: British Museum, London (BM 29792)\\ | ||
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| A third millennium monument with figures in relief, possibly recording the exchange of large tracts of land for other goods [[blau_monuments|More information...]] | A third millennium monument with figures in relief, possibly recording the exchange of large tracts of land for other goods [[blau_monuments|More information...]] | ||
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| //Period//: ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)\\ | //Period//: ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)\\ | ||
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| [[earliest_known_mathematical_exercise|{{ http:// | [[earliest_known_mathematical_exercise|{{ http:// | ||
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| This account represents a hallmark in the history of science and played a role in important studies of the earliest numerical systems. [[earliest_known_mathematical_exercise|More information...]] | This account represents a hallmark in the history of science and played a role in important studies of the earliest numerical systems. [[earliest_known_mathematical_exercise|More information...]] | ||
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| //Period//: Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)\\ | //Period//: Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)\\ | ||
| - | //Current location//: University of Heidelberg (W 19408, | + | //Current location//: University of Heidelberg, |
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| [[laws_ur_nammu|{{ http:// | [[laws_ur_nammu|{{ http:// | ||
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| Written in Sumerian, this is the earliest known law collection from ancient Mesopotamia. [[laws_ur_nammu|More information...]] | Written in Sumerian, this is the earliest known law collection from ancient Mesopotamia. [[laws_ur_nammu|More information...]] | ||
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| //Period//: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)\\ | //Period//: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)\\ | ||
| - | //Current location//: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway | + | //Current location//: Schøyen Collection, Oslo (MS 2064)\\ |
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| [[early_literary_catalogue|{{ http:// | [[early_literary_catalogue|{{ http:// | ||
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| A rare piece of evidence for the debate regarding the extent of Sumerian literary traditions at the end of the third millennium B.C. [[early_literary_catalogue|More information...]] | A rare piece of evidence for the debate regarding the extent of Sumerian literary traditions at the end of the third millennium B.C. [[early_literary_catalogue|More information...]] | ||
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| //Period//: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)\\ | //Period//: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)\\ | ||
| - | //Current location//: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, | + | //Current location//: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven (YBC 03654)\\ |
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| - | [[how_to_read_signs|{{ image.jpg? | ||
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| - | An important tool for modern scholars attempting to attach phonetic values to Sumerian signs. | ||
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| - | //Period//: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)\\ | ||
| - | //Current location//: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (Ashm 1923-401)\\ | ||
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| - | Featuring in the famous 19th century decipherment challenge of the Royal Asiatic Society, independent translations of this text ' | ||
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| - | //Period//: Middle Assyrian period (ca. 1400-1000 BC)\\ | ||
| - | //Current location//: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany \\ | ||
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| - | //Period//: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)\\ | ||
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| - | Assurnasirpal II boasts of the lavish feast he threw for tens of thousands of guests to celebrate the inauguration of his new capital. [[banquet_stela_assurnasirpal_II|More information...]] | ||
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| - | //Period//: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)\\ | ||
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