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Most Important Cuneiform Objects 31-40
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31. The Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld
This Akkadian poem tells the myth of the descent of Ishtar, goddess of love, fertility, and war, into the Netherworld and her resurrection. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London ()
Including the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrian king's forces, here is a rare moment of parallel with the bible, that provides its own accounts of the same event. More information...
Artifact: Clay prism
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London
A Neo-Assyrian monument with a description of military triumphs, colourful images of exotic animals, and the earliest known depiction of an Israelite. More information...
Artifact: Monument, stone
Provenience:
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London ()
An important Neo-Babylonian manuscript of a medical treatise that gives detailed descriptions of epilepsy. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
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Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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35. Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa
A scholarly text providing astronomical observations of the planet Venus. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London ()
36. Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur
Humour, violence, poverty and a goat in an Akkadian folk-tale. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Sultantepe
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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The story of a baby sent down-river in a basket at birth, destined to become king. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London, UK (K 03401 + Sm 2118)
38. A bilingual statue from Tell Fekherye
A statue with a bilingual inscription in Akkadian and Aramaic that sheds light on the interaction between these two languages in the Neo-Assyrian period. More information...
Artifact: Basalt statue
Provenience: Tell Fekherye
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Current location:
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Artifact: Clay cylinder
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Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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A Neo-Babylonian king celebrates the restoration of Shamash's cult in Sippar on a stone tablet headed by an elegant bas relief. More information...
Artifact: Stone tablet
Provenience: Sippar
Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Current location: British Museum
