The Oldest Written Code
In a volume of SELECTED SUMERIAN AND BABYLONIAN TEXTS published by the University Museum, Henry Frederick Lutz has carefully copied, among many others, a few texts rightly catalogued by Dr. Stephen...
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Nippur’s Gold Treasure
As the goddess of love Ishtar descended into Hades in quest of her youthful lover Tammuz, she had to divest herself of her queenly attire, her crown, earrings, necklace, breastplate, bracelets and...
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Reconstructing Ancient History
I Portrait of a King Who Reigned 4130 Years Ago Fig. 82. — Portrait of Ibi-Sin, King of UR, from a clay seal impression in the University Museum enlarged six times. See Fig. 83.Museum Object Number:...
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A New Fragment of Chronology
THE DYNASTY OF AGADE. At a few months interval, our material for reconstructing the early Sumerian chronology has been increased by the recovery of a small fragment. It belongs to the tablet published...
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Five Royal Seal Cylinders
I The Oldest Dated Royal Seal. The Seal of Basha-Enzu, B. C. 2900. Fig. 24. — Seal and impression. C.B.S. 5005. Museum Object Number: B5005 Image Number: 6315 ART and history are interested in this...
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Some Seals of the Babylonian Collections
The seals and seal impressions are the real jewels of the Babylonian Collections of the Museum. Up to the present day, they number about 804 stone seals of various forms, 3 stone or metal rings, and...
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The Inscriptions of the Kings of Agade
ABOUT B. c. 2600, a scribe of the temple of Enlil at Nippur who had the training of an historian, compiled on a large 28 column tablet, the inscriptions on the stelae, on the statues and their...
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The Golden Boats of Marduk and Nabu in Babylon
Cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar.Museum Object Number: B9 One of the finest and for several reasons a unique document of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has been preserved in the University Museum for over...
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King Nabonidus and the Great Walls of Babylon
THE extension of the walls of the great city of Babylon after King Nabuchadnezzar is a vexed question, which may derive some light from an inscription of Nabonidus on a clay barrel shaped cylinder...
View ArticleThe Tragic History Of Ibi-Sin, King Of Ur
During the last two seasons at Ur, and especially during the recent campaign, the Joint Expedition of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum recovered several thousand...
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