5049837 Kassite cuneiform tablet with Sumerian dedicatory(?) inscription from Ekur, c.16th??5th century BC (black marble) by Mesopotamian; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Probably from Nippur, home to the chief god Enlil, an important religious centre in Mesopotamia. Rulers made offerings to the god, and contributed to his temple and ziggurat, known as the Ekur (???ountain temple??.); out of copyright.