EditorialYoga, or, Transformation [microform] : a comparative statement of the various religious dogmas concerning the soul and its destiny, and of Akkadian, Hindu, Taoist, Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Christian, Mohammedan, Japanese and other magic : Flagg, W. J. ...
EditorialAmarna Letters. 14th century BC. Clay tablets with cuneiform script, mostly written in Akkadian. Designate a file of correspondence, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru. 1350-1330 BC. From...
EditorialCylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (559-530 BC). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialThe Shamash-stele: a worshipper pours a libation over a tree of life. Shamash, the Akkadian sun-god with cone-shaped headdress and staff sits on a throne. From Susa, Iran. Limestone, H: 67 cm End 3rd, early 2nd mill BCE Sb 7.
EditorialSumer. Mesopotamia. Bowl with a votive inscription of Rimush (23th century BC) : "Rimush, king of Kish". Alabaster, Lagash. Sargonic Period. Akkadian Empire. The state Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialCylinder seal and imprint, Akkadian, 2340-2150 BCE A deity with dagger fighting a human scorpion; another deity with branch (god of vegetation?) Rock-crystal, H: 1,65 cm AO 25305.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialRelief dedicated to Allat and Shamash, Akkadian sun-god. White limestone (mid 2nd CE) from Chirbat Wadi Suana, Djabal al Bal'as, Syria. 28 x 34 cm Inv. 2605 / 5216.
Editorial" God with a golden hand", initially completely gilded. The god wears a long " kaunakes" which leaves one shoulder free, typical of all divinities since Akkadian periods. From Susa, early 2nd mill. BCE. Copper and gold, H: 17,5 cm A...
EditorialThe demon-god Pazuzu, an Akkadian-Sumerian evil spirit. An inscription says: " I am Pazuzu, king of evil spirits and of the winds which come raging down from the mountains... " This figurine, hung around the neck of a sick person, was suppose...
EditorialStanding god. Bronze statuette. The god, a storm-god, wears the kaunakes, the traditional garment of gods and kings since Akkadian times. Middle Syrian period, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria. Bronze, H: 13,7 cm.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialCylinder seal and modern impression: battle of the gods, Akkadian, ca. 2350?2150 B.C., Iran, Luristan, Surkh Dum, Akkadian, Shell, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Shell-Cylinder Seals, Although engraved stones had been used as early as the seventh millennium B.C. t...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: student exercise tablet, Old Babylonian, ca. 20th?16th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylonian, Clay, 7.6 x 2.9 cm (3 x 1 1/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, This lenticular clay tablet was used to help scribes learn to write the Sumerian...
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialVictory stele of Naram-Sin, King of Akkad. It celebrates the triumph of King Naram-Sin over a mountain people, over Satun, King of the Lullubi. The Akkadian army is climbing the steep slopes of the Zagros Mountains. Mesopotamia. Sipar. Akkadian period,...
EditorialVictory stele of Naram-Sin, King of Akkad. Triumph of the king over a mountain of people, the Lullubi. King led his troops over the steep slopes of the enemy territory. Mesopotamia. Sipar. Akkadian period, c. 2250 BC. Detail of the king. Louvre Museum....
EditorialNear East. Mesopotamia. Legal and administrative document in Sumerian and Akkadian language. Babylonia. Beginning of the 2nd mill. BC. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialSumer. Mesopotamia. Near East. Legal and administrative document in sumerian and akkadian language. Babylonia. Beginning of the 2nd Millennium B.C. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialAmarna Letters. 14th century BC. Clay tablets with cuneiform script, mostly written in Akkadian. Designate a file of correspondence, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru. 1350-1330 BC. From...
EditorialCylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (559-530 BC). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialRelief dedicated to Allat and Shamash, Akkadian sun-god. White limestone (mid 2nd CE) from Chirbat Wadi Suana, Djabal al Bal'as, Syria. 28 x 34 cm Inv. 2605 / 5216.
EditorialTreaty concluded after the battle of Kadesh between Pharaoh Ramses II and the Hittite King Muvatallish. Battle of Kadesh 1282 BCE, treaty probably 1272 BCE. Fragment of a terracotta tablet in Akkadian language, the diplomatic language of the 13th BCE.
EditorialCylinder seal and imprint, Akkadian, 2340-2150 BCE A deity with dagger fighting a human scorpion; another deity with branch (god of vegetation?) Rock-crystal, H: 1,65 cm AO 25305.
Editorial" God with a golden hand", initially completely gilded. The god wears a long " kaunakes" which leaves one shoulder free, typical of all divinities since Akkadian periods. From Susa, early 2nd mill. BCE. Copper and gold, H: 17,5 cm A...
EditorialFragment of a statue of King Manishtusu of Akkad. The king had a large number of diorite statues erected and distributed in the cities of the Akkadian Empire. He wears a skirt of woven fabric with a knotted fringe and a wide belt. Diorite, H: 88 cm SB 47.
EditorialThe demon-god Pazuzu, an Akkadian-Sumerian evil spirit. An inscription says: " I am Pazuzu, king of evil spirits and of the winds which come raging down from the mountains... " This figurine, hung around the neck of a sick person, was suppose...
EditorialStanding god. Bronze statuette. The god, a storm-god, wears the kaunakes, the traditional garment of gods and kings since Akkadian times. Middle Syrian period, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria. Bronze, H: 13,7 cm.
EditorialLetter to Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) from Burnaburias, a king of the Kassite dynasty of Babylonia. It is written in Mesopotamian Akkadian, the diplomatic language of the period. This clay tablet is one of 382 cuneiform documents discovered in 1887 in Egy...