EditorialCylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian, 7th BCE Seal of the Babylonian chancellery; two goats rampant, surrounded by symbols of gods Marduk and Nebu. Grey Limestone, H: 5,5 cm AO 4793.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: hymn to Marduk, Neo-Babylonian (?), 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylonian (?), Clay, 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9 x 9.8 x 2.9 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, The god Marduk first became an important god in the early second millenn...
EditorialClay mask of the demon Humbaba, 1800-1600 BCE. One method for predicting the future in ancient Mesopotamia was the study of the shape and colour of the internal organs of a sacrificed animal. A cuneiform inscription on the back of this mask suggests th...
EditorialJeff Allen, a historical preservationist who has led the World Monument Fund project at Babylon since 2009, stands in front of a 2,500-year-old dragon relief related to Marduk, the patron deity of the ancient city in Iraq, Jan. 9, 2021. (Abdullah Dhiaa Al-deen/The New York Times)
EditorialJeff Allen, a historical preservationist who has led the World Monument Fund project at Babylon since 2009, stands in front of a 2,500-year-old dragon relief related to Marduk, the patron deity of the ancient city in Iraq, Jan. 9, 2021. (Abdullah Dhiaa Al-deen/The New York Times)
EditorialView of Babylon in 550 BCE. Ideal reconstruction of the great city of Babylon seen from the Euphrates River looking at the temple complex of Marduk with the Etemenanki, identified in the Bible as the Tower of Babel, as the main element.
EditorialView of Babylon in 550 BCE. Ideal reconstruction of the great city of Babylon seen from the Euphrates River looking at the temple complex of Marduk with the Etemenanki, identified in the Bible as the Tower of Babel, as the main element.
EditorialView of Babylon in 550 BCE. Ideal reconstruction of the great city of Babylon seen from the Euphrates River looking at the temple complex of Marduk with the Etemenanki, identified in the Bible as the Tower of Babel, as the main element.
EditorialView of Babylon in 550 BCE. Ideal reconstruction of the great city of Babylon seen from the Euphrates River looking at the temple complex of Marduk with the Etemenanki, identified in the Bible as the Tower of Babel, as the main element.
EditorialCylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian, 7th BCE Seal of the Babylonian chancellery; two goats rampant, surrounded by symbols of gods Marduk and Nebu. Grey Limestone, H: 5,5 cm AO 4793.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: hymn to Marduk, Neo-Babylonian (?), 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylonian (?), Clay, 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9 x 9.8 x 2.9 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, The god Marduk first became an important god in the early second millenn...
EditorialCylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian, 7th BCE Seal of the Babylonian chancellery; two goats rampant, surrounded by symbols of gods Marduk and Nebu. Grey Limestone, H: 5,5 cm AO 4793.
EditorialClay mask of the demon Humbaba, 1800-1600 BCE. One method for predicting the future in ancient Mesopotamia was the study of the shape and colour of the internal organs of a sacrificed animal. A cuneiform inscription on the back of this mask suggests th...