Akkadian Language Gallery

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Votive mace of Shu-turul (c. 2168 – 2154 BC).Green marble mace head with his inscription on the flan

Flood Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Library ofAshurbanipal (Nineveh, 600s BC).Gilgamesh w

Letter from the High Priest Lu'enna to the King of Lagash (Girsu, c.2400 BC).In this letter, the hig

Sumerian terracotta tablet with pictographs (c. 3500 BC, during theLate Uruk Period). Dimensions ar

Sumerian contract for the sale of a field and a house (Shuruppak, c.2600 BC). Dimensions are 8.5 x

Terracotta brick of Eannatum, Prince of Lagash (Girsu, c. 2450 BC).Eannatum gives his title and desc

Part of a stone monument inscribed with the name of Utu-hengal, king of Uruk (Ur, c. 1215 BC).In 233

Tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal (600s BC) in the BritishMuseum.Discovery and translation of

Sumerian cuneiform tablet (c. 3100 – 2900 BC). Administrativeaccount recording the distribution of

hildegard-von-bingen:The earliest-known hymn writer inhistory was the Akkadian highpriestess Enhedua

Copy of Utu-hengal’s victory stele describing his victory overTirigan, king of Gutium (c.

Room 55 at the British Museum, showing tablets from the Library ofAshurbanipal. This display i

A sikkatu (cone/peg) inscribed in the Sumerian and Akkadianlanguages from the reign of Samsu-iluna (

Details from the war scene of the Standard of Ur (Sumer, c. 2500 BC).Sumer was the southernmost regi

The twelve tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Library ofAshurbanipal (600s BC), held in the B

The first dictionary,Around 2,300 BC a group of Semitic people called the Akkadians invaded and conq

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