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Lapis Lazuli Discs with Gold Rings from Ur
The lapis lazuli discs were carved and polished. They have two perforations through their diameter. They display a flat surface and a grooved circumflex. Each disc is surrounded by a single hammered gold ring...
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Lapis Lazuli Plaque in the Shape of a Woman's Face
This lapis lazuli inlay was carved in the shape of a woman's head and is quadrangular. The back is flat except for two straight incised lines continuing the line of the headband on the face. Height...
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Portion of a Lapis Lazuli Head-Mace from the Temple of Ninurta
This fragment of a lapis lazuli Head-mace was inscribed with six lines of cuneiform inscriptions. The name of Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 884-859 BCE) was mentioned in this dedicatory text. Neo-Assyrian...
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Puabi's Belt of Gold, Lapis Lazuli, and Carnelian Beads
This is a group of barrel-shaped beads of bitumen overlaid with four gold, four lapis lazuli, and two faceted cornelian beads. This jewellery was found by Puabi's thighs inside her grave, which...
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Puabi's Lapis Lazuli & Agate Beads with a Calf Pendant, Ur
The jewellery was found by Puabi's right shoulder inside her grave. Puabi was a Semitic Akkadian woman from Ur, c. 2600 BCE, possibly a queen or priestess. Possibly this was part of her headdress...
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Enki's Journey to Nippur - A Celebration of Life
Enki's Journey to Nippur (circa 2000 BCE) is a Sumerian origin myth explaining the creation of the temple at Eridu by the god Enki and how musical instruments were ordained for use in festivals in ancient...
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Hymn to Nisaba - A Praise Song for the Sumerian Goddess of Writing
The Hymn to Nisaba (circa 3rd millennium BCE) is a poem praising Nisaba, the Sumerian goddess of writing and accounts who also served as scribe of the gods. The poem is officially dedicated...
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Gold and Lapiz Lazuli Pin of Puabi, Ur
This gold toggle was found with the body of Puabi herself inside her grave, by her upper left arm. Puabi was a Semitic Akkadian woman from Ur, c. 2600 BCE, possibly a queen or priestess. The lapis lazuli head...
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Puabi's Gold and Lapis Lazui Fish Amulets, Ur
This group was found (together with the gold antelopes amulet) on Puabi's arm inside her grave. Puabi was a Semitic Akkadian woman from Ur, c. 2600 BCE, possibly a queen or priestess. Early Dynastic Period...
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The Song of the Hoe - Praise for an Ancient Mesopotamian Farming Tool
The Song of the Hoe is a Sumerian praise poem celebrating the hoe for its many uses and linking it to the creation of the world by the great god Enlil. As the economy of Mesopotamia was...
