Baal cycle tablets: Did you mean...?

Three important Canaanite gods are Baal, Yam, and Mot. Their story is told in an epic myth found in the ruins of the city of Ugarit (destroyed by invading Sea People during the Bronze Age). Here we learn about them and what this myth represents...

An English Translation of the Baal Epic, As Read by your good friend Killetz. Tells the story of Ba'al Hadad as written by the scribe Ili Milku in Ugarit.

These large tablets comes from the 6th-5th century BCE. They contain the inscriptions from King Nabonidus, who was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556–539 BC. These tablets were found in Harran - near Sanliurfa...

Carved stone cuneiform tablets in Sumerian. Left: Temple of Ningirsu, Girsu. Right: Temple of Nindara, Ur. Dating around 2141-2122 BCE.

Two almost similar letter tablets relaying the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal's orders to his employees to find local copies of particular compositions, which the royal library at Nineveh lacked. Sent from Nineveh and found at the city of Borsippa...

Hopae identification tablets carried by all males over 16 during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). National Museum of Korea, Seoul.

Clay tablets with cuneiform letters found at Kültepe in central Turkey (ancient Kanesh), 1900 BCE – 1700 BCE. They were all written by merchants who, from around 1900 BCE, had come to Kanesh from the city of Ashur in Assyria and established...

Curse tablets from the Roman era in Britan (1st- early 5th century CE), containing messages to the goddess Sulis Minerva. On display in the Roman Baths Museum in Bath, UK.

This box was placed in the temple of Mamu, God of Dreams. The box is original but the tablets are plaster casts of the originals; they describe the titles and achievements of Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883-859 BCE). They narrate how he built...

Tablet B5304, Murashu Archive. Contract for the supply of dates, written in Akkadian with a summary in Aramaic.