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title: Cruciform with Cuneiform from Sippar
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7000/cruciform-with-cuneiform-from-sippar/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Cruciform with Cuneiform from Sippar

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Cruciform with Cuneiform from Sippar](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7000.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7000.jpg)

## Image Caption

An inscribed cross-shaped stone, later produced to look older than it is, which lists long-running grants and privileges supposedly bestowed on the [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) priesthood of the sun-[god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Shamash](https://www.worldhistory.org/Utu-Shamash/) by the [Akkadian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/akkadian/) king Manushtushu (reigned 2269-2255 BCE). 700-500 BCE. From the temple of Shamash at Sippar, [Mesopotamia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamia/), modern-day Iraq. (British Museum in London)

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 01). Cruciform with Cuneiform from Sippar. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7000/cruciform-with-cuneiform-from-sippar/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Cruciform with Cuneiform from Sippar." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 01, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7000/cruciform-with-cuneiform-from-sippar/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Cruciform with Cuneiform from Sippar." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Sep 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7000/cruciform-with-cuneiform-from-sippar/>.

## License & Copyright

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