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This alabaster bas relief was part of a large wall relief that depicts the military campaign of Ashurbanipal against the Elamite city of Din-sharri. The relief shows an Assyrian soldier leading a captured woman...

A seal with Indus Script, c. 2700-2000 BCE.

Pivot stone with inscription of the king Enmetena of Lagash. Circa 2340 BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

Basalt stele of Sargon II (721-705 BCE), found in Bamboula, Kition (modern Laranca, Cyprus) in 1845. The cuneiform inscriptions on the frontal side of the stele commemorate Sargon's victories against the Medes, Babylon, Syria...

A stone ring of a well curb with cuneiform inscriptions which mention the name of the king Shu-Sin of Ur. Ur III, 2030 BCE. From southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Pergamon Museum).

A foundation cone with cuneiform inscriptions. The name of the king Sin-Iddinam of Larsa appears. Isin-Larsa period, 1849-1843 BCE. From southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

An inscribed clay cylinder of Warad-Sin, ruler of Larsa. From Babylon (modern Babel Governorate, Iraq). 1834-1823 BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

Clay cylinder of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal II (reigned 668-626 BCE). The cuneiform inscriptions on this cylinder talk about Nemitti-Ellil (or Nemet-Enlil) and the inner wall of Babylon's double city walls. From Iraq...

A hollow brick with a stamped inscription of the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II. From Babylon (modern Babel Governorate), Mesopotamia, Iraq. 604-562 BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

Part of the facade of the temple of Inanna at Uruk. There are standing male and female deities in alternate niches. Each figure holds a vessel in his/her hands and pours life-giving water onto the earth. The cuneiform...