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~2300 BCE·Akkadian Empire

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Sargon 11 (Akkadian)

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue. Its socle is not inscribed.

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~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten. Yapahu requests help against Hapiru (Biblical Hebrews), a…

Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 1

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Small clay tablet with cuneiform writing on both sides (in Akkadian language), from Early Old Babylonian period. It displays an account of labor, specifically refe…

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Akkadian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~2270 BCE·Akkadian EmpireOur engine

JCS 32, 169 1

Wood(en) ... not ... [...] Wooden [object], [its] face/front, [sign uncertain], ... not (At the) foot / path of the city The path(?) of Utu is made just [...] ...-[broken] A man [...] path(?) [...] to measure [...] vessel(?) Toward its throne dais(?) A man who does not return (what he owes to) a man A man who does not add (what is due) to a man [...] Wood(en) [...] ... [...] Wood(en?) binding [...] The term of office passes ... [...] [...] for its destiny, a judgment is rendered Alas — it was brought out [...]

Sargon 11 (Akkadian)

Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten

Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 1

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

JCS 32, 169 1

Adab 0650

Adab 0695

Adab 0748

Adab 0830

Adab 0868

Adab 0874

Adab 0885 + 1062

Adab 0942

Adab 1001

AuOr 09, 148 4

BIN 08, 024

BuB 1, 203-208

CDLJ 2005/2 §2.1

CUSAS 27, 058

CUSAS 27, 060

CUSAS 27, 071

CUSAS 27, 072

CUSAS 27, 104

CUSAS 27, 228

CUSAS 35, 233

CUSAS 35, 268

CUSAS 35, 517

ETB 2, 23

ETB 2, 34

ETB 2, 37

FAOS 19, pl. 9, Ki 2

FAOS 19, pl. 9, Ki 4

Fs Kienast, no. 1

HSS 10, 008

HSS 10, 010

HSS 10, 012

JCS 01, 348, 11

MAD 1, 158 + 328

MAD 1, 170

MAD 1, 195

MAD 1, 282

MAD 5, 022

MAD 5, 075

MAD 5, 081

MAD 5, 083

MAD 5, 091

MAD 5, 112

MCS 9, 251