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~2300 BCE·Akkadian Empire

ETCSRI

Naram-Suen 2018

(1) To Ningublaga of Asug-ĝišdua, Išṭup-ilum, his estate administrator dedicated this (plaque) for the well-being of Naram-Suen, the god of Akkad, and for the well-being of En-men-ana.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Naram-Suen 2019 / CDLI Seals 001417 (CDLI Seals 001417 (physical))

(1) En-men-ana: Ursi, the doorkeeper, is her servant.

Naram-Suen 2018

Naram-Suen 2019 / CDLI Seals 001417 (CDLI Seals 001417 (physical))

Naram-Suen 2020 / CDLI Seals 005992 (CDLI Seals 005992 (composite))

Rimuš 03

Rimuš 18 (Sumerian)

Rimuš 2001

Šar-kali-šarri 4 (Sumerian)

Sargon 01 (Sumerian)

Sargon 02

Sargon 03

Sargon 06

Sargon 07

Sargon 11 (Akkadian)

Sargon 11 (Sumerian)

Sargon 12

Sargon 13

Sargon 15

Sargon 16

Sargon 2001

Sargon 2003 / CDLI Seals 001436 (CDLI Seals 001436 (physical))

Sargon 2004 / CDLI Seals 001437 (CDLI Seals 001437 (physical))

Sargon 2005 / CDLI Seals 012025 (CDLI Seals 012025 (composite))

Sargon 2006add

Sargon 2007add

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

Epic of Gilgamesh Flood Tablet in Akkadian Cuneiform - Nate Loper (43494374962)

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 140, 1971-349

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 245, Bod S 295

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 340

AAS 009

AAS 012

AAS 202

MCS 4, 014 04

CT 50, 049

CUSAS 11, 283

JCS 32, 169 1

Lippmann Coll 001

Lippmann Coll 004

Lippmann Coll 006

Lippmann Coll 009

Lippmann Coll 013

Lippmann Coll 018

Lippmann Coll 020

Lippmann Coll 021

Lippmann Coll 023

Lippmann Coll 024