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~2300 BCE·Akkadian Empire

ETCSRI

Sargon 13

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on its socle.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Sargon 15

(colophon 1, 1) The inscription on the statue.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Sargon 16

(1) Enheduana, the zirru-priestess, Nanna's spouse, child of Šarrukin, king of the world, erected an altar in the temple of Inana-ZAZA in Urim. She named it “The altar is An's table”.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

Sargon 2001

(1') ..., the estate adminstrator of Tašlultum, Šarrukin's spouse, ... for the well-being ....

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireETCSRI

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

(1) En-hedu-ana, child of Šarrukin: Ilum-palil is her hairdresser.

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

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

AAS 203

Adab 0650

Adab 0660

Adab 0663

Adab 0666

Adab 0669

Adab 0676

Adab 0684

Adab 0692

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Adab 0698

Adab 0717

Adab 0718

Adab 0726

Adab 0727

Adab 0733

Adab 0745

Adab 0751

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Adab 0760

Adab 0772

Adab 0773

Adab 0776

Adab 0793

Adab 0799

Adab 0800 + 1011