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~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Disk of Enheduanna

An object naming and depicting a powerful priestess and royal daughter around 2300 BCE. Enheduanna is also a landmark in named literary authorship, but that literary legacy must be distinguished from this disk’s dedication.

Religion & MythWriting & Literature

~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.

EconomyDaily 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…

EconomyDaily 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

EconomyDaily 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

Disk of Enheduanna

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

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-650

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-651

Adab 0748

Adab 0868

Adab 0942

Adab 1001

AJSL 21/3, p. 175

Anonymous 272614

CBS 08896

CBS 09290

CBS 09615

CBS 10118

CBS 10133

CUSAS 12, 8.6 03

CUSAS 26, 216

CUSAS 27, 104

CUSAS 27, 228

CUSAS 35, 233

CUSAS 35, 517

ETB 2, 17

ETB 2, 23

ETB 2, 34

ETB 2, 37

MAD 1, 158 + 328

MAD 1, 170

MAD 5, 081

MAD 5, 083

MAH 16624

OAIC 52

OSP 2, 072

PBS 15, 44

RIME 2.01.01.04, ex. 01

RIME 2.01.02.10, ex. 01

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 03

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 04

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 05

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 06

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 10

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 11

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 12

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 13

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 14

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 15

RIME 2.01.02.11, ex. 16