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~1808 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Sumerian King List (Weld-Blundell Prism)

The single most influential Mesopotamian king list — the model for every later attempt to chronicle the deep history of the region. It transmits the political theology of divinely granted kingship, an idea that would echo through Babylon, Assyria, and into the Hebrew Bible. The Weld-Blundell prism (WB 444) at the Ashmolean is the most complete surviving copy.

MythologyWriting & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

British Museum Flood Tablet 1

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: "The Flood Tablet. This is perhaps the most famous of all cuneiform tablets. It is the eleventh tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic, and describes how the gods sent a flood to destroy the world. Like Noah, U

Mythology

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- Emesal prayer MET ME86 11 285

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

Mythology

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a ritual text MET ME86 11 376

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

Mythology

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a text containing incantations MET vsz86.11.448

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

Mythology

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an Emesal prayer MET vsz86.11.476a

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

Mythology

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- hymn to Marduk MET DP360674

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

Mythology

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- petition, prayer for a king MET ME86 11 399

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

Mythology

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

The Newly Discovered Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Meeting Humbaba, with Enkidu, at the Cedar Forest. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: The tablet dates back to the Old-Babylonian Period, 2003-1595 BCE.

Mythology