CDLI Tablet
Assyrian reliefs: 2
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-13
This is a fragment of a stone relief panel (730-727 B.C) from the Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III. There are two registers separated by cuneiform writing in the center.
Assyrian reliefs: 1
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-12
The lower frieze of this stone relief panel from the North-West Palace of Assurnasirpal II shows two winged creatures surrounding a central tree (883 to 859 BC).
Animals in Mesopotamia: 5
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-11
Prayer statues from the Early Dynastic III (2500 BC) period in Mari, and from the Early Dynastic II (2700-2600 BC) in Mari.
Animals in Mesopotamia: 4
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-10
A bowl fragment from the Late Uruk period (3200-2900 BC) located in the Metropolitan Museum, New York City (accession number 50.218). The bowl fragment shows the representation of cows during the Late Uruk Period.
Animals in Mesopotamia: 3
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-09
Bronze sculpture of chariot pulled by donkeys, Tell Agrab, modern day Iraq (2700 BC) located in the Iraq museum in Baghdad. This bronze sculpture shows the use of donkeys in ancient Mesopotamia.
Animals in Mesopotamia: 2
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-08
Depiction of sheep and cattle from the Standard of Ur, side B (2600 BC)
Animals in Mesopotamia: 1
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-07
Cuneiform clay tablet from ancient Girsu, southern Iraq (ca. 2400 BC) recording the inspection of goats and sheep, as well as the hides of the animals that had been slaughtered
Amarna Letters: Rebellious Peasantry
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-06
A letter from Rib-Hadda, the mayor of Byblos, to Amanappa, an Egyptian official.
Amarna Letters: Alliance Coming
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-05
A letter from the king of Alashiya to the king of Egypt.
Amarna Letters: Gold Statues Gone!
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-04
Fragment of a letter from Tušratta, the king of the land of Mittani, to Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), the Egyptian king.
Amarna Letters: Princess escort
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-03
Letter from Burnaburiash, a Babylonian king of the Kassite Dynasty, to Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), the Egyptian King
Amarna Letters: Akhenaten
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-05-02
A letter from Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), the king of Egypt, to Burnaburiash II, the king of Babylon.
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