Babylon the Great Citadel, Iraq's Most Mysterious Monument
Babylon was one of the most famous cities of antiquity. Babylon was one of the most famous cities of antiquity. It lies roughly 85 miles...
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Ryan Moorhen
Oct 24, 20181 min read
Kudurru Marduk Apla Iinna
A priest in prayer before the symbols for Marduk, chief god of Babylon, and Nabu, god of wisdom and writing. Neo-Babylonian, 7th-6th BCE
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Ryan Moorhen
Oct 24, 20181 min read
Khorsobad Room Louvre Museum
This courtyard houses the impressive remains of the palace inaugurated by King Sargon II in Khorsabad (northern Iraq) in 706 BC. The...
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Ryan Moorhen
Oct 24, 20181 min read
Ishtar Statue - Amethyst Eyes
Babylonian Mesopotamian Goddess Ishtar Ashtart Sculpture Statue - Louvre Museum, Paris. 2000 B.C. So common in the Mesopotamian area...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20185 min read
Kudurru Adad Etir
Commemorative stone stela in the form of a boundary-stone (kudurru): the stela consists of a small boulder, on one face of which a fiat...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Eanna-shum-iddina - Kudurru
The Eanna-shum-iddina kudurru is a boundary stone of governor Eanna-shum-iddina in the Sealand Dynasty of Babylon in the mid 2nd...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20183 min read
Nabu-apla-iddina - Kudurru Tablet
This stone tablet records the restoration of certain lands by the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina to a priest. On the top of the stone...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Marduk-apla-iddina II - Kudurru Boundary Stone
Merodach-Baladan, King of Babylon, enfeoffs (makes a legal agreement with) a vassal. From the original in the Altes Museum, Berlin...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 6, 20189 min read
Babylon Babylion
Babylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in modern-day Iraq 59 miles (94 kilometres) southwest of...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 3, 20182 min read
Shaduppum City
In 1945, on the southeastern outskirts of Baghdad, the ancient city of Shaduppum was discovered at Tell Harmal. Excavations soon got...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 16, 20182 min read
Pale white-blue chalcedony cylinder seal; Gilgamesh
Pale white-blue chalcedony cylinder seal; Gilgamesh, on the left and his friend Enkidu, on the right, kill the Bull of Heaven while...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
ANEO-BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
A NEO-BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL CIRCA 900-700 B.C. A NEO-BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL CIRCA 900-700 B.C. Showing a...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
NEO-BABYLONIAN MUSHHUSHU-DRAGON STAMP SEAL 626-539 BC
NEAR EASTERN NEO-BABYLONIAN MUSHHUSHU-DRAGON STAMP SEAL 626-539 BC A hardstone ellipsoid stamp seal with design depicting a standing...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
OLD BABYLONIAN VEINED STONE CYLINDER SEAL Early 2nd millennium BC
NEAR EASTERN OLD BABYLONIAN VEINED STONE CYLINDER SEAL Early 2nd millennium BC A finely carved cylinder seal in red and white jasper,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
NEO-BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH KILTED FIGURE 8th-7th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC NEO-BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH KILTED FIGURE 8th-7th century BC A pink chalcedony cylinder seal with intaglio frieze...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL OF ZALAY, SON OF SIN-NASIR 18th-17th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL OF ZALAY, SON OF SIN-NASIR 18th-17th century BC A finely carved haematite cylinder seal with...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH SHAMASH AND INSCRIPTION 18th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH SHAMASH AND INSCRIPTION 18th century BC A carved black hardstone cylinder seal with...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
MESOPOTAMIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH CUNEIFORM TEXT Early 2nd millennium BC
WESTERN ASIATIC MESOPOTAMIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH CUNEIFORM TEXT Early 2nd millennium BC A haematite cylinder seal engraved with the...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH GODS 1900-1700 BC
WESTERN ASIATIC OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH GODS 1900-1700 BC A slightly waisted stone cylinder seal; accompanied by an old...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH LAMA GODDESS 19th-16th century BC
WESTERN ASIATIC BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH LAMA GODDESS 19th-16th century BC A mottled red stone cylinder seal with three lines of...
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