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Ryan Moorhen
Feb 2, 20181 min read
Eclipse Tablet Inscribed in Babylonian # Kingdoms of Sumeria
Tablet Inscribed in Babylonian with a Ritual for the Observances of Eclipses Mesopotamia, seleucid period(ca. third-first century...
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Ryan Moorhen
Feb 2, 20181 min read
Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian # Kingdoms of Sumeria
Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian with a Fragment of the Epic of Etana Mesopotamia, First Dynasty of Babylon(ca.1895–1595 B.C.)ClayMLC 1363...
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Ryan Moorhen
Feb 1, 20181 min read
Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian # Kingdoms of Sumeria
Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian with a Fragment of the Babylonian Flood Story of Epic of Athrasis Mesopotamia, First Dynasty of Babylon,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Feb 1, 20181 min read
Stone Foundation Tablet Sumerian
Stone Foundation Tablet Inscribed With the Name and Titles of King Ur-Namma in Sumerian Inscribed: Ur-Namma, king of Ur, king of Sumer...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jan 18, 20184 min read
Enheduanna - Poet, Priestess, Empire Builder
Enheduanna (2285-2250 BCE) is the world’s first author and was the daughter (either literally or figuratively) of the great...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jan 18, 20186 min read
Hymn to Ninkasi, Goddess of Beer
The Hymn to Ninkasi is at once a song of praise to Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of beer, and an ancient recipe for brewing. Written down...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jan 17, 20185 min read
The Eternal Life of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh was originally a Sumerian poem, later translated into Akkadian, and first written down some 700 – 1000 years after...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jan 17, 20184 min read
Mesopotamian Literature
Literature (from the Latin Littera meaning 'letters’ and referring to an acquaintance with the written word) is the written work of a...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jan 16, 20187 min read
Sumerian Language
The Sumerian language was spoken in southern Mesopotamia before the 2nd millennium BCE and was the first language to be written in the...
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