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Sales contract, concerning a field and a house. Shuruppak period,Archaic dynasties 2900-2750 BCE. Clay, 8,5 x 2 cm AO 3766
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Sales contract, concerning a field and a house. Shuruppak period,Archaic...

Sales contract, clay tablet 10,8 x 10,4 cm Shurrupak period,early 3rd mill BCE. AO 2753
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Sales contract, clay tablet 10,8 x 10,4 cm Shurrupak period,early 3...

Mace, dedicated to Gilgamesh, hero of the Akkadian epos. period of Ur III, Neo-Sumerian, 2150-2004 Polished stone, H: 5,4 cm AO 3761
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Mace, dedicated to Gilgamesh, hero of the Akkadian epos. period of Ur III,...

A hymn to Ur-Nammu (3rd dynasty of Ur, 2112-2004 BCE) depicts the monarch as the perfect king, protective, pious, just, brave and the guarantor of the fertility of the land. From Isin in Mesopotamia. Clay, 13,5 x 9,5 cm AO 5378
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A hymn to Ur-Nammu (3rd dynasty of Ur, 2112-2004 BCE) depicts the monarch as t...

Fragment of a votive inscription of king Ur-Nanshe. From Tello, Archaic Dynasties III, 2900-2750 BCE Diorite, 20,5 x 18 cm AO 3866
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Fragment of a votive inscription of king Ur-Nanshe. From Tello, Archaic Dyna...

Hymn of Nidaba, the "lamentation of the fall of Ur", tells of a devastating storm sent by the god Enlil, which wreaked death and desolation in the town of Ur. 3rd dynasty of Ur, 2112-2004 BCE. From Isin,Mesopotamia Clay, 24,5 x 13,6 cm AO 6446
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Hymn of Nidaba, the "lamentation of the fall of Ur", tells of a devastating s...

Bilingual cone commemorating the construction, by king Hammurabi, of the enclosure wall of the town of Sippar. First half 18th BCE Baked clay, 9,5 x 6 cm AO 3277
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Bilingual cone commemorating the construction, by king Hammurabi, of th...

Tablet with cuneiform writing; prologue to the code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon. Early 18th BCE. Baked clay, 14,5 x 10,3 cm AO 10237
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Tablet with cuneiform writing; prologue to the code of Hammurabi, king of Ba...

Copy of the Code of Hammurabi, from the library of king Ashurbanipal in Niniveh. 7th BCE Cuneiform writing. Baked clay, 8 x 7,5 cm AO 7757
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Copy of the Code of Hammurabi, from the library of king Ashurbanipal in...

Prologue, in cuneiform writing, to the code of law of king Lippit-Eshtar of Larsa (1934-1924 BCE) Baked clay. AO 5473
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Prologue, in cuneiform writing, to the code of law of king Lippit-Eshtar of...

Dedication to the goddess Ninimnpa, for the restoration of her temple by Waved-Sin, king of Larsa. Cuneiform writing. 19th BCE Limestone. AO 3005
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Dedication to the goddess Ninimnpa, for the restoration of her templ...

Diplomatic correspondence from King Hammurabi to Sin-Idinu, ordering him to assemble troops and send them to Babylon. first half 18th BCE, Cuneiform writing.From Larsa. Baked clay, 9,6 x 5,6 cm AO 5420
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Diplomatic correspondence from King Hammurabi to Sin-Idinu, ordering...