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Clay tablet with an inscription with the name          
of king Samshi-Addad, mentioning the building of a     
temple in Deir es Zor.                                 
Baked clay, 9 x 5,5 cm                                 
AO 4628
#080213 2

Clay tablet with an inscription with the name of king Samshi-Addad, me...

Clay tablet with an inscription with the name          
of king Samshi-Addad, mentioning the building of a     
temple in Deir es Zor.                                 
Baked clay, 9 x 5,5 cm                                 
AO 4629
#080213 3

Clay tablet with an inscription with the name of king Samshi-Addad, me...

Fragment, glazed tile with letter.                     
AO 28889
#080213 4

Fragment, glazed tile with letter. AO 28889

Fragment, glazed tile with letter.                     
AO 28889
#080213 5

Fragment, glazed tile with letter. AO 28889

Fragment, glazed tile, inscribed with a letter.        
AO 28889
#080213 6

Fragment, glazed tile, inscribed with a letter. AO 28889

Sales contract, concerning a field and a house.        
Shuruppak period,Archaic dynasties 2900-2750 BCE.      
Clay, 8,5 x 2 cm                                       
AO 3766
#080213 7

Sales contract, concerning a field and a house. Shuruppak period,Archaic...

Copy of the inscription of a statue of Naram-Sin,      
King of Akkad (Dynasty of Akkad, 2334-2193 BCE).       
Baked clay, 10,3 x 8,6 cm                              
AO 5475
#080213 8

Copy of the inscription of a statue of Naram-Sin, King of Akkad (Dynasty o...

Sales contract, clay tablet 10,8 x 10,4 cm             
Shurrupak period,early 3rd mill BCE.                   
AO 2753
#080213 9

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
#08021310

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
#08021311

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
#08021312

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
#08021313

Hymn of Nidaba, the "lamentation of the fall of Ur", tells of a devastating s...