Category:Room 55, British Museum

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  Amulet against ghosts 113865.jpg 1,909 × 2,371; 1.2 MB
  
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  Amulet to ward off plague.jpg 875 × 1,051; 204 KB
  
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  Apkallu statuette 2.jpg 1,568 × 3,444; 824 KB
  
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  Apkallu statuette.jpg 509 × 1,455; 332 KB
  
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  Aramaic alphabet written in cuneiform signs BM 25636.jpg 2,450 × 3,292; 1.16 MB
  
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  Assyrian Bronze Scale Armour.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.47 MB
  
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  Assyrian Cuneiform Cylinder.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.59 MB
  
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  Assyrian Cuneiform Script - 36424080021.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 7.47 MB
  
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  Assyrian Cuneiform Script - 36562326005.jpg 3,062 × 3,121; 7.17 MB
  
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  Assyrian Cuneiform Script.jpg 3,450 × 4,620; 12.24 MB
  
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  Assyrian lions.png 2,689 × 2,001; 6.52 MB
  
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  Assyrian siege of an Egyptian fort, probably a scene from the war in 667 BCE. Sculpted in 645 – 635 BCE, time of Ashurbanipal.jpg 3,260 × 2,113; 3.99 MB
  
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  Assyrians in Babylon- Bas-Relief Showing Babylonian Prisoners.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.68 MB
  
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  Autobiographie d'Assurbanipal.jpg 1,827 × 1,543; 1.2 MB
  
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  Babylonian Boundary Stele - 36165402720.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 7 MB
  
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  Babylonian Boundary Stele.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.09 MB
  
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  Babylonian Bronze Swords.jpg 1,419 × 2,657; 1.11 MB
  
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  Babylonian Diorite Boundary Stele (Kudurru), Temple of Markuk, Babylon, 900-800 BC.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.54 MB
  
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  Babylonian Limestone Boundary Stele (Kudurru), Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I.jpg 2,326 × 4,973; 10.64 MB
  
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  Babylonian Map of the World, 700-500 BC.jpg 2,857 × 3,777; 7.6 MB
  
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  Babylonian Terracotta Beast.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 7.14 MB
  
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  BabylonLion-BM.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 2.99 MB
  
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  Bas-Relief of Assyrian Soldier.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 7.88 MB
  
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  Bas-Relief of Late Assyrian Empire.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 5.93 MB
  
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  Basalt tablet of Esarhaddon commemoration the reconstruction of Babylon after the destructions of his father, in traditional Sumero-Akkadian script, Babylon, 670 BCE.jpg 3,197 × 4,795; 9.14 MB
  
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  Bird-headed sages apkallu BM.jpg 2,304 × 4,096; 3.78 MB
  
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  Birth of Sargon BM ME K.3401.jpg 1,586 × 1,902; 3.14 MB
  
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  Black basalt monument of king Esarhaddon. It narrates Esarhaddon's restoration of Babylon. Circa 670 BCE. From Babylon, Mesopotamia, Iraq. The British Museum, London.jpg 2,848 × 4,288; 6.35 MB
  
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  Black Limestone Kudurru (Boundary Stone) of Marduk-nadin-akhe, 1099-1082 BC.jpg 2,627 × 5,026; 9.41 MB
  
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  BM 29785 EA 9 Reverse v2.jpg 600 × 561; 104 KB
  
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  BM 93005 Kassite to Akkadian Vocabulary.jpg 417 × 645; 91 KB
  
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  BM; ANE - RM 55, Cuneiform Tablets Display.1 cropped.JPG 150 × 212; 25 KB
  
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  BM; ANE - RM 55, Cuneiform Tablets Display.1.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 1.12 MB
  
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  Brick Inscribed with Name of Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 5.87 MB
  
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  British Museum - Room 54 (21000919208).jpg 1,920 × 1,280; 1.73 MB
  
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  British Museum - Room 55 (21196668931).jpg 1,920 × 1,280; 1.39 MB
  
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  British Museum - Room 55 (21196670881).jpg 1,920 × 1,280; 1.27 MB
  
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  British Museum Cuneiform planisphere K8538.jpg 1,050 × 1,068; 332 KB
  
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  British Museum inscribed stone of Nebuchadnezzar II.jpg 3,473 × 4,033; 4.61 MB
  
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  British Museum July 2015-1.jpg 5,946 × 4,026; 18.07 MB
  
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  British Museum Planisphere fragment.jpg 508 × 598; 119 KB
  
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  Building Babylon.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.32 MB
  
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  Clay Cylinder with Cuneiform Script of King Nabonidus.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.03 MB
  
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  Clay foundation cylinder of Nabonidus.jpg 3,150 × 1,917; 1.15 MB
  
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  Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Script Announcing Nebuchadnezzar's Capture of Jerusalem.jpg 2,756 × 3,324; 5.27 MB
  
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  Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Script of Crown Prince, Son of Nebuchadnezzar II.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 7.25 MB
  
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  Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Writing- Nebuchadnezzar, King of Justice.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 7.6 MB
  
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  Confirmation of land grant by Shamash-shum-ukim - BM 77611-2.jpg 4,599 × 3,163; 2.56 MB
  
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  Copper alloy swords - Mesopotamia.jpg 1,669 × 3,109; 616 KB
  
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  Copy of an inscription of Hammurabi of Babylon BM 46543.jpg 2,547 × 3,456; 1.57 MB
  
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  Cosmetic bottle BM 120659.jpg 2,700 × 3,711; 1.59 MB
  
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  Cuneiform tablet BM62788.jpg 1,680 × 1,755; 426 KB
  
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  Cuneiform Writing on Clay Tablet - 36394195382.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 5.46 MB
  
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  Cuneiform Writing on Clay Tablet.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 5.17 MB
  
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  Cylinder Nabonidus BM WA91128.jpg 2,300 × 1,275; 1.89 MB
  
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  Cylinder of Nabonidus from the temple of God Sin at UR, Mesopotamia. ..JPG 4,288 × 2,848; 9.35 MB
  
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  Cylinder of Nabonidus from the temple of Shamash at Larsa, Mesopotamia..JPG 3,690 × 2,283; 6.91 MB
  
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  Daggers Neo-Assyria.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 7.54 MB
  
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  Detail, Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 9.19 MB
  
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  Detail, middle part, Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum.jpg 3,592 × 2,848; 6.51 MB
  
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  Detail, middle part. Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum.jpg 3,611 × 2,848; 6.28 MB
  
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  Detail, stele of Nabonidus. Nabonidus wears the traditional dress of a Babylonian king, holding objects symbolizing justice and power.jpg 4,016 × 6,016; 17.91 MB
  
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  Detail, upper part, Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum.jpg 3,554 × 2,848; 6.41 MB
  
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  Detail, upper part. Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum.jpg 3,592 × 2,693; 6.1 MB
  
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  Drawing of a ziggurat BM 38217.jpg 2,555 × 2,014; 1.01 MB
  
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  Drinking vessel in the shape of a woman's head BM 116359.jpg 2,278 × 3,019; 1.09 MB
  
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  EA 9 - BM 29785.jpg 2,952 × 3,670; 2.09 MB
  
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  Enuma Elish K.3473.jpg 2,170 × 4,908; 2.69 MB
  
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  Esagil tablet fragment BM 40813.jpg 2,768 × 3,044; 1.55 MB
  
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  Esarhaddon cylinder in the British Museum.jpg 555 × 962; 444 KB
  
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  Esarhaddon prism 78223.jpg 2,762 × 5,162; 2.49 MB
  
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  Fall of Nineveh Chronicle BM 21901.jpg 2,912 × 4,928; 2.96 MB
  
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  Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 187.jpg 1,024 × 680; 255 KB
  
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  Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 188.jpg 1,024 × 680; 253 KB
  
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  Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 189.jpg 1,024 × 680; 277 KB
  
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  Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 212.jpg 680 × 1,024; 332 KB
  
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  Gardens of Merodach Baladan BM 46226.jpg 2,485 × 2,765; 830 KB
  
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  Ishtar descent to the Underworld BM ME K.162.jpg 2,005 × 4,009; 7.71 MB
  
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  Kudurru of Adad-etir BM ME 90834.jpg 2,751 × 4,142; 9.33 MB
  
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  Kudurru of Eanna-shum-iddina BM K.3401.jpg 2,534 × 3,816; 8.27 MB
  
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  Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum in London.jpg 2,848 × 4,288; 6.87 MB
  
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  Kudurru of Ritti-Marduk, from Sippar, Iraq, 1125-1104 BCE. British Museum, London.jpg 2,848 × 4,288; 6.92 MB
  
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  Lahmu - Nineveh.jpg 2,258 × 4,752; 1.63 MB
  
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  Lahmu, Nineveh, 900-612 BCE.jpg 1,108 × 2,386; 2.23 MB
  
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  Lamashtu amulets.jpg 2,162 × 1,663; 913 KB
  
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  Lament of Nabu-suma-ukin BM 40474.jpg 3,034 × 4,870; 2.69 MB
  
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  Last Babylonian Rulers & Biblical Account of Their Fall.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.2 MB
  
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  Letter Ashurbanipal Esarhaddon 1883,0118.22.jpg 1,672 × 1,983; 822 KB
  
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  Letter K4267.jpg 1,715 × 2,784; 1.29 MB
  
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  Letter ME K652.jpg 1,928 × 2,876; 1.17 MB
  
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  Library of Ashurbanipal.jpg 4,608 × 2,592; 6.98 MB
  
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  Limestone cylinder seal BM 89767.jpg 3,192 × 1,368; 1.12 MB
  
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  Lions and Kingship.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.1 MB
  
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  Map of the world.jpg 2,592 × 3,888; 2.42 MB
  
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  Model clay dogs Nineveh.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 1.02 MB
  
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  Monument cruciforme de Manishtushu.jpg 1,545 × 2,569; 667 KB
  
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  Mould-made fired clay plaque in relief of a naked woman holding her breasts, a typical female votary dedicated to ensuring safety in childbirth. From Ur, Iraq. 700-600 BCE.jpg 3,986 × 4,867; 9.28 MB
  
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  Mould-made fired clay plaque in relief of a woman holding a child on her breast. Her right hand appears to guide the baby to her right nipple. Such figures were meant to protect the mother and ensure the safety of their babies. From Ur.jpg 3,483 × 5,401; 7.46 MB
  
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  Mould-made fired clay plaque in relief of a woman. She is seated and cross-legged, with the child on her lap suckling at her left breast. Such figures were meant to protect the mother and ensure the safety of their babies. From Ur, Iraq.jpg 3,593 × 4,313; 6.5 MB
  
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  Mushussu bronze amulet - BM 129388.jpg 3,213 × 3,015; 1.79 MB
  
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  Mushussu terracotta plaque 103381.jpg 2,939 × 2,532; 1.17 MB
  
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  Mushussu terracotta plaque BM 134738.jpg 2,239 × 1,736; 627 KB
  
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  Nabonidus chronicle.jpg 1,216 × 1,170; 605 KB
  
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  Nabonidus cylinder sippar bm1.jpg 800 × 505; 93 KB
  
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  Nabonidus's faults and absences were recorded alongside events of his reign. By the autumn of 539 BCE, Babylon had surrendered to the army of king Cyrus to become part of the growing Achaemenid Empire. From Babylon, Iraq, 530-400 BCE.jpg 3,898 × 4,016; 11.82 MB
  
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  Nabonidus's preoccupation with the moon god Sin led to building work outside Babylon. This clay cylinder records the restoration of Sin's ziggurat at Ur, and also asks him to protect Nabonidus and his son, Belshazzar. From Ur, Iraq.jpg 3,999 × 2,980; 7.8 MB
  
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  Nebuchadnezzar king of justice BM 45690.jpg 4,114 × 3,038; 2.61 MB
  
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  Nebuchadnezzar King of Justice. Once in power, Nebuchadnezzar was presented as a typical Babylonian monarch; wise, pious, just, and strong. Texts such as this clay tablet, extol his greatness as a man and ruler. From Babylon, Iraq.jpg 4,786 × 3,720; 12.88 MB
  
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  Neo-Assyrian Iron Helmet, Nimrud, 800-700 BC.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 5.69 MB
  
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  Nimrud lens British Museum.jpg 1,040 × 926; 472 KB
  
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  Ninurta amulet 89904.jpg 1,868 × 2,421; 1,018 KB
  
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  Number-Syllabary Text BM 46603.jpg 2,261 × 3,483; 1.41 MB
  
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  Omen enquiry K.159.jpg 733 × 1,158; 457 KB
  
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  Pazuzu amulet 108979.jpg 2,765 × 4,048; 2.12 MB
  
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  Pazuzu amulet 86263.jpg 2,971 × 3,321; 2.28 MB
  
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  Pazuzu heads BM.jpg 5,212 × 2,783; 2.37 MB
  
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  Plan of Babylon Tuba area.jpg 2,368 × 2,912; 976 KB
  
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  Plan, topographic representation of Babylon. The clay tablet depicts "Tu-ba", a suburb of the ancient city of Babylon. The River Euphrates is represented by the water-lined band. Shamash Gate (Abul Shamash) is seen at the lower part.jpg 3,320 × 3,740; 9.97 MB
  
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  Sale of Land to Pay a Ransom ca 1033 BC.jpg 1,073 × 967; 267 KB
  
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  Sargon II alabaster jars.jpg 2,736 × 2,411; 746 KB
  
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  Sargon II glass jar.jpg 1,849 × 2,263; 468 KB
  
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  Seal of Shamash-shum-ukin BM 77611.jpg 752 × 719; 155 KB
  
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  Seal of Shamash-shum-ukin.jpg 751 × 711; 696 KB
  
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  Sharpening Stone - Sippar.jpg 1,398 × 2,707; 981 KB
  
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  Stela Ashurbanipal 90864.jpg 3,710 × 5,700; 2.86 MB
  
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  Stela Ashurbanipal 90865.jpg 3,073 × 5,795; 2.88 MB
  
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  Stela Shamash-shum-ukin 90866.jpg 2,737 × 4,919; 1.83 MB
  
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  Stone amulet. The demon Lamashtu stands on a donkey and suckles a wild pig and a jackal. Lamashtu preyed on women during childbirth and on their newborn babies. There is an incomplete Akkadian cuneiform inscription, an incantation.jpg 3,734 × 4,827; 13.74 MB
  
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  Stone monument of Shamash-shum-ukin as a basket-bearer. 668-655 BCE. From the temple of Nabu at Borsippa, Iraq. British Museum.jpg 1,178 × 1,886; 1.45 MB
  
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  Tablet Nineveh K.1619b.jpg 2,534 × 1,423; 887 KB
  
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  Terracotta Cylinder Describing Nebuchadnezzar II's Building Works.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 7.44 MB
  
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  Terracotta Cylinder Describing Nebuchadnezzar's Building Works.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 7.23 MB
  
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  Terracotta Figurines of Lahmu, Nineveh, 900-612 BCE.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 5.66 MB
  
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  Terracotta plaque depicting Mushussu (Mušḫuššu; sirrush). This model plaque was mass-produced at that time to protect Babylonian households from enemies. From southern Iraq. 800-500 BCE.jpg 3,314 × 2,987; 7.01 MB
  
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  The Crown Prince, son of Nebuchadnezzar II, write this anguished poem in jail. Once freed, he attributed his rescue to god Marduk by changing his name to Amel-Marduk. From Borsippa, near Babylon, Iraq.jpg 3,361 × 5,199; 12.52 MB
  
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  The cuneiform inscription highlights the conquest of Jerusalem and the surrender of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, in 597 BCE. From Babylon, Iraq.jpg 2,749 × 3,088; 6.12 MB
  
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  The Kassites and Their Successors.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.25 MB
  
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  The Rise of Assyria.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6 MB
  
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  The Sun God Tablet.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.36 MB
  
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  This administrative document is dated to the 24th day of Kislimu in the 11th year of Nabonidus, king of Babylon. It mentions a slave of Bel-sharra-usur (Belshazzar), son of the king. From Borsippa, Iraq.jpg 2,527 × 2,139; 4.05 MB
  
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  This clay tablet represents a classroom experiment; a teacher imposed a challenging writing exercise on pupils who spoke both languages. The pupils had to use traditional syllabic signs to express the sounds of the Aramaic alphabet.jpg 2,084 × 2,953; 5.67 MB
  
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  Tukulti Ninurta I Stone Tablet BM.jpg 3,337 × 5,132; 3.2 MB
  
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  Verse Account of Nabonidus BM 38299.jpg 3,302 × 3,071; 2.02 MB
  
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  Votive monument to Hammurabi BM 22454 detail.png 1,989 × 2,488; 10.76 MB
  
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  Votive monument to Hammurabi BM 22454 n01.jpg 2,606 × 2,607; 6.3 MB
  
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  Votive monument to Hammurabi BM 22454 n02.jpg 1,989 × 2,994; 6.08 MB
  
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  Whetstone & Clay Cuneiform Tablets.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 7.27 MB
  
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  Zakutu Treaty.jpg 742 × 1,029; 356 KB
  
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  Брытанскі музей 2014 14.JPG 3,872 × 2,592; 3.64 MB