====Most Important Cuneiform Objects 11-20====
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[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=middle_assyrian_laws_a|11. The Middle Assyrian Laws, A]]
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A law collection famously including some of the oldest written regulations on women’s behaviour. [[middle_assyrian_laws_a|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\ 
//Provenience//: Assur\\ 
//Period//: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin\\ 
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[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=cylinders_of_gudea|12. The Cylinders of Gudea]]
[[cylinders_of_gudea|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_cylinders_of_gudea.png?100}}]]

A set of large cylinders inscribed with a Sumerian hymnic composition in which king Gudea receives instructions in a dream to build a temple. [[cylinders_of_gudea|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Clay cylinders (and fragments)\\ 
//Provenience//: Girsu, modern Tello\\ 
//Period//: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/cylinders-gudea|Louvre Museum, Paris]] 
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[[treaty_hattshili_ramesses|{{ http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=hatturamesse.jpg?100|}}]]
[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=treaty_hattshili_ramesses |13. Treaty between Hattushili III and Ramesses]]

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. [[treaty_hattshili_ramesses|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\ 
//Provenience//: Hattusa, modern Boghazköi\\ 
//Period//: Middle Babylonian period (ca. 1400-1000 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul\\  

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[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=macehead_of_mesilim|14. The Macehead of Mesilim]]
[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=macehead_of_mesilim|{{  http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/images/P222741_detail.jpg?100|}}]]

An important historical object from ancient Girsu mentioning Mesilim, king of Kish. [[macehead_of_mesilim|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Stone macehead\\ 
//Provenience//: Girsu, modern Tello\\ 
//Period//: ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/mace-head-king-mesilim|Louvre Museum, Paris]]\\ 

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[[black_obelisk|{{ http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/images/ma_blackobelisk.jpg?100|}}]]
[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=black_obelisk |15. The Black Obelisk]]

A Neo-Assyrian monument with a description of military triumphs, colourful images of exotic animals, and the earliest known depiction of an Israelite. [[black_obelisk|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Monument, stone\\ 
//Provenience//: Nimrud\\ 
//Period//: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: British Museum, London\\ 

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[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=bassetki_statue|16. Bassetki statue]]

An inscription which provides evidence for the deification of Naram-Sin on the base of one of the most extraordinary works of Akkadian art. [[bassetki_statue|More information...]]


//Artifact//: Copper monument\\ 
//Provenience//: Bassetki\\ 
//Period//: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq (IM 77823)\\ 

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[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=ebla_sign_list|17. The Ebla "Sign-list"]]\\

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A key to the pronunciation of cuneiform signs from the third millennium B.C.. [[ebla_sign_list|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\ 
//Provenience//: Ebla\\ 
//Period//: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340)\\ 
//Current location//: National Museum of Syria, Idlib\\ 

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[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=statue_idrimi_alalakh|18. The Statue of Idrimi of Alalakh]]
[[statue_idrimi_alalakh|{{ http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/images/MB_Idrimi.jpg?100}}]]

The autobiography of a 2nd millennium king. [[statue_idrimi_alalakh|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Stone statue\\ 
//Provenience//: Alalakh\\ 
//Period//: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: British Museum, London\\ 

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[[banquet_stela_assurnasirpal_II|{{ image.jpg?100|}}]]
[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=banquet_stela_assurnasirpal_II |19. Banquet Stela of Assurnasirpal II]]

Assurnasirpal II boasts of the lavish feast he threw for tens of thousands of guests to celebrate the inauguration of his new capital. [[banquet_stela_assurnasirpal_II|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Stele\\ 
//Provenience//: Nimrud\\ 
//Period//: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: British Museum, London\\ 
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[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=largest_account_archaic_period|20. The Largest Account of the Archaic Period]]
[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=largest_account_archaic_period|{{ :sb2801.jpg?100}}]]

An almost completely preserved clay-tablet in proto-Elamite from ancient Susa inscribed with a complicated account.[[largest_account_archaic_period|More information...]]

//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\ 
//Provenience//: Susa, modern Shush\\ 
//Period//: Proto-Elamite (ca. 3300-3000 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: Louvre Museum, Paris (Sb 2801)\\