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Most Important Cuneiform Objects 31-40
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31. The Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld
This Akkadian poem tells the myth of the descent of Ishtar, goddess of love, fertility, and war, into the Netherworld and her resurrection. More information...
/Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London ()
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Artifact: Clay prism
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London
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Artifact: Monument, stone
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Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London ()
An important Neo-Babylonian manuscript of a medical treatise that gives detailed descriptions of epilepsy. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
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Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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35. Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa
A scholarly text providing astronomical observations of the planet Venus More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London ()
36. Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur
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Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Sultantepe
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location:
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Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London, UK (K 03401 + Sm 2118)
38. A bilingual statue from Tell Fekherye
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Artifact: Basalt statue
Provenience: Tell Fekherye
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Current location:
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Artifact: Clay cylinder
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Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Current location:
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Artifact: Stone tablet
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Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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