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Ruins of the Temple of Enlil at Nippur.

Enlil (also known as Ellil and Nunamnir) was the Sumerian god of the air in the Mesopotamian Pantheon but was more powerful...

Shulgi of Ur (2029-1982 BCE) is considered the greatest king of the Ur III Period in Mesopotamia (2047-1750 BCE...

In ancient Mesopotamia, the meaning of life was for one to live in concert with the gods. Humans were created as co-laborers...

This clay tablet (with its clay envelope) was a legal document which documented the purchase of a house property. From...

This terracotta tablet is a smaller version of the original law code stela of King Hammurabi to be used in schools and courts...

A terracotta tablet with cuneiform inscriptions that narrates a love poem. This is the oldest love poem ever known...

The smaller sarcophagus on the left belonged to a child. Baked clay and glazed. Parthian, 1st century BCE to 1st century...

Nanna (also known as Nannar, Nanna-Suen, Sin, Asimbabbar, Namrasit, Inbu) is the Mesopotamian god of the moon and wisdom...

No one knows where the city of Akkad was located, how it rose to prominence, or how, precisely, it fell; yet once it...

Naram-Sin (reigned 2261-2224 BCE) was the last great king of the Akkadian Empire and grandson of Sargon the Great (reigned...

The gods of the Mesopotamian region were by no means uniform in name, power, provenance or status in the hierarchy. Mesopotamian...