Inscription of the Birth of King Sargon of Akkad

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 13 October 2014
Inscription of the Birth of King Sargon of Akkad

This fragment of a clay tablet narrates in 17 lines of cuneiform inscription the origin of Sargon and recounts how as a baby he was found in a basket floating in a river. Sargon reigned from 2334-2279 BCE. From the library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (modern Ninawa Governorate, Iraq), northern Mesopotamia. Neo-Assyrian period, 7th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, October 13). Inscription of the Birth of King Sargon of Akkad. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3128/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Inscription of the Birth of King Sargon of Akkad." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 13, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/3128/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Inscription of the Birth of King Sargon of Akkad." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 13 Oct 2014. Web. 20 Jun 2019.

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