Cuneiform tablets about Religion and mythology

Quadrangular fired clay prism; inscription refers to votive gift to Adad the weather god; the wavy lines are thunder bolts to which libations were poured; inscribed on three sides. Inscription of the donor, Ninurta-resushu.
Cultures/Kassite
Production date13thC BC
Excavated by: Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot: Abu Habba (Sippar)
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription note: Inscription to Adad by Ninurte-résušú nu-èš of Enlil
Mousa Alsaibawi

TABLET OF MORAL PRECEPTS INCLUDING WARNINGS TO KINGS CONCERNING THE EVILS WHICH FOLLOW MISGOVERNMENT AND INJUSTICE discovered mesopotamia Iraq

Stone tablet carved with inscription
Inscription translation For A’annepada, king of Ur, son of Mesannepada, king of Ur built the temple for Ninhursag
Findspot Tell Al-Ubaid Iraq mesopotamia
2500BC

allocation of butter, cheese and dates for Ningal-a-anda and somebody else (name missing) received from Ga-nun-mah of Ningal by gudu-priests
Excavated by: Sir Leonard Woolley
Gungunum (Akkadian: 𒀭𒄖𒌦𒄖𒉡𒌝, Dgu-un-gu-nu-um) was a king of the city state of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, Iraq ruling from 1932 to 1906 BC.According to the traditional king list for Larsa, he was the fifth king to rule the city

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