Owing to systematic mutilation, sculpture in the round is poorly represented. The obelisk of Manishtusu (son of Sargon), a block of diorite entirely covered with inscriptions, is both an invaluable historical document and an artistic achievement heralding, half a millennium ahead, the Code of Hammurabi
Purchased on market. Eyes, etc., lack inlay. Diutu, whose inscription is engraved on the back of the...
Since its discovery and decipherment at the turn of the twentieth century, the inscription of the La...
Although Semitic in type in general, these statuettes from Mari are of individuals, as opposed to la...
It is interesting to compare this work with the Stele of the Vultures. One is all massive strength a...
Il contributo analizza i diversi approcci di studio del Codice di Hammurabi nella tradizione cuneifo...
Transliteration, translation, photos, and commentary of an Old Akkadian archive from Umm-el-Hafriyat...
The representations of all the gods on the western wall of the Portico of Obelisks in Hatshepsut’s t...
Brick relief recalling that of Pure Kassite temple of Innin (slide WA-103) at Uruk. Restored from fr...
This article brings together evidence from both documentary texts and royal inscriptions from Susa i...
One of the several orthostat fragments and gate lions dating to the Hittite era. Excavations have be...
This is one of the several orthostat fragments and gate lions dating to the Hittite era excavated in...
Stele of Assurnasirpal II ( Reign: 883-859 B. C.). In: Layard, A. H., Discoveries in the ruins of Ni...
Purchased on market. Eyes, etc., lack inlay. Diutu, whose inscription is engraved on the back of the...
Since its discovery and decipherment at the turn of the twentieth century, the inscription of the La...
Although Semitic in type in general, these statuettes from Mari are of individuals, as opposed to la...
It is interesting to compare this work with the Stele of the Vultures. One is all massive strength a...
Il contributo analizza i diversi approcci di studio del Codice di Hammurabi nella tradizione cuneifo...
Transliteration, translation, photos, and commentary of an Old Akkadian archive from Umm-el-Hafriyat...
The representations of all the gods on the western wall of the Portico of Obelisks in Hatshepsut’s t...
Brick relief recalling that of Pure Kassite temple of Innin (slide WA-103) at Uruk. Restored from fr...
This article brings together evidence from both documentary texts and royal inscriptions from Susa i...
One of the several orthostat fragments and gate lions dating to the Hittite era. Excavations have be...
This is one of the several orthostat fragments and gate lions dating to the Hittite era excavated in...
Stele of Assurnasirpal II ( Reign: 883-859 B. C.). In: Layard, A. H., Discoveries in the ruins of Ni...
Purchased on market. Eyes, etc., lack inlay. Diutu, whose inscription is engraved on the back of the...
Since its discovery and decipherment at the turn of the twentieth century, the inscription of the La...
Although Semitic in type in general, these statuettes from Mari are of individuals, as opposed to la...