Ancient Near East

Theophoric Titles

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Beth Shan Stela of Seti I

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Yehimilk's Temple Inscription

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The 400 Year Inscription at Tanis

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Famine story, Tale of Aqhat

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Merneptah Stela

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Siloam Pool Inscription

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Myths and Legends

information on Mesopotamia, Sumer, and Hammurabi [People in History] [Searches and Tools]...

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Cuneiform Tablets

In the late fourth and third milleniums B.C. a people called the Sumerians began to develop a writing system called "cuneiform" ("wedge-shaped"), written on wet clay with a sharpened stick, or stylus. At first the Sumerians used a series of pictures ("pictograms") to record information having to do with business and administration, but went on to d...

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Ancient Mesopotamia Teacher's Resource Guide

information on Mesopotamia, Sumer, and Hammurabi [Oriental Institute] [People in History] [Searches and Tools]...

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