14/15
[ arrêter le diaporama ]

Cuneiform Inscription

Cuneiform Inscription.jpg Chaldean Reeds (from a slab of Sennacherib)MiniaturesChaldean lamps of the second periodChaldean Reeds (from a slab of Sennacherib)MiniaturesChaldean lamps of the second periodChaldean Reeds (from a slab of Sennacherib)MiniaturesChaldean lamps of the second periodChaldean Reeds (from a slab of Sennacherib)MiniaturesChaldean lamps of the second period

Among the earliest of the monuments hitherto discovered are a set of bricks bearing the following cuneiform inscription.

This inscription is explained to mean:—“Beltis, his lady, has caused Urukh (?), the pious chief, King of Hur, and King of the land (?) of the Akkad, to build a temple to her.”