9/19
[ stop the slideshow ]

Cuneiform Inscription

Cuneiform Inscription.jpg Chaldean vases, drinking vessels and amphora of the second periodThumbnailsMan LionChaldean vases, drinking vessels and amphora of the second periodThumbnailsMan LionChaldean vases, drinking vessels and amphora of the second periodThumbnailsMan LionChaldean vases, drinking vessels and amphora of the second periodThumbnailsMan Lion

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.”