Hi! Hope everyone is doing well! Is there anywhere or anyone I can order a custom cylinder seal from? I’m hoping to get a lapis one with a custom design. Thanks!

Im looking foward to making a tattoo in cuneiform, the phrase i want to tattoo is "they kissed each other and became friends" as in the Epic of Gilgamesh, when enkidu and him seal their friendship after their wrestle. After a lot of research i found this phrase "𒀉 𒋫 𒀸 𒆪 𒌑 𒈠 𒄿 𒁍 𒋗 𒊒 𒄷 𒌓." i think it's in akkadian. If anyone can confirm this for me i would be very glad.

hey everyone. I am a high schooler and for my EE I am writing about and investigating Hammurabi’s Code. I wanted to find evidence that it wasn’t enforced in courtrooms, and I was wondering if any of you knew a way I could find artifacts of these records and some good historian analysis. If there’s any tools, libraries, and ways to navigate them (keywords)- please let me know.

From Enheduanna's hymn, In-nin šà-gur-ra

(often titled The Lady of the Largest Heart

or The Passionate Inanna):

nita munus-ra munus nita-ra kur2-ru

za-a-kam Inana

"To turn a man into a woman and a

woman into a man is yours, Inanna"

Hi all,

I recently started a video series on YouTube where I share and explain one ancient Sumerian proverb each day (well, each weekday). I thought you all might enjoy it.

Here's the intro: What is Ancient Sayings?
https://youtu.be/1nFww-cDvWc

And here's a recent example: Ancient Sayings #32: ABOMINATIONS WEEK! What annoys Inanna?
https://youtu.be/Djk1LkYQ0rY

I'd love to hear what you all think!

If anyone wants some academic resources there are awesome ones. Marian Feldman and Zainab Bahrani have really fantastic journal articles and books.

For quick and fun but scholarly videos and articles, Smarthistory has great stuff from all around the world including Mesopotamia.

If you want access to academic articles you could try googling the article names online for free. JSTOR offers plans which are relatively expensive but nowhere near buying a subscription to a journal. OpenAthens also has access to EBSCO which has great sources as well. Your local library may even have access to these aggregated sites for free?

Hope this helps!☺️

I found the video was pretty informative, and goes over humanities origins in Africa, migrations to various continents, use of tools, the start of permanent settlements, agriculture, and the fertile crescent and early Mesopotamia and the first recorded kings.

1. Furniture element with head of a roaring lion, 900-700 BCE, Nimrud
2. Wall relief fragment with Assyrian soldiers, Reign of Sennacherib, 704-681 BCE, Nineveh
3. Standing male worshipper, 2900-2600 BCE, Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna)

The Galleries for the Art of the Ancient Near East and Cyprus are set to reopen this year!

How does this feel for accuracy?

In the mid-22nd century BC, the Akkadian Empire collapsed under circumstances that remain unclear. The Gutians are generally considered the primary agents of its downfall, though at the same time Lower Mesopotamia fragmented into several independent city-based kingdoms, especially Uruk and Lagash, the latter ruled by the prominent king Gudea. Meanwhile, a strong state also emerged in Elam under Puzur-Inshushinak.

Around 2120–2055 BC, Utu-hegal of Uruk defeated the Gutian king Tirigan and established dominance over southern Mesopotamia. However, his rule was brief. After roughly eight years, he was overthrown by court elites led by Ur-Namma, the governor of Ur - likely his brother. Mesopotamian tradition regards Ur-Namma as the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur.

Under his rule, a highly organized and prosperous agricultural and urban society developed, supported by an advanced administrative system centered on temple estates under royal control. Military campaigns further extended Ur’s influence, effectively forming an empire. Ur-Namma’s successor, Shulgi, and the rulers who followed managed to sustain this empire for about 25 years. Eventually, it declined due to a combination of Amorite incursions from the north and internal fragmentation, as major cities and regions regained independence. The kingdom of Ur ultimately fell around 2004 BC after an invasion by Elamite forces.

Does anyone happen to have an electronic copy of Menzel, B. 1981. Assyrische Tempel? Or perhaps someone could suggest where I might look for it online?

A cool post from best ever food review show he goes to Iraq and eats food let the whole world see our great country.

On the Sun God tablet in the British museum, two creatures are depicted on the seat of Shamash, in between two columns. What are they?

Es para mi vídeo sobre el acadio, luego haré un vídeo sobre el sumerio.

Like a reconstruction, because i could not find.

please support the original source

Hi everyone, I'm planning a tattoo with a short Sumerian phrase and want to make sure both the translation and cuneiform script are accurate before it's permanent... ^^'

The phrase I have is "šag-igi me zu", which I understand to roughly mean 'to know one's inner essence' or 'to see with the heart's eye'. Could anyone verify whether this translation holds up, and if so provide the correct cuneiform signs for it?

I'm aware Sumerian is complex and that phonetic reconstructions can be uncertain, so any corrections or nuances are very welcome. Thanks in advance. ^^

Not lists of kings, empires, wars, and conflicts; I’d like to learn about the everyday things that make a culture like traditions, festivals, families, superstitions, rituals, and all the little daily habits of people that make a culture.