Mnamon

Ancient writing systems in the Mediterranean

A critical guide to electronic resources

Akkadian Cuneiform

- (2350 B.C. - 100 A.D. ca.)


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Representation of a situla with lustral water of an apkallu and royal inscription of Ashurnasirpal II, king of Assyria, 9th century BC. Detail from an alabaster bas-relief from the North-West Palace of Nimrud, Iraq. Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Hand_of_an_apkallu_%28sage%29_wearing_a_bracelet_and_holding_a_bucket_for_religious_rituals._From_the_North-West_Palace%2C_Nimrud%2C_Iraq._9th_century_BCE._Pergamon_Museum%2C_Berlin.jpg

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