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mediumAkkadian cuneiform, Neo-Assyrian period — Standard Babylonian literary dialect

Neo-Assyrian period, approximately 650-620 BCE (Ashurbanipal's library), though the text tradition dates to c. 1800-1200 BCE

This is Tablet XI (the Flood Tablet) of the Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. Based on the scholarly reconstruction of this famous tablet (British Museum K.3375), the text narrates the Flood stor

Nov 3, 202663 views

lowAkkadian cuneiform, likely Neo-Babylonian or Late Babylonian period, based on sign forms and tablet shape

Approximately 625–400 BCE (Neo-Babylonian to early Achaemenid period)

Line 1: [...] year [...] Line 2: [...] which is before/in the presence of [...] Line 3: [...] his/its great [...] Line 4: [...] silver [...] Line 5: [...] to/for [...] Line 6: [...] witnesses [...] Li

Nov 2, 20267 views

highNot cuneiform — this image does not contain cuneiform script

Not applicable — modern photograph

N/A — This is not a cuneiform tablet. The image appears to show a sign or label photographed through a rain-covered window or glass surface. The text may partially read something like 'as[s]embly' or

Oct 19, 202613 views

Old Persian cuneiform, Achaemenid period — this appears to be a hand-drawn copy or facsimile of Old Persian royal inscription columns, likely from the Behistun (Bisitun) Inscription or a related Achaemenid monument

lowOld Persian cuneiform, Achaemenid period — this appears to be a hand-drawn copy or facsimile of Old Persian royal inscription columns, likely from the Behistun (Bisitun) Inscription or a related Achaemenid monument

522–486 BCE (reign of Darius I), Achaemenid Persian Empire; facsimile copy likely 19th–early 20th century CE

COLUMN LEFT: '[Darius], the great king, king of kings, [king of countries/nations]... (Line 5) Darius the king... (Section IX) Darius the king who made/inscribed this inscription...' COLUMN MIDDLE: '

Oct 13, 202633 views

lowSumerian cuneiform, Early Dynastic or Ur III period administrative tablet

ca. 2600–2000 BCE (Early Dynastic III or Ur III period)

Obverse: Line 1: 1 [unit/vessel] ... [commodity] Line 2: Barley (in) gur-saŋŋal (large capacity measure) ... wine/grapes ... fish ... Line 3: ... barley ... gur (large unit of measure) ... Line 4: [Pe

Sep 23, 202644 views

mediumAkkadian cuneiform, Neo-Assyrian period (Standard Babylonian dialect)

7th century BCE (Neo-Assyrian copy); Standard Babylonian composition ca. 1200 BCE

This tablet is MS J of Gilgamesh Tablet XI, the famous Flood Tablet of the Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. The following is a complete translation of the recoverable text by section: J2 Rm 616

Aug 21, 2026208 views

highAkkadian cuneiform, Neo-Assyrian period — Standard Babylonian dialect

Neo-Assyrian period, approximately 650-612 BCE (reign of Ashurbanipal); the composition itself dates to the Old Babylonian period, ca. 1800-1600 BCE, with the Standard Babylonian version compiled ca. 1200 BCE

This tablet is visually consistent with — and almost certainly is — the famous 'Flood Tablet' (Tablet XI) of the Epic of Gilgamesh, housed in the British Museum (BM K.3375). At the resolution availabl

Apr 10, 20261696 views

lowProto-cuneiform / Early Sumerian cuneiform, Early Dynastic period or late Uruk period

ca. 3100–2600 BCE (Late Uruk to Early Dynastic period)

This appears to be an administrative/economic record, likely reading approximately: '[X units] of grain / [assigned to] [N] persons / [X] oxen / [rations of] bread / [under supervision of] overseer [a

Apr 10, 2026282 views

lowProto-cuneiform / Early Sumerian pictographic script, Uruk III–Jemdet Nasr period

circa 3100–2900 BCE (Uruk III / Jemdet Nasr period)

This tablet appears to record an administrative account, likely involving: - Row 1: Quantities or allocations of grain/bread (NINDA), possibly fields (GAN2), and fish or another commodity - Row 2: Ref

Apr 10, 2026297 views

mediumAkkadian cuneiform, Old Babylonian period — likely from the Code of Hammurabi stele (diorite monument)

circa 1754 BCE (Old Babylonian period, reign of Hammurabi)

IMPORTANT CAVEAT: The image resolution does not permit precise line-by-line transliteration of the specific visible section. However, based on strong visual identification of this monument, the text r

Apr 10, 2026213 views