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Sargon II, Calah Summary Inscription

722–705 BCE

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Sargon II, Khorsabad Summary Inscription

722–705 BCE

Drawing of soldier holding shield and wearing helmet killing naked man with two archers standing to the side.

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Assyrian Soldier Slaying a Captive

Late 9th Century BCE

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Sennacherib’s Annals: The Campaign against Judah

701–681 BCE

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Esarhaddon’s Prism Nineveh A

673–672 BCE

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Babylonian Chronicle, Entry for 598/97

598–597 BCE

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Jehoiachin in Exile

592 BCE

Clay tablet in several sections inscribed with Akkadian text.

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The Flood Story in the Atrahasis Epic

Middle Bronze Age

Stone cylinder inscribed with cuneiform.

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Cyrus Cylinder

539 BCE

Clay tablet with cuneiform inscription.

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Vassal Treaty of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria

Iron Age IIC, 7th Century BCE

Relief with figures with hands bound standing next to larger figure along wall with relief of winged figure and Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian inscriptions.

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Behistun Trilingual Inscription and Aramaic Papyrus

Persian Period, Late 6th–Early 5th Century BCE

Basalt stela inscribed with Akkadian writing and figure on throne next to standing figure. Inset shows close-up of Akkadian writing.

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Stela with the Laws of Hammurabi

Bronze Age, 18th Century BCE