Mesopotamia
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History of the most Important Closet of Tablets in the Mesopotamia 2800-612 B.C
Ali Abdalla Mahmood, Emad Abdalqadir M. Saeed
This Research is named (History of the most Important Closet of Tablets in the Mesopotamia 2800-612 B.C), a Scientific Research focused on the History of Collection and Safe-keeping Tablets in the Special Places. The oldest Safe-keeping tablets found in Sumerians Cities History back to Third Millennium BC. Excavations in the archaeological sites of Mesopotamia by local and foreign archaeological teams have yielded good evidence and information about the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia are kept private, most of the sites identified by archaeologists for excavations, in addition to various archaeological objects have found a number of Tablets, which indicates that the inscriptions were kept collectively in private places. Some of the documents, especially official documents such as letters exchanged and royal decrees or rare and important documents, were kept in special boxes. The boxes were closed pots or boxes or baskets, and some were placed on special shelves or walls and platforms, this attention has become a factor to preserve the writings for centuries, in this Research Several Important Safe-keepings are Presented as Example for each of them some information about (Geographical location, Archaeological Discoveries, Number of Tablets, how their keeping and …etc.). In general this study focuses on one of the important tasks of the ancient inhabitants of Mesopotamia is to keep their writings in private treasuries. This was an attempt to preserve their writings in order to preserve and disseminate recorded information or many historians can use them for Writing history.
Volume 12 · Issue 3 · June 2025Scene emerging of the god Shamash between two mountains on cylinder seals from the Akkadian period
Aziz Mohamad Amin Zebari
This research deals with an important aspect of civilization in Mesopotamia, which is the religious aspect that played a major role in all aspects of life, and left prominent imprints in the fields of religion, art, and thought. We have dealt with one of the important gods in religious beliefs, especially in the Akkadian era, which was represented frequently in art in all its forms. The research was limited to the sun god Shamash (Utu), represented on the cylinder seals in the Akkadian era, and his appearance between two mountains and on selected seals from the British Museum, as this scene is often represented on the Akkadian cylinder seals, and it symbolizes divine power and the cosmic order, and is linked to the idea of sunrise as a daily miracle that brings light and life to the world. This scene also represents a deep mixture of cosmic beliefs and religious perceptions that embodied the Akkadian man's vision of the cosmic order and the role of the gods in maintaining the balance between the forces of nature. Shamash appeared in it in different forms, and this is what the research will investigate and study the scene of the appearance of the god Shamash between two mountains (sunrise or sunset). The positions in which he appeared and the analysis of the main scene of the seal.