Adadnadinakhe bricks
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The Adadnadinakhe bricks are a series of foundation bricks with mudbrick stamps discovered at the Sumerian city of Girsu bearing the name "Adadnadinakhe" in bilingual Greek and Aramaic inscriptions. T
One of the bricks, AO 29762, in the Louvre room 230
Louvre room 310 - AO 29775
Close up of AO 29775
Another angle of AO 29775
Girsu
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Girsu was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some 25 km northwest of Lagash, at the site of what is now Tell Telloh in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Because of the initial velar nasal ŋ, the transcription
Adadnadinakhe bricks
…The Adadnadinakhe bricks are a series of foundation bricks with mudbrick stamps discovered at the Sumerian city of Girsu bearing the name "Adadnadinakhe" in bilingual Greek and Aramaic inscriptions. The bricks date back to the Seleucid Empire – 300–100 BCE – whilst the…
Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”. Metropolitan Museum of Art 59.2.
The Stele of the Vultures depicting the god Ningirsu on display at the Louvre Museum.
Foundation clay nail of Gudea dedicated to the god Ningirsu. Walters Art Museum 48.1457.
Ubaid IV pottery jars, ca. 4700–4200 BC. From Girsu, Louvre Museum.