Amorites
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The Amorites were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people who emerged from western Mesopotamia. Initially appearing in Sumerian records c. 2500 BC, they expanded and ruled most of the
Cuneiform clay tablets from the Amorite Kingdom of Mari, 1st half of the 2nd millennium BC
Artifacts from Amorite Kingdom of Mari, first half of 2nd millennium BC
One of the Ramesses III prisoner tiles, which is speculated by some scholars to represent an Amorite man
Destruction of the Army of the Amorites by Gustave Doré
Amurru (god)
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Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu, was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine personification of the Amorites. In past scholarship it was often assumed that he originated as an Amo
The "Worshipper of Larsa", a votive statuette dedicated to Amurru for Hammurabi's life, early 2nd millennium BCE, Louvre
