Ancient Mesopotamian religion encompasses the religious beliefs and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC and 50
The god Marduk and his dragon Mušḫuššu
Meli-Shipak II presenting his daughter Ḫunnubat-Nanaya to the goddess Nanaya. The eight-pointed star represents Inanna-Ishtar, alongside the solar disk of her brother Shamash and the crescent of her father Sin. Boundary stone of Meli-Shipak II, dating to the twelfth century BC.
The "Burney Relief", which is speculated to represent either Ishtar or her older sister Ereshkigal (c. 19th or 18th century BCE)
Impression of the cylinder seal of Ḫašḫamer, ensi. The seated figure is probably king Ur-Nammu, bestowing the governorship on Ḫašḫamer, who is led before him by the goddess Lamma. Nanna himself is indicated in the form of a crescent (c. 2100 BCE)
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Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed from the 21st to 7th centuries BC which conquered and administered most of West Asia from the Assyrian heartland in Upper Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamian religion
…creation and the cosmos, the origin of humanity, and so forth) and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC and 500 AD. The religious development of Mesopotamia and Mesopotamian culture in general, especially in the south…
The ancient Assyrian heartland (red) and the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BC (orange)
The head of a female statue, dating back to the Akkadian period (c. 2334–2154 BC). Found at Assur, display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
The ruins of the Old Assyrian trading colony at Kültepe
A partial relief of Tiglath-Pileser III, r. 745–727 BC, under whom the Neo-Assyrian Empire was consolidated, centralized and significantly expanded