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Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir
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The complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir is a clay tablet that was sent to the ancient city-state Ur, written c. 1750 BC. The tablet, which measures 11.6 centimetres high and 5.0 centimetres wide, documents a
Tablet on display in the British Museum in 2023, showing the reverse side upside down
Tablet on display in the British Museum in 2023, showing the reverse side upside down
A transcription of the text on the obverse, reverse, and left edge of the tablet
A transcription of the text on the obverse, reverse, and left edge of the tablet
Dilmun
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Dilmun, or Telmun, was an ancient East Semitic–speaking civilization in Eastern Arabia mentioned from the 3rd millennium BC onwards, covering the transition from Prehistoric Arabia into the historic p
Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir
…translation "is not always true to details". I. M. Diakonoff published a translation into Russian in 1990. The tablet details that Ea-nāṣir travelled to Dilmun to buy copper and returned to sell it in Mesopotamia. On one particular occasion, he had agreed to sell copper ingots to Nanni. Nanni sent his servant…
Votive relief of Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash: one of the inscriptions reads, "boats from the (distant) land of Dilmun carried the wood (for him)", which
Votive relief of Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash: one of the inscriptions reads, "boats from the (distant) land of Dilmun carried the wood (for him)", which is the oldest known written record of Dilmun and importation of goods into Mesopotamia.
Receipt for garments sent by boat to Dilmun in the 1st year of Ibbi-Sin's rule, c. 2028 BC. British Museum BM 130462.[full citation needed]
Receipt for garments sent by boat to Dilmun in the 1st year of Ibbi-Sin's rule, c. 2028 BC. British Museum BM 130462.[full citation needed]
Bull's head, made of copper in the early period of Dilmun (c. 2000 BC), discovered by Danish archeologists under Barbar Temple, Bahrain
Bull's head, made of copper in the early period of Dilmun (c. 2000 BC), discovered by Danish archeologists under Barbar Temple, Bahrain
Correspondence between Ilī-ippašra, the governor of Dilmun, and Enlil-kidinni, the governor of Nippur,c. 1350 BC
Correspondence between Ilī-ippašra, the governor of Dilmun, and Enlil-kidinni, the governor of Nippur,c. 1350 BC