Isin
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Isin is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near East city of Isin, occupied from the late 4th millennium BC Uruk period up until at least t
Looters at the site of Isin
A praise poem to Iddin-Dagān from the site, currently at Musée du Louvre
Left: Cuneiform clay tablet. Old Babylonian, 1900-1700 BC Right: Sumerian cuneiform "foundation stone". This clay cone was embedded in a wall, and contains the deed of foundation of the city walls of Isin (Tell Bahriyat) by king Ishme-Dagan of Isin (1953-1935 BC)
Cylinder seal of Bur-Suen.
Nebuchadnezzar I
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Nebuchadnezzar I was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon. He ruled for 22 years according to the Babylonian King List C, and was the most prominent monarch of t
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…temp. of Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur Ninurta-nadin-shumi r. c. 1129 – c. 1122 BC (MC) (7 years) Relative of Itti-Marduk-balatu (?) temp. of Ashur-resh-ishi I Nebuchadnezzar I r. c. 1122 – c. 1100 BC (MC) (22 years) Son of Ninurta-nadin-shumi temp. of Tiglath-Pileser I Enlil-nadin-apli r. c. 1100 – c. 1096 BC (MC) (4 years…
Detail of the goddess Gula, her dog, and a scorpion man from kudurru of Nebuchadnezzar granting Šitti-Marduk freedom from taxation. British Museum.
Kudurru of Nebuchadnezzar I with inscription
A Kudurru from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar I. British Museum