A royal brick inscription of Gudea (E3/1.1.7.62; BM No. 90289)
Introduction This post presents my translation of a royal brick inscription of Gudea wherein he documents his achievement of the construction of Ningišzida’s E-girsu temple.... Read More
Matthew Saunders
Matthew Saunders is a PhD student in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He researches the languages and literatures of the ancient Near East, especially Aramaic Studies, Ugaritic Studies, and Comparative Semitics.
A royal brick inscription of Gudea (E3/1.1.7.64)
Introduction This post presents my translation of a royal brick inscription of Gudea wherein he documents his achievement of the construction of the temple of... Read More
A royal brick inscription of Ur-Nammu (E3/2.1.1.4; BM No. 90009)
Introduction This post presents my translation of a royal brick inscription of Ur-Nammu wherein he documents his achievement of the construction of the temple of... Read More
A royal clay votive cone inscription of Gudea (E3/1.1.7.8; P232347)
Introduction This post presents my translation of a royal inscription of Gudea inscribed on a clay cone wherein he documents the achievement of his construction... Read More
A royal brick inscription of Ur-Nammu (E3/2.1.1.33; BM No. 90015)
Introduction This post presents my translation of a royal brick inscription of Ur-Nammu wherein he documents the achievement of his construction of the temple of... Read More
Learn to Read Ancient Aramaic: E. Cook (2022), Chapter One, “Introduction: Aramaic and Its Dialects”
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Learn to Read Ancient Aramaic: E. Cook (2022), Chapter One, “Introduction: Aramaic and Its Dialects”
Introduction This post is the first in a series that provides a resource to learn or review the contents of Edward M. Cook’s Biblical Aramaic... Read More
Bir-Hadad Stele (=Melqart Stele; ca. 850-775 BCE; AB B.1.1 = KAI 201)
Description The Bir-Hadad Stele (also known as the Melqart Stele; AB B.1.1 = KAI 201) is a late 9th or early 8th cent. BCE basalt... Read More
Learn to Read Ancient Akkadian: R. Caplice (2002), Prolegomena
Introduction This post is the first in a series that provides a resource to review the contents of Richard Caplice’s Introduction to Akkadian (4th ed.; 2002).... Read More