#akkadia

[dimlysinister]

Enheduanna: The world's first named author

A little-known Mesopotamian poet and priestess, Enheduanna, is the subject of a new exhibition in New York. Diane Cole explores the politica

You can access a sort of exhibition catalog, with pictures, text and audio descriptions here:

See selected images from the exhibition and listen to the audio guide.

[metal-in-the-microwave]

[ishtargates]

Akkadian: A Guide to Self-Learning

For many, learning the Akkadian language and its writing system, cuneiform, are restricted by barriers of cost and University access. The goal of this page is to open the ability for anyone to lear…

Learn some Akkadian!

The following link has some resources for early leaners who want to know what the ancient Akkadian language is. The creator is currently working on a bigger resource for helpful learning, but in the mean time this is a good place to start if you want to learn an ancient language.

~Hasmonean  

[dollfishu]

Monsters of Mesopotamian Mythology ~

[ancientstuff]

Strong winter dust storms may have caused the collapse of the Akkadian Empire

Fossil coral records provide new evidence that frequent winter shamals, or dust storms, and a prolonged cold winter season contributed to t...

Climate influencing civilisation, even causing its downfall. Interesting that evidence is found in fossil corals.

[betweenoceansandgoldteeth-blog]

In which Joel and Basie discuss "Condemning the Moongod Nanna" by Enheduanna from her longer poem "The Exaltation of Inanna," translated by Willis and Aliki Barnstone.

Show notes here!  

Thank you!

[theoldstone]

An alabaster relief of King Ur-Nanshe and the half-man, half-demon Anzu from Akkadian and Sumerian mythology. 

Anzu was said to breath both fire and spew water. It could be a gigantic bird one moment, then a lion-headed eagle the next. Anzu was cursed to be half-demon when he stole “The Tablet of Destinies” and hid it atop a mountain.

[grundoonmgnx]

Larissa Bates, My Little War Mongers: Surprise Attack in an Akkadian Fertility Garden, 2007