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Wellsprings

Babylon

The great city on the Euphrates that gave its name to Babylonia, capital under Hammurabi and again under the Neo-Babylonian kings. The pin marks the findspot of the excavated tablet.

6 most-discussed ideas

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

  • -1790

    LAOS 4, 10

  • -713

    Sargon II 123

  • -713

    Sargon II 124

  • -693

    Sennacherib 232

  • -675

    Esarhaddon 104

  • -675

    Esarhaddon 105

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    Esarhaddon 106

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    Esarhaddon 107

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    Esarhaddon 110

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    Esarhaddon 111

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    Esarhaddon 113

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    Esarhaddon 114

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    Esarhaddon 115

  • -675

    Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

  • -675

    Esarhaddon 119

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    Esarhaddon 120

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    Esarhaddon 121

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    Esarhaddon 122

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    Esarhaddon 123

  • -675

    Esarhaddon 124

  • -675

    Esarhaddon 125

  • -675

    Esarhaddon 126

  • -647

    Ashurbanipal 012

  • -647

    Ashurbanipal 241

  • -647

    Ashurbanipal 242

  • -647

    Ashurbanipal 243

  • -647

    Ashurbanipal 244

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    Ashurbanipal 245

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    Ashurbanipal 246

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    Ashurbanipal 247

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    Ashurbanipal 248

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    Ashurbanipal 249

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    Ashurbanipal 250

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    Ashurbanipal 251

  • mesopotamian:king:enuma-elish

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Babylon. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.