Akkadian Language Archive

3,800-Year-Old Cuneiform Clay Tablet With Agreement To Purchase A City Discovered In An Ancient Tumulus In Turkey

AncientPages.com | August 11, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Earlier this year, a massive and horrifying earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. Almost 60,000 people died in

Sargon Of Akkad – Prominent Leader Who Rose Out Of Obscurity

AncientPages.com | June 7, 2019

David Tee - AncientPages.com - Even though his true name, Sarru-kinnu, meant ‘true king’, he took the name Sargon when he ascended the throne. Why he did this

Aqrabuamelu – Mysterious Scorpion Men In Babylonian Mythology

AncientPages.com | January 19, 2016

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Aqrabuamelu are mysterious scorpion men mentioned in many Babylonian myths. They were said to be guardians of Shamash, the god of Sun truth,