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    • The Eighth Campaign of Sargon II
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    • What it tells us
    • Geography of the campaign
    • Assyrian warrior king
    • An Assyria vision of Urartu
    • Pazuzu
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    • Who is Pazuzu?
    • Demons and genii in Mesopotamia
    • Pazuzu and the fight against the forces of evil
    • Popular through the ages
    • The Esagil tablet
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    • What does the tablet tell us?
    • Mesopotamian mathematics
    • The architecture of the ziggurat
    • The Tower of Babel legend
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Cuneiform and the Near East

The Caillou Michaux

Statuette of Pazuzu

Esagil tablet

The Caillou Michaux

  1. The first cuneiform monument brought to Europe

    The first cuneiform monument brought to Europe

  2. What does the Caillou Michaux tell us?

    What does the Caillou Michaux tell us?

  3. Example of a kudurru

    Example of a kudurru

  4. Historical context

    Historical context

  5. The finder of the ""Caillou”: André Michaux

    André Michaux

The Eighth Campaign of Sargon II

  1. The Eighth Campaign of Sargon II. Louvre museum

    Label

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    What it tells us

  3. lake_van_turkey_from_sts-41g.jpg

    Geography of the campaign

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    Assyrian warrior king

  5. img_0876.jpg

    An Assyrian vision of Urartu

Pazuzu

  1. Detail from Pazuzu

    Label

  2. Back of Pazuzu figurine

    Who is Pazuzu?

  3. Khorsabad. Louvre Museum

    Demons and genii in Mesopotamia

  4. Lamashtu. Louvre Museum

    Pazuzu and the fight against the forces of evil

  5. Pazuzu in Louvre-Lens exhibition

    Popular through the ages

The Esagil tablet

  1. Esagil tablet

    Label

  2. Detail of Esagil tablet

    What does the tablet tell us?

  3. tablette-maths-vignette.png

    Mesopotamian mathematics

  4. etemenanki04-iloveimg-cropped.jpg

    The architecture of the ziggurat

  5. The Tower of Babel legend. Peter Bruegel

    The Tower of Babel legend

Media & Resources

  • Caillou Michaux

    Caillou Michaux

    Inscription cunéiforme sur serpentine noire (Babylone, règne de Marduk-nadin-ahhe)

    Bibliothèque nationale de France

  • The Eighth Campaign of Sargon II

    Inscribed front of the tablet describing the eighth campaign of Sargon II of Assyria 714 BCE. Ashur. Baked clay. N° AO5372. Department of Near Eastern Antiquities. Musée du Louvre.

    © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Raphaël Chipault

  • Statue of Pazuzu

    Representation of the Assyrian demon Pazuzu. Early 1st millennium BCE. Bronze; H.: 15 cm; L.: 8.6 cm; D.: 5.6 cm. MNB467

    © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN - Grand Palais / Thierry Ollivier

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The Caillou Michaux

  • Label
  • What does the Caillou Michaux tell us?
  • Example of a kudurru
  • Historical context
  • The man who discovered the Caillou: André Michaux

The Eighth Campaign of Sargon II

  • Label
  • What it tells us
  • Geography of the campaign
  • Assyrian warrior king
  • An Assyria vision of Urartu

Pazuzu

  • Label
  • Who is Pazuzu?
  • Demons and genii in Mesopotamia
  • Pazuzu and the fight against the forces of evil
  • Popular through the ages

The Esagil tablet

  • Label
  • What does the tablet tell us?
  • Mesopotamian mathematics
  • The architecture of the ziggurat
  • The Tower of Babel legend

Resources

  • Media library
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography

Appendix

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  • Credits
  • Legal notice

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  • Labex Les passés dans le présent (ANR-11-LABX-0026-01)

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