ALL MESOPOTAMIA

March 2012

109 posts

Mar 31, 201215 notes

#mesopotamia #iraq #history

Mar 31, 201222 notes

#mesopotamia #iraq #sumerian #history

Mar 31, 2012246 notes

#mesopoamia

Mar 31, 201211 notes

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Mar 30, 20126 notes

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Mar 30, 201219 notes

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Mar 29, 20127 notes

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Mar 29, 201238 notes

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Mar 28, 20124 notes

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Mar 28, 20124 notes

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Mar 27, 201211 notes

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Mar 27, 201251 notes

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Mar 26, 20127 notes

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Mar 26, 201287 notes

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Mar 26, 201214 notes

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“

Sumerian
(giš)nu-úr-ma: pomegranate (tree)

Note: “g is pronounced like ng in rang.”

Akkadian (Old/Standard Babylonian)
alappānu : sweet pomegranate ; bittersweet beer
armannu : apricot tree (?) , apricot , kind of pomegranate , “mountain apple” ; : branch used as a drug , kernel used as perfume ;
nurmû : a pomegranate

Sureth (Assyrian-Aramaic vernacular)
armunta: a pomegranate

” —Pomegranate!

Mar 25, 20129 notes

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Mar 25, 20126 notes

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Mar 25, 201218 notes

#mesopotamia #iraq. history #language #cuneiform

Mar 25, 201213 notes

#mesopotamia #iraq #history #British Museum #Astronomy #babylonian

Mar 24, 20124 notes

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