1923 Iraqi stamp
Hanging Gardens of Babylon stamp
![Conference on Tower of Babylon & Ziggurat of BorsippaStamps show Ishtar Gate [Babylon] in background & Ziggurat of Borsippa [Nimrud] in foreground.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3bxa9BqK71ql5d2uo1_400.jpg)
Conference on Tower of Babylon & Ziggurat of Borsippa
Stamps show Ishtar Gate [Babylon] in background &
Ziggurat of Borsippa [Nimrud] in foreground.
(Source: maganstamps.co.uk)
The design shows the evolution of the cuneiform sign for barley, še (pronounced she, as in shed). The first sign is a pictograph from approximately 3000 b.c. The next sign is more abstract and has been rotated 90°. It dates from about 2500 b.c. The last sign is Late Assyrian from about 650 b.c. Here the sign has been simplified and rotated an additional 45°
Ziggurat on Iraqi stamp
