r/Cuneiform

I am so sorry I forgot to post the image before. Im a dolt. I guess I cant do laundry and post on reddit at the same time.

Thank you to this subreddit for the reference! Part of the name is missing to look like it is still being unrolled.

Part of a triptych im working on. She is "time," with two other figures for "space" and "infinity." I wasnt sure about adding more cuneiform to the others, but if any one has suggestions for the "space" figure, that would be nice. Maybe "heavens" or "star," etc. I figure the ancients didnt have the same concept of space as we have now. Any more simple cuneiform would be welcomed! I dont want it to overwhelm the other figures.

1st time using textiles for my art. The gold lace ribbon is the "frames" of the triptych. Also new to embroidery, but i think it works with my style. Will be in an invisible frame. Watercolor and color pencil. Image isnt done. I think she needs deeper black details.

Ancient Elam

Hamanu was a city of Elam, which was razed by Ashurbanipal during the Assyrian conquest of Elam in 645-635 BCE.

Ashurbanipal wrote in his inscriptions:

"The city of Hamanu, a royal city of the land of Elam, I besieged, I conquered, its booty I carried off."

— Siege of Hamanu, British Museum.

———

Image 1

Gypsum wall panel relief: above, Assyrians shoot at Elamite city of Hamanu, while some enemy soldiers escape along the river. Below, the Assyrian king, surrounded by attendants in his chariot. This panel has a large area in the upper register missing, perhaps cut out as a window or ventilation shaft.

Image 2

Gypsum wall panel relief: above, capture of the Elamite city of Hamanu. Below, Elamite prisoners. Gap on either side perhaps for ventilation shafts for palace. There is an inscription of two lines in cuneiform. There is a square of relief missing in the top register.

Image 3

Gypsum wall panel relief: incomplete. Showing parts of three compositions; city of Hamanu in middle register; some men carry off booty including an elaborate throne, and others demolish walls with rams and picks; flames rise from the ruins. Traces of human heads on the upper and dividing band indicate re-ruse. The rough left edge of this panel indicates that it stood at the corner of a room.

———

The Old West Semitic Sun—God Ḥammu

An Historical Text Book and Atlas of Biblical Geography

———

Notable observation: the onomastic—or agglutinative—material “Ham” and “Anu” in Hamanu (see The Anu in India and in Egypt and An Introduction to Anu: The Origin of Egyptian Civilisation for regional scope).

———

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamanu

Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/613464001

Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613398215

Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613360912

I'm a new fan of mesopotamian stuff and I stumbled across this game, so I wonder if the cuneiform actually means anything