Special thanks to Jake whose voice is on this video.
Inanna tablet: 1. Dingir-inanna En: For Inanna 2. Nin-e2-an-na En: queen/lady of the temple of heaven 3. Nin-a-ni En: His queen 4. Ur-nammu En: Ur-Nammu 5. Nitah-kalag-ga En: The mighty man 6. Lugal-uri5-ki-ma En: king of sumer 7. Lugal-ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke4 En: king of Sumer and Akkad. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fWk1L7YpqU
This is the third video in our series on Mesopotamian art. We will be looking at a clay mold for a goddess figure dating from the Isin Larsa or Old Babylonian time periods. Unknown provenance. This is an important piece for understanding the nature of this style of art and pieces from this time period.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_Vq1JkA4U
This was to be the first cell of a new comic that Sam David (from Rod and Ring) and I were creating. The comic was to be a revisit of Dingir: Adventures of the Gods, and was to be based on the exploits of the Sumerian gods from mythology. The video is a screen capture of that first cell as it is being colored. Unfortunately it turned out to be a major time sink for both Sam and I, so instead we ended up working on other projects.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSL_4DKiHcU
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Today's video is about the mother goddess Ninhursag.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aHgkXHKGY
Why cover one image with confusing iconography when we can look at a whole series of them? In this video we will go through several images with the distinct stylized lightning bolt seen through many parts and time periods of Mesopotamia.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4GIN1Oh_AE
I ran across a conspiracy theory recently linking a similar pose around the world and I thought I would make fun of it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Kdik1GufU
A little bit more about the first month of the Nippurian calendar. Stay tuned for future calendar videos covering specific holidays and festivals and the rest of the months of the year.
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