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Dilmun merchant archives
The Dilmun merchant archives are Old Babylonian cuneiform tablets from Ur, chiefly the archive of merchant Ea-nāṣir, documenting the copper trade with Dilmun (modern Bahrain) around 1800 BC.
Dilmun weight system
The Dilmun weight system is the Bronze Age weight standard of Early Dilmun, centered on Bahrain, around 2000 BC, with a basic unit of about 1.7 grams and a mina of about 1,350 grams.
Durand Stone
The Durand Stone was a basalt block shaped like a human foot, found on Bahrain in 1879 by Captain Edward Law Durand and bearing a cuneiform dedication.
Enki and Ninhursag
Enki and Ninhursag (Enki and Ninḫursaĝa) is a Sumerian literary myth of about 280 lines, set in Dilmun, where Enki fathers goddesses and Ninhursag heals his eightfold sickness.
Girsu (Gulf trade texts)
The Girsu Gulf trade texts are administrative tablets excavated at Girsu (Telloh), southern Iraq, recording Lagash's copper and timber trade with Dilmun from the 25th century BCE onward.
Gudea diorite from Magan
Gudea diorite from Magan is the dark stone, called na4esi in Sumerian, that Gudea, ruler of Lagash, said he brought from Magan and carved into statues of himself.
Hafit period
The Hafit period, or Hafit culture, was an early Bronze Age phase of southeastern Arabia (Oman and the UAE), named for its beehive tombs at Jebel Hafit.
Ili-ippashra letters
The Ili-ippashra letters (Ilī-ippašra letters) are two Akkadian cuneiform letters of the 14th century BC sent by Ili-ippashra, governor of Dilmun, to the governor of Nippur in Babylonia.
Indus weight at Ur
Cubical chert weights of the Harappan Indus civilization standard found at Ur in southern Mesopotamia, evidence of third-millennium BC trade between the Indus region, the Gulf, and Mesopotamia.
Nippur Dilmun texts
The Nippur Dilmun texts are Kassite-period cuneiform letters and tablets from Nippur in southern Iraq, chiefly two mid-14th-century BC letters by Ilī-ippašra, governor of Dilmun, to Nippur's governor.
Persian Gulf seals
Persian Gulf seals, also called Dilmun or Gulf Type seals, are small circular stamp seals from Bahrain's ancient Dilmun, c. 2100–1750 BC, often inscribed with Indus script.
Umm an-Nar culture
The Umm an-Nar culture (أم النار; also Umm al-Nar) was the Bronze Age culture of the Oman peninsula, c. 2700–2000 BC, known for circular communal tombs and round towers.
Ur III Dilmun trade texts
The Ur III Dilmun trade texts are cuneiform administrative tablets recording trade between Mesopotamian cities and Dilmun, identified with Bahrain, in the late third millennium BC.
Ur-Nanshe Dilmun inscription
The Ur-Nanshe Dilmun inscription is a Sumerian building inscription of Ur-Nanshe, first king of Lagash, recording boats of Dilmun bringing timber, found at Girsu (modern Tello), Iraq.
Wadi Suq period
The Wadi Suq period, or Wadi Suq culture, was a Bronze Age archaeological culture of south-eastern Arabia, in what is now the UAE and Oman, dated to about 2000–1300 BC.