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Collection in Focus | The Epic of Atrahasis and the History of Cuneiform

Pinar Durgun, the Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Associate Curator of Ancient Western Asian Seals and Tablets at the Morgan, gives us an in-depth look into the Babylonian Epic of Atrahasis and the history of tablets and cuneiform, the oldest form of writing.

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The West Country puffing family

John Mills

Peel 2649

Classification

Print

Department

Drawings and Prints

Prints

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Jouster

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

1814-1879

1870

2004.14

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings and Prints

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Cronaca di Partenope and other texts relating to Naples (MS M.973).

Created

between 1425 and 1450.

Display Date

between 1425 and 1450.

Accession number

MS M.973

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
The universal penman, or, The art of writing made useful to the gentleman and scholar, as well as the man of business : exemplified in all the useful and ornamental branches of modern penmanship; with some necessary observations on the excellency of the pen, and a large number of select sentences in prose and verse; various forms of business, relating to merchandize and trade; letters on several occasions; accurate specimens of the oriental languages, and alphabets in all the hands now practis'd / written, with the friendly assistance of several of the most eminent masters, and engrav'd by Geo. Bickham. The whole embelish'd with beautiful decorations for the amusement of the curious.

Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

London: : Printed for, and sold by the Author at the Crown in James Street, Bunhill Fields, 1741.

PML 146479

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

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View of Distant Hills with Tree and Plant in Foreground. Verso: Study of a plant

Claude Lorrain

1600-1682

1665-1670

2017.159

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings and Prints

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Man Driving a Hack. Verso: A Circus Monkey, seen from behind, Wearing a Coat and Waving a Cap

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1864-1901

1881-1885

2004.36:9

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings and Prints

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Studies of Five Flowers and Plants

Herman Saftleven

1609-1685

1984.10

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings and Prints

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The honour of the taylors, or, The famous and renowned history of Sir John Hawkwood, Knight : containing his many rare and singular adventures, witty exploits, heroick atchievements, and noble performances relating to love & arms in many lands : in the series of which history are contained likewise the no less famous actions and enterprizes of others of the same art and mystery : with many remarkable passages relating to customs, manners &c., ancient and modern : illustrated with pictures and embelished with verses and songs wonderfully pleasant and delightful : to which, as an appendix, is added a brief account of the original of the Worshipful Company of Merchant-Taylors, as to their being incorporated &c., ...

Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.

London : Printed by Alexander Milbourn for William Whitwood ..., 1687.

PML 6393

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

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Worshiper led by minor goddess toward enthroned god

between 2112 and 2004 B.C.

Morgan Seal 278

Southern Mesopotamia.

Classification

Cylinder seal

Department

Seals and Tablets

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