Oriental Antiquities

Arslan Tash Ivories and Hazael in the Louvre Museum

Statuette of the Assyrian Demon Pazuzu

Se Faire de l'Argent

Prism of the Expeditions of King Ashurbanipal in the Louvre Museum

Reliefs of the Deportation of the Elamites in the Louvre Museum

Hideaway Vase

Standing Statue of Manishtushu Trampling the Defeated

Statue of the Goddess Narundi in the Louvre Museum

Svastika and cross in the Louvre Museum

Table Decorated with Serpents and Deities Spouting Water

Sit Shamshi, an example of Canaanite high place in the Louvre Museum

Worshipper of Larsa at the Louvre Museum

Electrum Goblet

Cylinder Seals and Stamps from Susa.

Palace of Darius I in the Louvre Museum

Frieze of Archers in the Louvre Museum

Contract in Babylonian and biblical chronology

Darius Hystaspes and decree for the Jews

Xerxes I or Assuerus in the Book of Esther

Mosaic of a Woman Playing the Harp

Art of dance in the Louvre and in the Bible

Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, King of Sidon

Astarte

Bible, Boats and Byblos

Urn Containing Calcified Remains and Child sacrifice

Tayma Stele

Triad of Beelshamên and Canaanite pantheon

Funerary Relief and Mourning in the Bible

Colossal Vase and sea from Solomon's Temple.

Mesha Stele or Moabite Stone, Bible and Name of God

Seal Inscribed in Hebrew and divine Name

Model Shrine

Letter from Biridiya and Megiddo

Statue in Human Form

Stele of the Priest Si Gabbor and Death in the Bible

Stele of the Storm God Baal in the Louvre museum

Trivet Decorated with Pomegranates

Golden Calf' in the Louvre and worship of images in the Bible

Fertility Idol and Babylon

Murex

Babylon and The Tower of Babel

Cylinder Seal of the Priest-King at the Louvre Museum

Bas relief of Dudu at the Louvre Museum

Ebih II at the Louvre Museum

Stele of Vultures at the Louvre Museum

Stele of a King of Akkad at the Louvre Museum

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad

Art of Seals at the Louvre Museum

Architect with a Plan and Gudea prince of Lagash

Libation Vase of the God Ningishzida

Gilgamesh and the biblical flood at the Louvre Museum

Cylinder of Gudea at the Louvre Museum

Teraphim at the Louvre Museum

Statue with Gushing Vase at the Louvre Museum

Statue of Ur Ningirsu

Lament for the Destruction of Ur at the Louvre Museum

Weight with Crescent Moon at the Louvre Museum

Libation to the God Shamash at the Louvre Museum

Code of Hammurabi at the Louvre Museum

List of the Kings of Larsa

Goddess Ishtar at the Louvre

Demon Humbaba at the Louvre Museum

Divinatory Livers at the Louvre Museum

Zodiac Calendar at the Louvre Museum

Palace of Mari , Model of the Ruins of the Louvre Museum

Painting of the Organiser of the Sacrifice from Mari

Lion passant at the Louvre Museum

Kudurru of King Melishipak II at the Louvre Museum

Esagila Tablet

The Righteous Sufferer , tablet of the Louvre museum

Tablet of the God Enki Tablet of the Louvre Museum

Head of a Horned Dragon and Marduk

Victory Stele and Assyrian cruelty in the Louvre Museum

Sargon II in the Louvre Museum

Hebrew Siloam Inscription in the Louvre Museum

Transport timber Cedar of Lebanon, reliefs ot the Louvre Museum

Human-Headed Winged Bulls in the Louvre Museum

Stele of the Scribe Tarhunpiyas

Figurine of a Hittite God in the Louvre Museum

Arslan Tash Ivories and Hazael in the Louvre Museum

Statuette of the Assyrian Demon Pazuzu

Se Faire de l'Argent

Prism of the Expeditions of King Ashurbanipal in the Louvre Museum

Reliefs of the Deportation of the Elamites in the Louvre Museum

Hideaway Vase

Standing Statue of Manishtushu Trampling the Defeated

Statue of the Goddess Narundi in the Louvre Museum

Svastika and cross in the Louvre Museum

Table Decorated with Serpents and Deities Spouting Water

Sit Shamshi, an example of Canaanite high place in the Louvre Museum

Worshipper of Larsa at the Louvre Museum

Electrum Goblet

Cylinder Seals and Stamps from Susa.

Palace of Darius I in the Louvre Museum

Frieze of Archers in the Louvre Museum

Contract in Babylonian and biblical chronology

Darius Hystaspes and decree for the Jews

Xerxes I or Assuerus in the Book of Esther

Mosaic of a Woman Playing the Harp

Art of dance in the Louvre and in the Bible

Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, King of Sidon

Astarte

Bible, Boats and Byblos

Urn Containing Calcified Remains and Child sacrifice

Tayma Stele

Triad of Beelshamên and Canaanite pantheon

Funerary Relief and Mourning in the Bible

Colossal Vase and sea from Solomon's Temple.

Mesha Stele or Moabite Stone, Bible and Name of God

Seal Inscribed in Hebrew and divine Name

Model Shrine

Letter from Biridiya and Megiddo

Statue in Human Form

Stele of the Priest Si Gabbor and Death in the Bible

Stele of the Storm God Baal in the Louvre museum

Trivet Decorated with Pomegranates

Golden Calf' in the Louvre and worship of images in the Bible

Fertility Idol and Babylon

Murex

Babylon and The Tower of Babel

Cylinder Seal of the Priest-King at the Louvre Museum

Bas relief of Dudu at the Louvre Museum

Ebih II at the Louvre Museum

Stele of Vultures at the Louvre Museum

Stele of a King of Akkad at the Louvre Museum

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad

Art of Seals at the Louvre Museum

Architect with a Plan and Gudea prince of Lagash

Libation Vase of the God Ningishzida

Gilgamesh and the biblical flood at the Louvre Museum

Cylinder of Gudea at the Louvre Museum

Teraphim at the Louvre Museum

Statue with Gushing Vase at the Louvre Museum

Statue of Ur Ningirsu

Lament for the Destruction of Ur at the Louvre Museum

Weight with Crescent Moon at the Louvre Museum

Libation to the God Shamash at the Louvre Museum

Code of Hammurabi at the Louvre Museum

List of the Kings of Larsa

Goddess Ishtar at the Louvre

Demon Humbaba at the Louvre Museum

Divinatory Livers at the Louvre Museum

Zodiac Calendar at the Louvre Museum

Palace of Mari , Model of the Ruins of the Louvre Museum

Painting of the Organiser of the Sacrifice from Mari

Lion passant at the Louvre Museum

Kudurru of King Melishipak II at the Louvre Museum

Esagila Tablet

The Righteous Sufferer , tablet of the Louvre museum

Tablet of the God Enki Tablet of the Louvre Museum

Head of a Horned Dragon and Marduk

Victory Stele and Assyrian cruelty in the Louvre Museum

Sargon II in the Louvre Museum

Hebrew Siloam Inscription in the Louvre Museum

Transport timber Cedar of Lebanon, reliefs ot the Louvre Museum

Human-Headed Winged Bulls in the Louvre Museum

Stele of the Scribe Tarhunpiyas

Figurine of a Hittite God in the Louvre Museum

Arslan Tash Ivories and Hazael in the Louvre Museum

Stele of the Priest Si Gabbor and Death in the Bible

Stele of the Priest Si Gabbor AO 3027 Sully Levant room C Under a long inscription in Aramaic, this funerary stele shows a figured scene with a priest seated at a banquet. The worship of the moon-god, Sin in Akkadian, was already well-established in the region of Aleppo in Syria. In the long dedication, the deceased sum up his life and states his desire to die well and enjoy peace in the hereafter without his remains being desecrated.

Stele of the Priest Si Gabbor

Very few inscriptions have been found on tombs of Israelite origin, and they are characterised by their absence of decoration. Among the Greek words translated on tombs, tafos emphasises the idea of burial (as in Matthew 23:29), while mnemeion (memorial, remembrance tomb, as in the text of John 5:28) stresses the perpetuation of the deceased person’s memory. ,

The importance accorded to burial by the Hebrews is indicative of their concern with having their memory live on in ‘the memorial tombs’ (John 5:28, mnemeion) or having their name inscribed in the ‘book of remembrance’. - Malachi 3:16.

The fundamental notion of memory implied in the original words gives particular meaning to the words of the thief who asked Jesus: “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” - Luke 23:42 (New Living Translation)

Death in the Bible

Funerary Steles
AO 3026-7
Sully Levant room C

The steles bear inscriptions in Aramaic. This is one of the three languages in which the Bible was written (see notably Ezra 4:8 to 6:18). As an ancient Semitic language, it has a lot in common with Hebrew as its alphabet is formed of the same letters with the same names.

We can note the difference between the ancient forms of Aramaic and Hebrew in Genesis 31:47. The expressions are not identical, even if the two names both signify: “Witness Heap [servant of]”. What language was Jesus speaking? Specialists are divided in their opinion on this question. Jesus Christ could very well have used a form of Hebrew and an Aramaic dialect.