Meluhha

Meluhha
𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠

Location of foreign lands for the Mesopotamians, including Meluhha.

Impression of a cylinder seal of the Akkadian Empire, with label: "The Divine Sharkalisharri Prince of Akkad, Ibni-Sharrum the Scribe his servant". The long-horned buffalo is thought to have come from the Indus Valley, and testifies to exchanges with Meluhha, the Indus Valley civilization. Circa 2217–2193 BC. Louvre Museum.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Meluḫḫa or Melukhkha (Sumerian: 𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠 Me-luḫ-ḫa^KI) is the Sumerian name of a prominent trading partner of Sumer during the Middle Bronze Age. Its identification remains an open question, but most scholars associate it with the Indus Valley civilisation.^[4]

^ "Cylinder Seal of Ibni-Sharrum". Louvre Museum.
^ "Site officiel du musée du Louvre". cartelfr.louvre.fr.
^ Brown, Brian A.; Feldman, Marian H. (2013). Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art. Walter de Gruyter. p. 187. ISBN 9781614510352.
^ McIntosh 2008, p. 46.

[1] "Cylinder Seal of Ibni-Sharrum". Louvre Museum.

[2] "Site officiel du musée du Louvre". cartelfr.louvre.fr.

[3] Brown, Brian A.; Feldman, Marian H. (2013). Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art. Walter de Gruyter. p. 187. ISBN 9781614510352.

[FOOTNOTEMcIntosh200846-4] McIntosh 2008, p. 46.

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