In their short form, they comprise a lion, a fig tree ... for example, the Assyrian word for "tree" sounds similar to "jaw", which is the name of a constellation the people of the time would ...

Many Assyrian tablets have been found with Aramaic inscribed on them. Assyrian scribes are often depicted in pairs. One writing in Akkadian on a cuneiform tablet, the other writing in Aramaic on a ...

In this case, starting with the lion, which in Assyrian is nēšu, just the ‘s’ is used. This is followed by the eagle, or arû, creating the ‘ar’ sound. The bird could have also been a ...