The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well as evidence of a cult of personality around a particularly charismatic ruler

The international market is now “absolutely awash” with forgeries, says British Museum curator who examined the hoard

She was a key figure in the post-war re-establishment of Iraq’s antiquities museums

Exhibition at the British Museum includes carved ivories and a recreation of his huge library of cuneiform tablets