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Dilmun is a land mentioned by Mesopotamian civilizations. It was a trade partner, a source of the metal copper, and an entrepôt of the Mesopotamia-to-Indus Valley Civilization trade route. Although the exact location of Dilmun is not known, it was most likely located in the islands of Bahrain and Failaka island, Kuwait. Dilmun had a presence in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and nearby Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf. Gilgamesh had to pass through Mount Mashu to reach Dilmun in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Dilmun appears first in Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets from the end of fourth millennium BC.

Images for kids

  • Receipt for garnments sent by boat to Dilmun BM 130462

    Receipt for garments sent by boat to Dilmun in the 1st year of Ibbi-Sin's rule, circa 2028 BCE. British Museum BM 130462.

  • Coper head of bull Dilmun1

    Bull's head, made of copper in the early period of Dilmun (ca. 2000 BC), discovered by Danish archeologists under Barbar Temple, Bahrain.

  • BE XVII 88

    Correspondence between Ilī-ippašra, the governor of Dilmun, and Enlil-kidinni, the governor of Nippur, ca. 1350 BC

  • Dilmun stamp seal with hunters and goats, rectangular pen, ca early 2nd millennium BC

    Dilmun stamp seal with hunters and goats, rectangular pen, ca early 2nd millennium BC

  • Dilmun period (3200-320 BC) burial chambers at Saar, Bahrain

    Ruins of a settlement, believed to be from the Dilmun civilization, in Sar, Bahrain

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