France Pearl Diamond Fashion Jewelry 4

France Pearl Diamond Fashion Jewelry.

By Aamir Mannan.

A cuneiform inscription on a broken obelisk probably erected by the king of Nineveh, the 3rd capital city of the Assyrian empire (presently situated just outside Mosul in Iraq, on the east bank of the River Tigris) during the neo-Assyrian period from 911-612 B.C. was deciphered by the famous Assyriologist  Professor Jules Oppert. His translation of this inscription reads as follows :-

In the sea of the changeable winds,                                        his merchants fished for pearls,                                                     In the sea where the North Star culminates,                               they fished for yellow amber.

The reference to "the sea of the changeable winds" in this inscription,, is a reference to the Persian Gulf, and provides evidence for the antiquity of the pearl fisheries carried out in it, dating back to around 900-600 B.C.