From 17 April to 31 August 2001, to mark the tenth anniversary of our publishing house, the State Hermitage held the extraordinary exhibition “I was told and I repeat" From the poetry of Sumer and Babylonia. Words and Clay, at which our unique publication Seven Incantations, Prayers and Ritual Songs from the Poetry of Sumer and Babylon was presented – seven clay sculptures carrying the translated texts of poetry from ancient Mesopotamia.