Sorry about that, in another version it said it was the first time an artifact like that had been found that far west, so somebody (author?) made a mistake, clearly Malta is far to the west of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers as it were, Ninurta, warlord for the God Enlil and son of Sin, for whom the Sinai were named were at war with Marduk, son of Enki for supremacy of the world and his birthright was denied him and the Mesopotamian Gods treatment of his father, Enki, he wanted some revenge, anyhow, it seems as he eventually won that war and made his headquarters in Babylon, Marduke that is.anyway fasinating stuff, have a merry Christmas all and more fun on freepers in 2012