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White temple & ziggurat
Iraq
3,000 BCE |
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Female head from Uruk
Iraq
3,000 BCE
Marble |
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Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka vase)
Iraq
3,000 BCE
alabaster |
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Statuettes of worshipers (Tell Asmar figures)
Iraq
2,700 BCE
gypsum & limestone |
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Seated statuette of Urnanshe
from Ishtar temple at Mari, Syria
2,500 BCE
gypsum |
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Fragment of the victory stele of Eannatum (Stele of the Vultures)
from Syria
2,500 BCE
limestone |
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| REVERSE SIDE of victory stele of Eannatum (Stele of the Vultures) |
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WAR side of the Standard of Ur
Iraq
2,600 BCE
wood & limestone |
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| PEACE side of the Standard of Ur |
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Bull-headed lyre
Iraq
2,600 BCE
gold leaf & wood |
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soundbox of the lyre
Iraq
2,600 BCE
wood inlaid w/ gold |
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Banquet scene, on cylinder seal (left)
impression (right)
Iraq
2,600 BCE
Lapiz lazuli |
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Head of an Akkadian ruler
Iraq
2,200 BCE
copper |
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Victory stele of Naram-Sin
Iran
2,200 BCE
pink sandstone |
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Gudea statues
from Iraq
Diorite |
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Stele w/ the law code of Hammurabi
from Iran
1,780 BCE
Basalt |
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Investiture of Zimri-Lim
from Syria |
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Lion Gate
from Turkey
1,400 BCE
limestone |
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Statue of Queen Napir-Asu
from Iran
1,300 BCE
bronze & copper |
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Reconstruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon II
Iraq
700 BCE |
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Lamassu (winged,human-headed bull)
from the citadel of Sargon II
700 BCE
limestone |
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Assyrian archers pursuing enemies
875 BCE
gypsum |
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Ashurnasirpal II w/ attendants & soldier
glazed brick |
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions
gypsum |
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Ishtar gate (restored)
from Babylon
glazed brick |
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Processional frieze
on the royal audience hall in Persepolis |
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Palace of Shapur I
Iraq
250 CE |
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Head of Sasanian King (Shapur II?)
350 CE
silver w/ mercury gilding |
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Triumph of Shapur I over Valarian
rock-cut relief
Iran |
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