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| The Standard of Ur (both side), from tomb 77, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq. c. 2600-2400 BCE. Wood, lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone 8” x 1’7” (20.32 x 48.26 cm) |
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| Sound box of the bull-headed harp from tomb 789 (King’s Grave), Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, c. 2600-2400 BCE. Wood, lapis lazuli, shell, 1’7” (42.86 cm) high |
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| Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, set up at Sippar, Iraq, found at Susa, Iran, 2254-2218 BCE. Pink sandstone, 6’7” (200.66 cm) high |
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| Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, c. 2100 BCE |
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| Gudea seated, holding the plan of a temple, from Girsu (modern Telloh), Iraq. c. 2100 BCE. Diorite 2’5” (73.66 cm) high |
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| Lamassu (man-headed winged bull), from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, c. 721-705 bCE. Limestone, 13’10” (4.22 m) high |
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| Stele with the laws of Hammurabi, set up at Babylon, Iraq, found at Susa, Iran, c. 1780 BCE. Basalt, 7’4” (2.24 m) high |
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| Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief from the north palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq. c. 645-450 BCE. Gypsum, 5’4” (162.56 cm) high |
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| Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, Iraq. c. 575 BCE |
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