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| White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, ca. 3200-3000 B.C. |
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| Female head (Inanna?), from Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, ca. 3200-3000 B.C. MARBLE, APPROX. 8" HIGH. IRAQ MUSEUM, BAGHDAD. |
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| Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka Vase), from Uruk, ca. 3200-3000 B.C. ALABAASTER, 3' 1/4" HIGH. IRAQ MUSEUM, BAGHDAD. |
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| Statuettes of worshipers from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Iraq, ca. 2700 B.C. GYPSUM INLAID WITH SHELL AND BLACK LIMESTONE, TALLEST FIGURE APPROX. 2' 6" HIGH. IRAQ MUSEUM AND ORIENTAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. |
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| Victory stele of Eannatum (Stele of the Vultures), from Girsu (modern Telloh), Syria, ca. 2600-2500 B.C. LIMESTONE, 5' 11" HIGH. LOUVRE, PARIS |
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| War side (a) and peace side (b) of the Standard of Ur, from tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 B.C. WOOD INLAID WITH SHELL, LAPIS LAZULI, AND RED LIMESTONE, APPROX. 8" X 7". BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON |
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| Bull-headed lyre (restored) from tomb 789 ("King's Grave"), Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 B.C. Gold leaf and laps lazuli over a wooden core, approx. 5' 5" high. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
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| Soundbox of the lyre from Tomb 789, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 B.C. Wood with inlaid gold, lapis lazuli, and shell, approx. 1' high. University Museum, University ofPennsylvania, Philadelphia. |
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| Banquet scene, cylinder seal, and its modern impression, from the tomb of Pu-abi (tomb 800). Royal Cemetery, Ur, (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 B.C. LAPIS LAZULI, APPROX. 2" HIGH. BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON. |
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| Head of an Akkadian ruler, from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq, ca. 2250-2200 B.C. |
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| Victory stele of Naram-Sin, from Susa, Iran, 2254-2218 B.C. |
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| Ziggurat (northeastern façade with restored stairs), Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2100 B.C. |
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| Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan, from Girsu (modern Telloh), Iraq, ca. 2100 B.C. |
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| Stele with law code of Hammurabi (upper part), from Susa, Iran, ca. 1780 B.C. BASALT. |
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| Investitureof Zimri-Lim, facsimile of a mural painting, from court 106 of the palace at Mari, (modern Tell Hariri), Syria, ca. 1775-1760 B.C. |
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| Lion Gate, Boghazköy, Turkey, ca. 1400 B.C. LIMESTONE, APPROX. 7' HIGH. |
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| Statue of Queen Napir-Asu, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1350-1300 B.C. Bronze and Copper, 4' 2" high. Louvre, Paris. |
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| Reconstruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, ca. 720-705 B.C. (after Charles Altman). |
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| Lamassu (winged human-headed bull), from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, ca. 720-705 B.C. |
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| Assyrian archers pursuing enemies, relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Kalhu (modern Nimrud), Iraq, ca. 875-860 B.C. GYPSUM, 2' 10 5/8" HIGH. BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON. |
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| Ashurnasirpal II with attendants and soldier, from his palace at Kalhu, Iraq, ca. 875-860 B.C. |
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| Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq, ca. 645-640 B.C. |
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| Dying lioness, detail of a relief from the palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), ca. 645-640 B.C. |
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| Wondrous Babylon of 2-26 Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, Iraq, ca. 575 B.C. WHOSE EXPLOITS THE BIBLICAL BOOK OF DANIEL RECOUNTS. |
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| Royal audience hall (apadana) and stairway, palace of Darius I and Xerxes I, Persepolis, Iran, ca. 521-465 B.C. |
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| Palace of Shapur I, Ctesiphon, Iraq, ca. A.D. 250. |
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| Head of a Sasanian king (Shapur II?), ca. A.D. 350. Silver with mercury guilding, 1' 3 3/4" high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
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| Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian, rock-cut relief, Bishapur, Iran, ca. A.D. 260 |
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