Ancient Near East

Notes

Female Head (Innana?) from Uruk, Iraq, Iraq Museum, Bagdad. ca. 3200-3000 BCE

rPresentation of offerings to Innana (Warka Vase), Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3,200 -3,000 BCE. Alabaster, 3’1/4 “ high, Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Statuettes from Square temple of Eshnunna (Tell Asmar), limestone, alabaster and gypsum. Iraq 2700 BCE

Stele of Vultures, Girsu, Iraq, 2600-2500 BCE

Standard of Ur, Box from

Royal Cemetery of Ur, 2600 BCE

Ram in a ThicketFrom Royal CemetaryOf Ur

2600-2400 BCE

Lyre, c.2600 B.C.E., wood with inlay of gold, shell and lapis lazuli, University of Pennsylvania museum

Cylinder seal Banquet scene from the tomb of Pu-abi (tomb 800), Royal Cemetery of Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Lapis lazuli, British Museum, London.

Head of Akkadian ruler from Nineveh, Iraq, ca. 2250-2200 BCE. Copper, 1’2 3/8’ high, Iraq Museum, Baghdad

Victory Stele of Narim-Sin (Suen), Susa, Iran2254-2218 BCE

Votive Disc ofEnheduanna fromUr, Iraq, 2300-2275BCE

Ziggurat, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE

Gudea, c.2100 B.C.E., dolerite, Louvre, Paris

Stele of Hammurabi, c. 1780 B.C.E., basalt, Louvre, Paris

Lion Gate, c 1400 B.C.E., Boghazkoy, Turkey

Statue of Queen Napir-Asu, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1350-1300 B.C.E., Bronze and Copper, Louvre, Paris

Citadel of Sargon II reconstructed drawing, Dur SharrukinIraq, c. 720-705 BCE

Lamassu, c. 700 B.C.E., limestone, Louvre, Paris

Ishtar Gates, BabylonIraq, 575 BCE, glazedBrick, State Museum,Berlin

Ashurbanipal645-640 BCE. Nineveh

Persepolis (apadana in the background), Iran,c. 521-465 BCE.

Processional frieze on the terrace of the apadana, Persepolis, Iran, c. 521-465 BCE. Limestone, 8’4” high.

Palace of Shapur I Ctesiphon ('Et(h)esifon' )Sasanian kings, Iraq, c. 250 B.C.E

Shapur victory over Valerian (Rome) 260 CE