Mesopotamia

Reconstruction of Ziggurat of King Ur-Nammu

Warka Vase from Uruk, c. 3500 – 3000 BC, alabaster, height

Votive statues from Abu Temple from Tell Asmar (Iraq); c. 2700 – 2500 BC; limestone and alabaster;

largest figure approx. 30”

Panel from the Royal Standard of Ur, sounding box of musical instrument; shell, lapis lazuli; c. 2600 BC; 18.5” X 8”

Bull lyre, from Ur; c. 2685 BC; wood with gold, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell (reassembled in modern

wood support)

Mythological figures, detail of sound box of bull lyre from Ur

Relief work of chlorite vessel; c. 2600 BC; height 11.5”

Stele of Naram-Sin; c. 2254 – 2218 BC;

limestone; height 6’6”

Stele of Hammurabi; c. 1792 – 1750 BC;

basalt; height approx. 7’

Stele of Hammurabi; c. 1792 – 1750

BC; basalt; height approx. 7’

Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions; c. 850 BC; alabaster; height approx 39”

Reconstructive illustration of Ishtar

Ishtar Gate, from Babylon; c. 575 BC; glazed brick; height of gate originally 40’

Guardian figure, entrance to the throne room, Palace of Sargon II, c. 720 BC. Louvre

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