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White Temple and ziggurat Uruk, Iraq 3200 - 3000 BC
Sumerian |
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Female head Uruk, Iraq 3200 - 3000 BC Marble
Sumerian
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Warka Vase Uruk, Iraq 3200 - 3000 Alabaster
Sumerian
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Statuettes of worshippers Eshnunna, Iraq 2700 BC
Sumerian |
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Seated statuette of Urnanshe Mari, Syria 2600 - 2500 BC
Sumerian |
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Fragment of victory stele of Eassatum (Stele of the Vultures) Girsu, Syria 2600 - 2500 BC Limestone
Sumerian |
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Standard of Ur Ur, Iraq 2600 BC Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
Sumerian |
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Bull-headed lyre Ur, Iraq 2600 BC
Sumerian |
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Soundbox of bull-headed lyre Ur, Iraq 2600 BC
Sumerian |
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Banquet scene, cylinder seal Ur, Iraq 2600 BC Lapis lazuli
Sumerian |
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Head of an Akkadian ruler Nineveh, Iraq 2250 - 2200 BC Copper
Akkadian
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Susa, Iran 2254 - 2218 BC sandstone
Akkadian |
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Ziggurat Ur, Iraq 2100 BC
Neo-Sumerian |
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Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan Girsu, Iraq 2100 BC Diorite
Neo-Sumerian |
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Stele with law code of Hammurabi Susa, Iran 1780 BC Basalt
Babylonian
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Investiture of Zimri-Lim Mari, Syria 1775-1760
Babylon |
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Lion Gate Boghazkoy, Turkey 1400 BC Limestone
Hittite |
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Statue of Queen Napir-Asu Susa, Iran 1350 - 1300 BC Bronze and Copper
Elamite |
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Lamassu (winged, human-headed bull) Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq 720 - 705 BC Limestone
Assyrian |
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Assyrian archers pursuing enemies Kalhu, Iraq 875 - 860 BC Gypsum
Assyrian |
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Ashurnasirpal II with attendants and soldier Kalhu, Iraq 875 - 860 BC Glazed brick
Assyrian |
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions Nineveh, Iraq 645 - 640 BC Gypsum
Assyrin |
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Dying lioness Nineveh, Iraq 645-640 BC Gypsum
Assyrian |
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Ishtar Gate Babylon, Iraq 575 BC Glazed brick and lapis lazuli
Neo-Babylonian
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Royal audience hall (apadana) Persepolis, Iran 521 - 465 BC
Achaemenid |
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Place of Shapur I Ctesiphon, Iraq AD 250 |
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Head of a Sasanian king AD 350 Silver and mercury
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Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian Bishapur, Iran AD 260 rock-cut relief
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Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian Bishapur, Iran AD 260 rock-cut relief
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