Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, 3100–2900 B. C

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Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, 3100–2900 B. C Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, 3100–2900 B.C.; Proto-Elamite period Union of man and animal seen very early. Evidence of bronze age.

Clay tablet showing cuneiform. Clay tablet from Ur.

Tower of Babel by Peter Breugel Tower of Babel by Breugel Tower of Babel by Peter Breugel

Remains of the white temple on its ziggurat, Uruk, Iraq, c Remains of the white temple on its ziggurat, Uruk, Iraq, c.3500-3000 BC.

Ziggurat of King Urnammu, Ur 2100 BC

Arial view of Ziggurat of King Urnammu

Female Head from Warka

Votive statues from Abu Temple

Ram and Tree, Offering Stand from Ur Fluted gold cup from Ur. Ram and Tree, Offering Stand from Ur

Standard of Ur In one corner of chamber D there was the head of a man covered with thousands of little beads made of lapis lazuli. It looked as though the beads had been part of a cap or headdress.

Soundbox of a lyre. http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Collections/plaquebullshead.html

Bulls head from a lyre

Contest between natural and supernatural forces Contest between natural and supernatural forces. Hero fighting a bull and a being that is half man/half bull. Cylinder seal. http://sarasvati.simplenet.com/html/urseals.htm