Ancient Near East Notes

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

r Presentation 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, BCE

Standard of Ur, Box from Royal Cemetery of Ur, 2600 BCE

Ram in a Thicket From Royal Cemetary Of Ur 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 BCE. Lapis lazuli, British Museum, London.

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

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

Votive Disc of Enheduanna from Ur, Iraq, BCE

Ziggurat, Ur, Iraq, ca BCE

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

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

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

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

Citadel of Sargon II reconstructed drawing, Dur Sharrukin Iraq, c BCE

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

Ishtar Gates, Babylon Iraq, 575 BCE, glazed Brick, State Museum, Berlin

Ashurbanipal BCE. Nineveh

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

Processional frieze on the terrace of the apadana, Persepolis, Iran, c 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