1. Mesopotamia

2. Reconstruction of Ziggurat of King Ur-Nammu

3. Warka Vase from Uruk, c. 3500 – 3000 BC, alabaster, height 36”

4. Votive statues from Abu Temple from Tell Asmar (Iraq); c
Votive statues from Abu Temple from Tell Asmar (Iraq); c – 2500 BC; limestone and alabaster; largest figure approx. 30”

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

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

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

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

9. Stele of Naram-Sin; c. 2254 – 2218 BC; limestone; height 6’6”

10. Stele of Hammurabi; c. 1792 – 1750 BC; basalt; height approx. 7’

11. Stele of Hammurabi; c. 1792 – 1750 BC; basalt; height approx. 7’

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

13. Reconstructive illustration of Ishtar Gate

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

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