1. Ancient Near East Notes

2. Female Head (Innana?) from Uruk, Iraq, Iraq Museum, Bagdad. ca. 3200-3000 BCE

3. r Presentation of offerings to Innana (Warka Vase), Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3,200 -3,000 BCE. Alabaster, 3’1/4 “ high, Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

4. Statuettes from Square temple of Eshnunna (Tell Asmar), limestone, alabaster and gypsum. Iraq 2700 BCE

5. Stele of Vultures, Girsu, Iraq, 2600-2500 BCE

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

7. Ram in a Thicket From Royal Cemetary Of Ur 2600-2400 BCE

8. Lyre, c.2600 B.C.E., wood with inlay of gold, shell and lapis lazuli, University of Pennsylvania museum

9. Cylinder seal Banquet scene from the tomb of Pu-abi (tomb 800), Royal Cemetery of Ur, Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Lapis lazuli, British Museum, London.

10. Head of Akkadian ruler from Nineveh, Iraq, ca. 2250-2200 BCE. Copper, 1’2 3/8’ high, Iraq Museum, Baghdad

11. Victory Stele of Narim- Sin (Suen), Susa, Iran 2254-2218 BCE

12. Votive Disc of Enheduanna from Ur, Iraq, 2300- 2275 BCE

13. Ziggurat, Ur, Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE

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

15. Stele of Hammurabi, c. 1780 B.C.E., basalt, Louvre, Paris

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

17. Statue of Queen Napir-Asu, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1350- 1300 B.C.E., Bronze and Copper, Louvre, Paris

18. Citadel of Sargon II reconstructed drawing, Dur Sharrukin Iraq, c. 720-705 BCE

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

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

21. Ashurbanipal 645-640 BCE. Nineveh

22. Persepolis (apadana in the background), Iran,c. 521- 465 BCE.

23. Processional frieze on the terrace of the apadana, Persepolis, Iran, c. 521-465 BCE. Limestone, 8’4” high.

24. Palace of Shapur I Ctesiphon ('Et(h)esifon' ) Sasanian kings, Iraq, c. 250 B.C.E

25. Shapur victory over Valerian (Rome) 260 CE