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| Plaster Skull, Jericho, c. 7000 BCE | Human Skull, Jericho, c. 7th century BCE |
| Plan, Reconstruction drawing of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple
, Uruk, c. 3100 BCE. |
Nanna Ziggurat (north facade), Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) c. 2100-2050 BCE |
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Face of a Woman, Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) c.3500-3000 BCE, Marble, height 8" |
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Votive Figures (group), Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern
Tell Asmar, Iraq) c.2900-2600 BCE limestone, alabaster, and gypsum |
Votive Figure, male |
| * | Votive Figure, male |
| Vase, Inanna Receiving Offerings, from Uruk, c.3500-3000 BCE alabaster, height 36" |
Cylinder seal and Impressions, from Sumer, c. 2500 BCE, marble |
| Bull's Head, soundbox of Lyre, c.2685 BCE unbaked clay, 25" long |
Bull Lyre, Ur (mocern Muqaiyir, Iraq), c. 2685, wood w/gold, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell |
| Standard of Ur, War side, c. 2600 BCE | Standard of Ur, Peace side, c. 2600 BCE |
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Victory Stele of Naramsin, c. 2254-2218 BCE, limestone height 6'6" |
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Head of an Akkadian Ruler, frontal
view, c. 2300-2000 BCE, bronze |
Head of an Akkadian Ruler, side view, c. 2300-2000 BCE, bronze |
| Votive Statue of Gudea, c. 2120 BCE. diorite, height 29" | * |
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Stele of Hammurabi, from Shush, Iran, c. 1792-1750 BCE basalt, height of stele 7', height of relief 28" |
Stele of Hammurabi (upper section), from Shush, Iran, c. 1792-1750 BCE basalt, height of stele 7', height of relief 28" |
| Palace of Sargaon II, plan, c. 721-705 BCE |
Palace of Sargon II, aerial view-reconstruction drawing, c. 721-705 BCE |
| Assumasipal II Killing Lions, alabaster relief, c. 885-860 BCE c. 2120 BCE. diorite, height 29" | Assumasipal II Killing Lions, (detail), alabaster relief, c. 885-860 BCE c. 2120 BCE. diorite, height 29" |
| Ishtar Gate, reconstruction drawing, c. 612-539 BCE | City Gate, Nebuchadadnezzar II, painting |
| Ishtar Gate, restored griffins and bulls, glazed brick, c. 612-539 BCE | Ishtar Gate, Baked Brick, c. 575 BCE |
| Bull Capital, stone, c. 375 BCE, Palace of Artaxerxes | * |
| Lion Gate, Hattushash, Turkey, c. 1400 BCE, stone | * |
| Audience Hall of Darius & Xerxes, Persepolis (Iran), c. 518-465 BCE | * |