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Ziggurat of Ur
2100 BCE Gilgamesh Sumerian
100+ ft. tall mud bricks 210 ft x 150 ft. base
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Ziggurat of Ur
Sumerian
mud bricks |
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Gilgamesh fighting the Lion
2500 BCE Mesopotamian
Sumerian cylinder seal
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Cylinder Seal
Mesopotamian
Babylonian / Assyrian carved stones |
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*Standard of Ur (front & back)
2600 BCE fr Royal Tombs of Ur Mesopotamian
Sumerian wood, inland shell, limestone, lapis lazuli
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*Standard of Ur--detail
2600 BCE Mesopotamian
Sumerian painted wood, shell limestone, lapis lazuli |
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Sumerian Lyre
2600 BCE Mesopotamian
Sumerian Gold and Wood
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Gudea
2125-2110 BCE Mesopotamian
Sumerian carved stones |
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*Votive Statues from the Square Temple
2800 - 2300 BCE Sumerian Prayer Statues Mesopotamian
Sumerian gypsum inlaid w/shell/limesto Tell Asmar (Eshnunna), Iraq
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*Votive Figures from the Square Temple
2800 BCE Mesopotamian Sumerian prayer statues
12 inches gypsum inlaid w/shell/limesto Tell Asmar (Eshnunna), Iraq |
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Sargon I ~ War Mask
2350 BCE part of lifesize sculpture Mesopotamian
Akkadian Bronze / lifesize
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Sargon I ~ war mask
2300 BCE Mesopotamian / Akkadian
part of a larger sculpture Bronze / lifesize |
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*Stele of Hammurabi
1792 - 1750 BCE Hammurabi with Shamash Mesopotamian / Babylonian
Akkadian writing Basalt / 7+ feet tall Louvre Museum
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*Stele of Hammurabi ~ detail
1750 BCE Hammurabi with Shamash Mesopotamian / Babylonian
Basalt / 20 inches tall Louvre Museum |
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Citadel of Sargon II
730-705 BCE Sargon II Mesopotamian / Assyrian
Dur Sharrukin / Khorsabad,Iraq painted mud bricks citadel
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*Lamassu
720 BCE Citadel of Sargon II Mesopotamian / Assyrian
13.9 ft tall guardian figures stone carving Louvre & British Museums |
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Palace of Nimrud
late 7th century royal palace bef. Sargon II Mesopotamian / Assyrian
Ninevah / Northern Iraq painted mud brick
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Assyrian Warrior
Mesopotamian
Assyrian relief carving from Palace of Nimrud |
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Gate of Ishtar
600 BCE Neo - Babylonian
w/ox, lion, & Marduk painted mud bricks
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Gate of Ishtar
600 BCE Nebuchadnezzar Neo - Babylonian
painted mud bricks Pergamon Museum in Berlin |
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*Apadana and Stairway @ Persepolis
Palace of Persepolis Persian
for Darius and Xerxes painted limestone
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Parade of soldiers at Persepolis
520 BCE Persian
life-size stone carving Persepolis |
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*Palace at Persepolis ~ Apadana
520 BCE Persian
stone Persepolis
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Darius I
521 - 486 BCE Persian
Palace at Persepolis painted relief carving Persepolis |
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*Palace at Persepolis ~ detail
540 - 520 BCE Persian
stone carving Persepolis
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