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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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Gate of Ishtar
600 BCE
Babylonian
painted mud bricks
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Gate/Temple of Ishtar
600 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylonian
painted mud bricks
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Gilgamesh and the Lion
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
unknown artist
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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Sumerian Lyre
2500 BCE
Mesopotamian
Sumerian
wood with gold
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Gudea
2125-2110 BCE
Mesopotamian
Sumerian
carved stones
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Sumerian Prayer Statues
2800 - 2300 BCE
Mesopotamian
Sumerian
carved stones
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Sargon's War Mask
2350 BCE
Mesopotamian
Akkadian
Bronze
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Stele of Hammurabi
1792 - 1750 BCE
Mesopotamian
Babylonian
Basalt
7 - 8 ft tall
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Sargon II's Citadel
730-705 BCE
Sargon II
Assyrian
painted mud bricks
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Lamassu
720 BCE
Assyrian
stone carving
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Assyrian Warrior
Mesopotamian
Assyrian
relief carving
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Palace of Nimrod
late 7th century BCE
Assyrian
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Palace of Persepolis
515 BCE
Darius I
Persian
in Iran
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Darius I
521 - 486 BCE
Persian
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