Mesopotamian Arts

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