AHC114D Mesopotamia Finalspotamia

Statue of a woman with clasped hands

Girsu 2100 BC

Chlorite

Foundation figure of Ur-Namma

Nippur, Iraq

Copper alloy

2100 BCE

Foundation figure of Shulgi, in situ at the Temple of Inanna, Nippur, Iraq

Arsenical copper with fragments of linen

2100 BCE

Seated figure in alabaster

2100 BCE

Rock relief at Derbend i Gawr

2100 BC

Head of a king (Hammurabi?)

Susa, Iran

Diorite

1800 BC

Votive statue dedicated by Lu-Nanna

From Larsa, Iraq, c. 1,750 BC

Copper and gold

Stele of Dadusha

Tell Asmar, Iraq

1800 BC

Grey stone

From Larsa, Iraq, c. 2000 BC

Terracotta

From Tell Asmar, Iraq, c. 2,000 BC

Ceramic

Unknown provenience, 2000 BCE

Ceramic

Codex Hammurabi

Originally installed in Babylon, Iraq, c. 1,800 BC

From Susa, Iran

Black basalt

Sacrificial procession

Palace of Zimri-Lim, Mari, Syria,

c. 1,800 BC

Fresco

Investiture of Zimri-Lim

Palace of Zimri-Lim, Mari, Syria

1,800 BC

Fresco

Water goddess

From Mari, Syria, c.

1,900 BC

Calcite

Iddi-Ilum, governor of Mari

From Mari, Syria

c. 2,100 BC

Steatite

Ishtup-Ilum, governor of Mari from Mari, Syria

c. 2,000 BC

Black basalt

Puzur-Ishtar, governor of Mari

From Babylon, Iraq, c. 2,000 BC

Diorite

Napirasu, the Elamite queen

Susa, Iran

1,300 BC

Bronze

Wall relief from the Central Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III

Nimrud, Iraq, c. 800 BC

Manishtushu (son of Sargon), c. 2300 BC

From Susa, Iran

Diorite

Stele of Ashurnasirpal II

From the Ninurta Temple, Nimrud, 900 BCE

Limestone

Head of a bearded man and lioness

From palace H, Dur Kurigalzu, Iraq, late 15^th century BC

Terracotta

Molded brick facade of the Temple of Inanna

Eanna precinct, Uruk, Iraq, c. 1,400 BC

Terracotta

Meli-shipak kudurru

From Susa, Iran, 1,200 BC

Dark gray calcite

Kudurru of Ritti Marduk

From Sippar, Iraq, c. 1200 BC

Limestone

Altar of Tukulti-Ninurta I

From Assur, Iraq, c. 1200  BC

Alabaster

Figure

From Nineveh, Iraq, c. 1100 BC

Limestone

Plaque with goddess:

Probably southern Iraq, c. 1,800 BC Painted terracotta, straw

Votive statue

Khafajeh, Iraq, c. 1800

Painted terracotta

Deity

From Ur, Iraq, c. 1,800

Painted terracotta

Banquet stele of Ashurnasirpal II

Northwest Palace, Nimrud, Iraq

c. 800 BC

Human-headed winged bull (lamassu)

Northwest Palace, Nimrud, Iraq

c. 900 BC

Gypsum alabaster

Genies and sacred tree with apkalle 

Nimrud, c. 900 BC 

Gypsum alabaster

King and genie

Relief panel from Northwest Palace, Nimrud, Iraq 

c. 900 BC, Gypsum alabaster

Ashurnasirpal II

Temple of Ishtar, Nimrud, Iraq

Magnesite on red dolomite plinth

c. 900 BC

Relief depicting the transportation of timber

From Dur Sharrukin, Iraq

c. 700 BC; Alabaster

The battle of Lachish

Southwest palace, Nineveh, Iraq

c. 700 BC

Gypsum alabaster

Sennacherib receives the booty of Lachish Southwest palace, Nineveh, Iraq

c. 700 BC; Gypsum alabaster

Lion hunt

North Palace, Nineveh, Iraq

700 BC

Gypsum alabaster

Battle of Til Tuba

Nineveh, Iraq, c. 700

Gypsum alabaster

Shamash tablet

Sippar, Iraq

c. 900 BC

Gray schist

Ceramic box of Shamash table

From Sippar, Iraq,

600 BC

Terracotta

Stele of Ashurbanipal from the Esagila temple, Babylon, Iraq 

c. 700 BC

Marble

The Ishtar Gate, from Babylon, Iraq, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 600 BC

Glazed terracotta bricks

Panel with royal inscription, Babylon, Iraq, c. 600 BCE

Clay brick with colored glaze, height of wall panel

Neo-Babylonian cylinder seal with winged hero with scimitar, bull and lion

Unknown provenance, probably Babylon, Iraq

c. 700

Carnelian

Assyrian cylinder seal with hero grasping ostrich, fish apkallu flanking sacred tree Unknown provenance

c. 700

Carnelian

Babylonian “cylinder seal” of the god Adad, Babylon, Iraq

900 BCE

Lapis lazuli

The Cyrus Cylinder

Babylon, Iraq, c. 500 BC

Clay

Portrait of Darius I

Susa, Iran

Greywacke

c. 500 BC

Tomb of Cyrus

Pasargadae, Iran

500 BC

Rock-cut tombs at Naqsh-i- Rustam

Near Persepolis, Iran

500 BCE

Tomb of Darius I 

Near persepolis, Iran

500 BC

Bisotun relief

Zagros Mountains, Iran

500 BC