Art and History of Ancient Mesopotamia

The Warka Vase, Alabaster, 105 cm, Uruk, Uruk/Jemdet Nasr period.

The Warka Lion Hunt Stele, Basalt, 80 cm, Uruk, Uruk/Jemdet Nasr period.

Behistun relief and inscription, Iran,

Sumerian King-list…

Stele of Ushumgal (a priest), Limestone, probably from Larse, Early Dynastic I 2900-2750 BCE, 22cm, MET.

Statue of Man, Gypsum, Abu Temple, Tell Asmar, Early Dynastic II, 72 cm.

Sealing, 2300 BCE. Top: major pantheon of the Sumerians, Bottom: two gods carrying trophies of war and minor deities. Perhaps the earliest reference to myths of Ninurta defeating enemies of the gods.

Stele of Eannatum of Lagash (Stele of Vultures), Limestone, Telloh (ancient Girsu), 1.88 m, 2460 BCE.

Puabi’s headdress, Royal Cemetery at Ur, 2600-2450 BCE, Ur, Iraq.

Sculpture of priest king, 18 cm, Uruk, late Uruk period ca. 3000-2900 BCE.

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, limestone, found at Susa, 2250 BCE, 2m.