Akkadian Art and Assyrian Art

Bronze head of an Akkadian ruler, Nineveh, 2300-2200 B.C.E., Iraq Museum, Baghdad

Victory stele of Naram-Sin, sandstone, 2200 B.C.E., Louvre, Paris

Standing and seated diorite statues of Gudea from Telloh, ca. 2150 B.C.E.; many examples known, scattered in various museums (several in the Louvre)

Ziggurat of king Ur-Namma at Ur, ca. 2100 B.C.E.

Stele of Hammurabi with law code, (god Shamash) basalt, ca. 1750 B.C.E., Louvre

Winged "bull-man," gypsum, palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud, ca. 850 B.C.E., British Museum and Louvre

Reliefs from palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, gypsum, ca. 850 B.C.E.; King, Genii and Eunuchs (attendants); British Museum

Reliefs from palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, gypsum, ca. 850 B.C.E.; hunt; British Museum

Reliefs from palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh, gypsum, ca. 650 B.C.E.; hunts, British Museum