1. Title: Standard of Ur
Artist: n/a
Date: n/a
Source/ Museum: n/a
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2. Title: Map 2.1 The Ancient Near East
Artist: n/a
Date: n/a
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium:
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3. Title: Babylonian deed of sale
Title: Babylonian deed of sale. This deed graphically shows the impressions made by the stylus in the soft clay.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: Department of Antiquities, No The British Museum, London
Medium: clay
Size: n/a

4. Title: Mud brick kasbahs at Aït Ben Haddou Morocco
Artist: n/a
Date: n/a
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: see Title
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5. Title: Mud bricks at Aït Ben Haddou, Morocco
Artist: n/a
Date: n/a
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: see Title
Size: n/a

6. Title: Plan of the "White Temple" on its ziggurat (after H. Frankfort)
Artist: n/a
Date: n/a
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

7. Title: Remains of the “White Temple” on its ziggurat
Title: Remains of the “White Temple” on its ziggurat. Uruk (Warka), Iraq
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

8. Title: Interior of the cella of the "White Temple
Artist: n/a
Date: n/a
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

9. Title: Female Head. Uruk (Warka), Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Medium: limestone
Size: height 8" (20.3 cm)

10. Title: Statues, from the Abu Temple. Tell Asmar, Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca. 2700–2500 BCE.
Source/ Museum: Iraq Museum, Baghdad, and The Oriental Institute Museum of The University of Chicago
Medium: limestone, alabaster, and gypsum
Size: height of tallest figure approx. 30" (76.3 cm)

11. Title: The Goat in Thicket (Ram and Tree), one of the pair from the Great Death Pit in the Royal Cemetery of Ur. Muqaiyir, Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Medium: wood, gold, and lapis lazuli
Size: height 20" (50.8 cm)

12. Title: Standard of Ur, front and back sides.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: The British Museum, London
Medium: wood inlaid with shell, limestone, and lapis lazuli
Size: height 8" (20.3 cm)

13. Title: Standard of Ur, front and back sides.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: The British Museum, London
Medium: wood inlaid with shell, limestone, and lapis lazuli
Size: height 8" (20.3 cm)

14. Title: Bull Iyre, from the tomb of King Abargi, Ur (Muqaiyir), Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Medium: wood with gold, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell, reassembled in modern wood support
Size:

15. Title: Inlay panel from the soundbox of a harp, from Ur (Muqaiyir), Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Medium: shell and bitumen
Size: 12 1/4 x 4 1/2" (31.1 x 11.3 cm)

16. Title: Priest-King Feeding Sacred Sheep, from vicinity of Uruk (Warka), Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vorderasiatisches Museum
Medium: marble cylinder seal
Size: height 2 1/8" (5.4 cm); diameter 1 3/4" (4.5 cm)

17. Title: Head of an Akkadian Ruler from Ninevah (Kuyunjik), Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Medium: bronze
Size: height 12" (30.7 cm)

18. Title: Stele of Naram-Sin.
Artist: n/a
Date: r BCE.
Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Medium: n/a
Size: height 6' 6" (2 m)

19. Title: Ziggurat of King Urnammu, Ur. Muqaiyir, Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

20. Title: Head of Gudea, from Lagash (Telloh), Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Francis Bartlett Donation of
Medium: diorite
Size: 9 1/8" (23.18 cm) high

21. Title: Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan, from Girsu (Telloh), Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Medium: diorite
Size: height approx. 2'5" (73.66 cm)

22. Title: Upper part of stele inscribed with the Law Code of Hammurabi.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE
Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Medium: diorite
Size: height of stele approx. 7' (2.1 m); height of relief 28" (71 cm)

23. Title: Reconstruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon II
Title: Reconstruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon II. After Charles Altman. Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad), Iraq
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

24. Title: Gate of the Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (photo taken during excavation). (Khorsabad), Iraq
Artist: n/a
Date: BCE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

25. Title: Fugitives Crossing River, from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud (Calah), Iraq
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: The British Museum, London
Medium: alabaster relief
Size: height approx. 39" (98 cm)

26. Title: Lion Hunt relief, from of Ashurbanipal.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca. 850 BCE.
Source/ Museum: The British Museum, London
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

27. Title: Ishtar Gate (restored), from Babylon, Iraq.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca. 575 BCE.
Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vorder-asiatisches Museum
Medium: glazed brick
Size: n/a

28. Title: The Lion Gate. Bogazköy, Antolia (Turkey)
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

29. Title: Ivory plaque depicting a winged sphinx. Phoenician
Title: Ivory plaque depicting a winged sphinx. Phoenician. Found at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq
Artist: n/a
Date: 9th-8th centuries BCE.
Source/ Museum: The British Museum, London
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

30. Title: Painted beaker, from Susa.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca BCE.
Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Medium: n/a
Size: height 11 1/4" (28.3 cm)

31. Title: Plan of Palace of Darius and Xerxes, Persepolis
Title: Plan of Palace of Darius and Xerxes, Persepolis. Solid triangles show the processional route taken by Persian and Mede notables; open triangles indicate the way taken by heads of delegations and their suites.
Artist: n/a
Date: BCE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

32. Title: Rhyton. Achaemenid.
Artist: n/a
Date: 5th - 3rd centuries BCE.
Source/ Museum: Archaeological Museum, Tehran, Iran
Medium: gold
Size: n/a

33. Title: Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran
Artist: n/a
Date: ca. 500 BCE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

34. Title: Bull capital, from Persepolis.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca. 500 BCE.
Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

35. Title: Looters at the archaeological site of Isin, Southern Iraq
Artist: n/a
Date: 'January, 2004
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

36. Title: Darius and Xerxes Giving Audience.
Artist: n/a
Date: ca. 490 BCE.
Source/ Museum: Archaeological Museum, Tehran, Iran
Medium: limestone
Size: height 8' 4" (2.5 m)

37. Title: Shapur I Triumphing over the Roman Emperors Philip the Arab and Valerian, Naksh-I-Rustam (near Persepolis), Iran
Artist: n/a
Date: CE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

38. Title: Palace of Shapur I. Ctesiphon, Iraq
Artist: n/a
Date: CE.
Source/ Museum: n/a
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a

39. Title: King Peroz I Hunting Gazelles
Artist: n/a
Date: late 5th century CE.
Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1934 (34.33)
Medium: silver-gilt engraved,embossed, and inlaid with niello
Size: diameter 8 5/8" (21.9 cm); height 1 7/8" (4.6 cm)