Mesopotamia

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Headdress of Queen Puabi of Ur, Mesopotamia, 2550 BC.

Funerary portrait of a mother and daughter, mother wears native Mesopotamian costume; the daughter h

A limestone statue of Doshfari, daughter of Sanatruq I, KIng of the Parthian city of Hatra, 2nd cent

Statue of a seated woman from Hatra, Iraq

Ancient Assyrian Kings on their ConquestsNote: These accounts are not propaganda pieces concocted by

A gold ancient Sumerian beer mug dating to 2,500 BC.  The straw was used to filter out particles whi

Ivory furniture plaque from Assyria, carved with a falcon-headed figure in relief.  Artist unknown;

Female head with diademPeriod: Neo-AssyrianDate: ca. 8th century B.C.Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud

Detail from gypsum-alabaster relief of a foreign groom in a tributary processionFrom the palace at K

Plaque fragment with a cow and suckling calfPeriod: Neo-AssyrianDate: ca. 9th–8th century B.C.Geogra

ancient-mesopotamia:Interior wall, Palace of King Sennacherib, Nineveh, Northern Iraq, Assyrian.

Ancient Worlds - BBC TwoEpisode 1 “Come Together”Mari (modern Tell Hariri, in Syria) was an ancient

Ancient Worlds - BBC Two Episode 2 “The Age of Iron”Detail - Assyrian stone wall panel from the Cent

mini-girlz:Female Figure Called the “Wo-man Aryballos”Neo-Sumerian period (ca 2150-2000 BC)Alabaster

Seal of Inanna, 2350-2150 BC; Akkadian Empire

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massarrah:Model of a Wig from the Third Dynasty of Ur (Mesopotamia)Originally mounted on a statue, t

tentaclegarden:Mesopotamian devil Pazuzu

An Assyrian soldier conducts captives in a boat.  Gypsum alabaster relief, artist unknown; ca. 668-6

A limestone statue of Princess Doshfari, daughter of Sanatruq II of Hatra, 138 A.D

starxgoddess:Shadows out of Time: sleeping deities from Mesopotamia —“the land between rivers”—: Sum

Beer and sex, ancient Baylonian, 1600 - 2000 BC.Currently on display at the Oriental Institute Museu

In stone-poor Mesopotamia, elaborate stucco decorations were the hallmark of Parthian and Sasanian p

gracedpalmer:Enki is a Sumerian creator god, also known as Ea by the Babylonians and Akkadians. He w

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