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Art of the Ancient Near East
29. Figure from Ain Ghazal, Jordan, c. 7000 – 6000 BCE. Clay plaster with cowrie shell, bitumen and paint. Approx 35”
30. Beaker, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran), c. 4000 BCE. Ceramic, painted in brown glaze 11 1/4” high Sumerian
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31. Face of a Woman from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), c. 3500-3000 BCE. Marble, approx 8” high
32. Carved Vase (both sides) from Uruk (Warka, Iraq) c. 3500 – 3000 BCE. Albaster, 36”
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33. Scarlet Ware Vase from Tutub (modern Tell Khafajeh, Iraq), c 3000 – 2350 BCE. Ceramic 11 ¾”
34. Administrative Tablet featuring Cunniform, c. 3000 BCE. Clay
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35. Votive Statues form the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), c. 2900 – 2600 BCE. Limestone, Albaster, Gypsum, largest figure approx 30”
36. Bull lyre (with detail from sound box decoration) from tomb of King Abargi, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), c 2685 BCE. Wood with gold, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell reassembled in modern wood support. Detail: wood with shell inlaid in bitumen, size 12 ¼” x 4 ½”
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37. Standard of Ur (peace side), ca. 2600 BCE
38. Ram in the thicket from the Royal Tomb at Ur, ca. 2600 BCE. Gold & lapis lazuli over wood core, approx 40”
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39. Cylinder Seal (& it’s impression) from Sumer, c. 2500 BCE. Marble, height approx 1 ¾”
40. Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), c. 2100 -2050 BCE Akkadian
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41. Stele of Naramsin, c. 2254-2219 BCE. Limestone, 6’6”
42. Man from Ninevah (known as Akkadian ruler), Nineveh (present day Kuyunjik, Iraq), c 2300 – 2200 BCE. Copper alloy, 14 3/8” high
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Neo Sumerian
43. Votive Statue of Gudea from Lagash (modern Telloh, Iraq), c 2120 BCE. Diorite, 29” high. Babylonian
44. Stele of Hammurabi from Susa (modern Shush, Iraq) c 1792 -1750 BCE. Basalt, approx 7’, height of relief 28”
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45. Lion Gate, Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey), c. 1400 BCE. Limestone
46. Investiture of Zimrilm facsimile of a wall painting on mud plaster at the palace of Mari (modern Tell Hariri, Iraq), court 106; before c. 1750 BCE. Height 5’5”.
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Assyrian
47. Human- Headed winged lion (lamassu) Neo-Assyrian, Ashurnasirpal II. 883-859 BCE
48. Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions from Palace Complex of Assurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq, c. 850 BCE. Albaster, 39” high.
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49. Reconstruction drawing of the Citadel & Palace complex of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq), c. 721-706 BCE
50. Assurbanipal and his Queen in the Garden from the palace at Ninevah ( modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), c. 647 BCE. Albaster, approx 21” high.
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Neo Babylonian
51. Reconstruction drawing of Babylon in the 6th Century BCE
52. Standing Lion, c. 6th century BCE (c 575 BCE). Glazed brick
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53. Ishtar Gate from Babylon (Iraq), c 575 BCE. Glazed brick, original height 40’ with towers rising 100’
54. Woman Spinning, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran), c. 8th – 7th century BCE. Bitumen compound 3 5/8” x 5 1/8” Persian
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55. Apadana (audience hall) of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, Perseposis, Iran, c. 518 – 460 BCE