Babylonia Collection (page 3)

Terracotta Plague of the Hero, Gilgamesh, Old Babylonian, c2000BC-1600 BC. Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who builds the city walls of Uruk to defend his people

Terracotta figure of Ishtar, (Astarte) - fertility goddess. Old Babylonian: c2000-1600 BC
Terracotta figure of Ishtar, (Astarte), fertility goddess. Old Babylonian, c2000 BC-1600 BC

Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, 331 BC, (18th century). Artist: Johann Georg Platzer
Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, 331 BC, (18th century). The city of Babylon (now in modern-day Iraq) surrenders to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)

Babylonian depiction of the siege of an Egyptian city, 7th century
Depiction of the siege of an Egyptian city from the north palace of Ashurbanipal at Ninevah, from the British Museums collection, 7th century

Detail of an early Sumerian stone tablet
Detail of Sumerian stone tablet with some of the oldest characters found on stone, from early Babylonia. From the British Museums collection

Map of the World, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq, Babylonian, c700-c500 BC. This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world

Tablet showing King Hammurapi at worship, First Dynasty of Babylon, about 1760-1750 BC
Detail of a relief of King Hammurapi at worship. Fragment of a stone stele dedicated by Itur-Ashdum, First Dynasty of Babylon, about 1760-1750 BC, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq

Babylonian boundary-stone, bearing the symbols of the Gods on the stone, representing Gods who protect the deed

Kudurru (boundary stone) of Nazimatrut-Tash, taken from Babylon to Susa c. 12th century BC, from the Louvres collection

Bronze head of Pazuzu, probably from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Neo-Assyrian, about 800-550 BC
Bronze head of Pazuzu, probably from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, about 800-550 BC. Pazuzu was an Assyrian and Babylonian demonic god of the first millennium BC

Serpent and Man vase
Early Bablyonian serpent and man vase

Fragment of a Babylonian bowl
Fragment of a steatite Babylonian bowl, in Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Statuette of a Babylonian worshipper, possibly Hammurabi, dedicated to the God Amurru. It is made of bronze and silver with golden hands. From the Louvres collection

Babylonian terracotta plaque showing ritual fornication associated with fertility rites and cult of Ishtar/Astarte), currently at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Babylonian terracotta figure of a male musician
Terracotta figure of a male musician from Susa, from the Louvres collection

A Babylonian tablet requesting an oracle from the Sun God Shamnon as to whether the Assyrian army led by Nabu-shar-usur will retake the fortress taken by the Manncans

Babylonian helmet of Prince Meskalamdur
Helmet of Prince Meskalamdur from the Royal cemetery at Ur, made of Electrum

Stone tablet from North Babylonia, recording how King Nablu-apla-iddim, then twenty, confirmed a gift of land

Baked clay plaque of two boxers fighting, while musicians play, from Larsa, Iraq, 2000BC-1750BC
Baked clay plaque of two boxers fighting, while musicians play the drums and clapper, from Larsa, Iraq, 2000BC-1750BC. From the British Museums collection

Babylonian terracotta plaque of Gilgamesh, from the British Museums collection

Babylonian lion-headed terracotta monster, probably representing one of the seven evil genii, 699BC. From the British Museums collection

Terracotta statue of a woman, Old Babylonian (?), 2000BC-1750BC. Painted fired clay statue of a woman; hands clasped under her breasts; wearing necklace and bracelets

Stone lions head, Neo-Assyrian, about 680-670 BC, from Sippar, southern Iraq
Stone lions head, Neo-Assyrian, about 680-670 BC, From Sippar, southern Iraq. This lions head of white limestone comes from the Temple of Shamash

Babylonian story of the flood on a clay tablet, probably from Sippor, Old Babylonian, 1635BC. This is one of three tablets which contained the Epic of Ammisaduqa, hero of the Babylonian flood story

Hoard of Babylonian agricultural tools
Hoard of copper Babylonian agricultural tools from Kulala. From the British Museums collection

Female statuette, probably the Great Goddess of Babylon. From Nabaster, Goldek, Babylon. From the Louvres collection

Statue of the Babylonian King Shalmaneser III
A statue of Shalmaneser III, a large statue from the Gate of the Metalworkers at Ashur, from the collection of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Lion passant from wall of the sacred way to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (Iraq), c575 BC
Lion passant from wall of the sacred way to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (in modern Iraq), c575 BC. The lion was the cult animal of Ishtar, great goddess of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon

Babylonian clay tablet with text, 7th century BC. A table with syllabary. From the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Daniel interpreting the writing on the wall at the feast of Belshazzar, king of Babylon. The writing read Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin (You are weighed in the scales and found wanting)

Constancy of the Jews in captivity in Babylon, 6th century BC (c1860). By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. Chromolithograph c1860

Ishtar Gate, Neo-Babylonian, c575 BC
Ishtar Gate, Babylonian, c575 BC. The Ishtar Gate, through which a processional road ran into the city of Babylon. One of 8 fortified gates of Nebuchandrezzars (Nebuchanezzar II) city

Tablet with bilingual inscription erected by King Hammurabi
Tablet with bilingual inscription in Sumerian and Akkadian erected by King Hammurapi of Babylon from Ur, from the British Museums collection

Portrait of Babylonian King Marduk-Nadin-Akke in black limestone. This appears on a Babylonian boundary-stone, recording the purchase of a field on the Shumunder Canal, by Marduk-Nasir

Babylonian boundary-stone recording a gift of land
A Babylonian boundary stone (kudurru), Kassite dynasty, about 1125-1100 BC, probably from southern Iraq. The cuneiform inscription records the gift of land near Edina in South Babylonia to Gula-eresh

Detail of a limestone statue of a woman, about 2500 BC, from Tello (ancient Girsu), Southern Iraq, which was part of the Kingdom of Lagash

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