Iraq Collection (page 9)

Ivory panel of a lioness devouring a boy, Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Phoenician
Inlaid ivory panel of a lioness devouring a boy, palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, northern Iraq, Phoenician, 9th-8th century BC

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

Stonecarving, Susa, Proto-Elamite and Uruk period, 3500-2850 BC. Now in The Louvre

Detail showing the goddess Innana on the Facade of the Temple, c1475 BC

Detail of the Facade of the Temple of Innana, Uruk, c1475 BC
Detail of the Facade of the Temple of Innana, Uruk (Warka), c1475 BC. It is now at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin and is made of moulded baked brick

Assyrian sculpture of a man holding a lion, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian sculpture of a man holding a lion, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian sculptures of human-headed winged bulls at the palace gateway, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian sculptures of human-headed winged bulls at the palace gateway, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief of two servants, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief of a winged genie with a bucket & a cedar cone, Khorsabad, 8th century BC
Assyrian relief of a winged genie with a bucket and a cedar cone making a liberation, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, 8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian sculpture of a human-headed winged bull at the palace gateway, Khorsabad, 8th century BC
Assyrian sculpture of a human-headed winged bull at the palace gateway, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, 8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief showing servants carrying the Kings chariot, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian relief showing servants carrying the Kings chariot, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief showing transport of timber from Lebanon by water, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian relief showing transport of timber from Lebanon by water, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief showing transport of timber by land, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian relief showing transport of timber by land, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Cuneiform tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. A tablet from the library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)

Gold helmet from Mesopotamia, 2500 BC. From the Iraq 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

Standard of Ur, the war side, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, Sumerian, c2500 BC. Made from lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, shell and coloured stone mosaic, it depicts the Sumerian army

Reconstruction of the north-eastern facade of Sennacheribs palace (Kouyunjik), Assyrian, 1853. Sennacherib, King of Assyria (701 BC-681 BC), built a magnificent palace at the kingdoms capital

Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, 10th century
Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, of Caliph al-Musta sippu. It was minted at Baghdad, 10th century

Steatite bowl with mythological scenes ( Lord of the Animals ) from Khafalji, but possible of Elamite origin. The figure could be the goddess Inanna, later Ishtar

Limestone libation vase, late Uruk, Warka, Southern Iraq, 3300BC-3000BC
Limestone libation vase with two lions attacking young bulls, late Uruk, Warka, Southern Iraq, 3300BC-3000BC. From the British Museums collection

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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