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Bull, glazed bricks, Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq. Built in about 575 BC by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, the Ishtar Gate was the northern entrance to the inner city of Babylon
Dragon, glazed bricks, Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq. Built in about 575 BC by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, the Ishtar Gate was the northern entrance to the inner city of Babylon
Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq. Built in about 575 BC by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, the Ishtar Gate was the northern entrance to the inner city of Babylon
Throne room, Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylon, Iraq. The Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar built his great palace at Babylon in the 6th century BC
Southern Palace, Babylon, Iraq. Ruins of the great palace built by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century BC
Temple of Nin Makh, Babylon, Iraq, 1977. The Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II built Babylon into the greatest city in Mesopotamia in the 6th century BC
Basalt Lion of Babylon, Iraq, 1977. This statue dates from the Neo-Babylonian, or Chaldean Empire, which ruled Mesopotamia from 626 to 539 BC. Its most famous ruler was Nebuchadnezzar II
Palm tree below Lion of Babylon, Iraq, 1977
The Processional Way, Babylon, Iraq, 1977. The Processional Way led into the ancient city of Babylon through the Ishtar Gate
River Tigris by the Tower of Babel, Babylon, Iraq
Tower of Babel, Babylon, Iraq, 1977Tower of Babel, Babylon, Iraq. Remains of the great ziggurat of Babylon, which is thought to have been the inspiration behind the biblical Tower of Babel
Ziggurat of Agar Quf, Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq, 1977. Ziggurats were temple towers of terraced pyramid form built by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia
View of the River Tigris from the Ziggurat, Ashur, Iraq, 1977
Ziggurat, Ashur, Iraq, 1977. Ziggurats were temple towers of terraced pyramid form built by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia
Un Notable Mespotamien, 1922, (1923). Artist: Leon BakstUn Notable Mespotamien, 1922, (1923). From International Studio, March 1923. [International Studio, Inc. New York, 1923]
Lion of Babylon statue, Babylon, Babil, Mesopotamia, 1918. Stone sculpture in what is now Iraq. This statue dates from the Neo-Babylonian, or Chaldean Empire
Antiquities of Babylonia and Egypt, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777
Ishtar Gate, BabylonIshtar Gate, c575 BC. Reconstruction in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, of the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon built by Nebuchadnezzar II in c575 BC
Ram or Goat in a Bush from Ur, Early Dynastic, 2600 BC. Statuette of a goat perched against a bush looking for food in gold and lapis lazuli
Mesopotamian Ceramic, c3100BC-500BC. The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c)
Mesopotamian weapons, c3100 BC. The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c)
Mesopotamia, Daggers, 3rd millennium BC. The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c)
Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing chariots and soldiers, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BCDetail of the Standard of Ur, showing four-wheeled chariots and soldiers, from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. The main panels are known as War and Peace
Detail of the standard of Ur showing a Sumerian Harpist and a Ruler, about 2600-2400 BCDetail of the standard of Ur showing a Sumerian Harpist and a Ruler, from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC
The Peace side of the Standard of Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BCThe Peace side of the Standard of Ur from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Inlay of shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli in Bitumen on a hollow box
Tablet telling the legend of Etana, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. The story told on this tablet centres on Etana
The Flood TabletThis tablet is the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Queens Lyre from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. Stringed instrument with a bulls head. The front panels are made of lapis lazuli, shell and red limestone originally set in bitumen
Side of the Sumerian Standard of Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BCThe Standard of Ur from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Inlay of shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli in Bitumen on a hollow box. The main panels are known as War and Peace
Detail of the Sumerian ruler from the Standard of Ur, about 2600-2400 BCDetail of the Sumerian ruler from the Standard of Ur from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Inlay of shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli in Bitumen on a hollow box
Detail of Sumerian soldiers from the Royal Standard of Ur, about 2600-2400 BCDetail of Sumerian soldiers from the Royal Standard of Ur from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Inlay of shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli in Bitumen on a hollow box
Seal showing the goddess Ishtar, Neo-Assyrian, c720-c700 BC. Assyrian cylinder-seal impression showing Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess of sexuality and warfare. From the British Museums collection
Akkadian cylinder-seal impression showing the flood-epic. Utanapishtim is in the ark, and Gilgamesh is fighting the Bull. 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 IraqStone lions head, Neo-Assyrian, about 680-670 BC, From Sippar, southern Iraq. This lions head of white limestone comes from the Temple of Shamash
Dragon sacred to the god Marduk, detail of the Ishtar Gate, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Detail of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BCDetail of the Ishtar Gate leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Gold helmet from Mesopotamia, 2500 BC. From the Iraq Museum
Gudea, ruler of the city-state of Lagash in southern Babylon, Neo-Sumerian, 22nd century BC. Seated diorite figure of Gudea (c2144-c2124 BC). From the Musee du Louvre, Paris
Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, Sumeria, c2500 BC. Detail of a limestone relief showing Ur-Nanshe, one of the kings of the Ur Dynasty I (2650-2350 BC) wearing the traditional fur skirt or Kaunakes
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
Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian / Sumerian, 3100-2900 BCAdministrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian/Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC. The earliest tablets with written inscriptions represent the work of administrators, perhaps of large temple institutions