Persian Warrior with Greek Prisoners of War Cylinder seal and impression Persia, Achaemenid period(ca. 550–330 B.C.)Carnelian23 x 10...

King Standing on Sphinxes and Holding a Lion in Each Hand; Palm Tree with Winged Sun Disk Above Cylinder seal and impression Persia,...

Eye Stone Amulet with a Dedication Inscription of King Nebuchadnezzar II in Akkadian Inscribed: To Marduk, his lord, Nebuchadnezzar, king...

Tablet Inscribed in Akkadian with a Fragment of the Epic of Etana Mesopotamia, First Dynasty of Babylon(ca.1895–1595 B.C.)ClayMLC 1363...

Hero Grasping Two Struggling Birds and Stepping on a Third Bird Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian...

Hero Grasping Two Male Sphinxes Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian period(ca.1000–539 B.C.)Siliceous stone33 x 16...

Centaur with a Bow and Arrow Attacking Winged Lion Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Babylonian period(ca.1000–539...

Attendant Waving Palm Whisk over Table Before Seated King Raising Cup, Attendant with Fan and Towel Behind King Cylinder seal and...

Armed Hero Grasping Kicking Ostrich; Worshiper Behind Two Fish Men with Pollen Baskets Flanking Sacred Tree; God in Winged Sun Disk Above...

Goddess with Ring and Scimitar on Star-Studded Throne over Lion (?); Worshiper Facing Armed God Standing on Bull Cylinder seal and...

I was taking photos in the main hall of the Sulaymaniyah Museum and came across a display case containing a small clay tablet. The...

Three successive civilizations — Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian — flourished along the “Fertile Crescent” in ancient Mesopotamia for...

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers’) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by...

In ancient Mesopotamia, the meaning of life was for one to live in concert with the gods. Humans were created as co-laborers with their...

Nergal (also known as Erra and Irra) is the Mesopotamian god of death, war, and destruction. He began as a regional, probably...

Bull with wings.Mesopotamia,500 b.C.

Archer Attacking a Lion Griffin, Tree with Winged Sun Disk Above Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period...

Griffin Fighting Griffin Demon Armed with Dagger for Small Calf Below Cylinder seal Mesopotamia, Middle Assyrian period (ca....

Winged Lion Griffin Attacked by Hero over Kneeling Calf Cylinder seal Mesopotamia, Middle Assyrian period (ca. twelfth/eleventh century...

Griffin Demon Tearing Branch from Tree Cylinder seal and impression Mesopotamia, Middle Assyrian period (ca. twelfth/eleventh century...