Bearded male worshipper, Tell Asmar, Single-Shrine Temple of Abu, Early Dynastic period, 2550-2450 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute...

Bearded male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum, shell, bitumen - Oriental Institute...

Bearded male worshipper with cup, Tell Asmar, Square Temple of Abu, Shrine II, Early Dynastic period, 2700-2600 BC, gypsum, bitumen,...

Bald, clean-shaven male worshipper, Tell Asmar, Square Temple of Abu, Shrine II, Early Dynastic period, 2700-2600 BC, gypsum, shell,...

Bald, bearded male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum, shell - Oriental Institute Museum,...

A statue of a Sumerian worshipper. Marble, early dynastic period, 2800-2300 BCE, Mesopotamia, Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

The inscription has been read as Kurlil; presumably the same Kurlil who was an official in the city of Uruk and who was responsible for...

Mami is a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis and in other creation legends. She was probably synonymous with Ninhursag. She was...

During the so-called Early Dynastic period (ca. 2900–2350 B.C.), life in the cities of Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) was focused on the...

This statue of a standing woman with her hands clasped in front of her chest was found in the plasterings of a mud-brick bench located in...

A fragment of a circular stone vessel which was dedicated to the temple of God Nergal by a high official. The carved scenes in low relief...

NergalGod of war, plague, death, and disease📷Ancient Parthian relief carving of Nergal from Hatra in Iraq, dating to the first or second...

Stele of the protective goddess Lama Period:KassiteDate:ca. 1307–1282 B.C.Geography:Southern MesopotamiaCulture:KassiteMedium:Gypsum...

The first thing I noticed was the ancient ruler Gudea’s large headed and calm disposition, I misread the wall label. It said he was a...

The Standard of Ur, named by archaeologist Sir Leonard Wooley upon discovery, as it was thought by him to be a royal standard. It is...

A SUMERIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2042 B.C. Rectangular in form, one side flat and one convex, with 96 lines of...

A Sumerian Gypsum Alabaster Head of a Woman, Early Dynastic II/III, circa 2700-2500 B.C. from a large votive statuette, her oval face...

This is a detail of the so-called "War Scene" of the Standard of Ur. This detail is part of the left half of the middle register. Here,...

Upper part of a gypsum statue of a Sumerian woman. The hands are folds in worship. The eyes would have been inlaid. A sheepskin garment...