A SUMERIAN GYPSUM STANDING WORSHIPPER EARLY DYNASTIC, CIRCA 2550-2250 B.C. Standing with his elbows bent acutely, his hands clasped in...

Foundation Nail of Gudea, about 2100 BC, Neo-Sumerian, probably Lagash, copper alloy, Cleveland Museum of Art

A SUMERIAN MARBLE CYLINDER SEAL EARLY DYNASTIC, CIRCA 2600-2400 B.C. With a contest scene of six figures, a nude hero with spiky hair...

Stele of Ushumgal Period:Early Dynastic IDate:2900–2700 B.C.Geography:Mesopotamia, probably from Umma (modern Jokha)Culture:SumerianMediu...

The Gudea cylinders are a pair of terracotta cylinders dating to circa 2125 BC, which are inscribed in cuneiform with the Sumerian myth...

Aristocratic noblemen Ancient Sumer male statues, in rack focus. Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization by the Western world,...

Statue of the so called 'wife of Gudea' or the 'First lady of Lagash'. She has a distinguished face and her hair is tied back with a...

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

Inscribed brick Period: Ur III Date: ca. 2112–2095 B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia, Nippur Culture: Neo-Sumerian Medium: Ceramic, glaze...

En-anna-tum I succeeded his brother Eannatum as king of Lagash. During his rule, Umma once more asserted independence under Ur-Lumma, who...

Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk in Mesopotamia best known from The Epic of Gilgamesh (written c. 2150 - 1400 BCE) the great...

Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper pouring a libation before a seated god Period: Ur III Date: ca. 2112–2004 B.C. Geography:...

This head, broken at the neck, depicts a beardless male figure. The male is in an attentive pose: his forehead is furrowed, his eyes are...

A SUMERIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM FOUNDATION CONE SECOND DYNASTY OF LAGASH, REIGN OF GUDEA, CIRCA 2141-2122 B.C. Inscribed with ten columns...

THIRTEEN SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM TABLETS THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2100-2000 B.C. Comprising six administrative tablets, including accounts...

A SUMERIAN COPPER PROTOME EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2550-2250 B.C. In the form of a bull-man, cast with thick walls, the oval face with...

A SUMERIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2112-2004 B.C. With a seated god wearing a horned crown and tiered...

A SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI AND GOLD BEAD NECKLACE CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. Composed of twenty-seven ribbed melon-shaped...

FOUR SUMERIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM CONES CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. Each of tapering form with a rounded flaring head, inscribed in...

A SUMERIAN STEATITE CUNEIFORM TABLET REIGN OF KING SHULGI OF UR, CIRCA 2094-2047 B.C. A SUMERIAN STEATITE CUNEIFORM TABLET REIGN OF KING...