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Standing male worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Head, probably from a composite statuette
ca. 532 B.C.–339 A.D.
Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu
Sumerian
2900–2700 BCE
Standing female worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Eye inlay for a statue
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Headdress
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Foundation cone with cuneiform inscription of Enmetena of Lagash
Sumerian
ca. 2500–2350 BCE
Base and feet of a worshipper
Sumerian
ca. 2500–2350 BCE
Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: Sumerian dedicatory(?) inscription from Ekur, the temple of the god Enlil
Kassite
ca. 16th–15th century BCE
Cuneiform tablet: administrative account with entries concerning malt and barley groats
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Necklace beads
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Plano-convex brick
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2350 BCE
Ring
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Ring
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Inlay: combat between a human-headed bull and a lion-headed eagle
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Cylinder seal and modern impression: banquet scene with seated figures drinking a liquid through straws
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Hair ribbon
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Hair ribbon
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Hair ribbon
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Necklace
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Hair ribbons
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Beads
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Beads
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Pin
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Necklace
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Reclining doe
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2700–2600 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Lion head
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2350 BCE
Shell fragment
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2350 BCE
Inlay
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2350 BCE