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Woman's Head
Amedeo Modigliani
1912
Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal: deliveries of oxen
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2040 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. 2nd–1st century BCE
Eye inlay for a statue
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Stele of the protective goddess Lama
Kassite
ca. 1307–1282 BCE
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
Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard
Kassite
ca. mid-2nd millennium BCE
Headdress
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Standing female worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 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
Weight in shape of frog
Babylonian
ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees
ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium BCE
Cuneiform tablet: student exercise tablet
Babylonian
ca. 20th–16th century BCE
Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Ring
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Ring
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2700–2600 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2500–2350 BCE
Cylinder seal
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE
Head of a man
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Human-headed bison
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2080 BCE
Pin
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Bull's head
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2100–2000 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
Necklace
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Hair ribbon
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Hair ribbon
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Hair ribbon
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE