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Ancient Near East

Ancient Near East. Iraq. Fertile Cressent. Cuneiform Tablet 2400 BCE Library of Congress. White Temple and ziggurat, Urak, ca. 3200 – 3000 BCE. Choghazanbi ziggurat, Iran (present day). Ziggurat (northern façade with restored stairs), Ur (Modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE.

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Ancient Near East

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  1. Ancient Near East

  2. Iraq

  3. Fertile Cressent

  4. Cuneiform Tablet 2400 BCE Library of Congress

  5. White Temple and ziggurat, Urak, ca. 3200 – 3000 BCE

  6. Choghazanbi ziggurat, Iran (present day)

  7. Ziggurat (northern façade with restored stairs), Ur (Modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE

  8. Diagram of a ziggurat from Ur in Sumer

  9. Two statuettes from the Square Temple at Eshnunna, 2700 BCE

  10. Wide Eyes in Church

  11. Standard of Ur war panel

  12. Standard of Ur Peace Panel

  13. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (detail of upper portion)

  14. detail

  15. Stele with law code of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, ca 1780 BCE. Basalt, approx. 7’ 4” high.

  16. Stele of Hammurabi (detail of upper portion)

  17. Assyrian Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, 720-705 BCE, Limestone 13’ 10” high

  18. Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, ca. 645-640 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4” high

  19. Processional frieze (detail) on the terrace of the royal audience hall (apadana), Persepolis, Iran, ca 521-465 BCE

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