Mesopotamia
The
site for The Metropolitan Museum of New York, Mesopotamian Collection
- Palace of Sargon, prefect of the god Enlil, Sargon II (721-705), Assyria,
Ninevaeh. From the Lourvre Museum in Paris:
Large guardians of the palace:
Temple Guardian
Winged Assyrian King
Sargon's servants:
Bas-relief Three men in a procession
to carry the king's throne
Bas-relief The chair of war
Bas-relief Man with horses
Bas-relief Men carrying a banquette
Transport of the
cedars of Lebanan to Mesopotamia:
Men transporting cypress by sea
- The following
slides were taken from American Library Color Slide Co.,Inc.
- #10298 Winged Guardian,Assyrian,
885-860 B.C., N.Y. Met. Mus.
- #22860 Ur-Nina and Family, 3000-2180
B.C., Paris, Louvre
- #15453 Standard of Ur , Sumerian,
3000-2340 B.C., London, Brit. Mus.
- #15345 Harp of Shabad (gold and ivory), 3500-300
B.C., Phila., Univ. Mus.
- #15457 Goat in Thicket (gold, lapis
lazuli), c. 3000 B.C., London, Brit.Mus
- #15493 Painted Beaker, 3500-3000
B.C., N.Y. Met. Mus.
- #15343 Temple Reconstruction, Al Ubaid,
Sumerian, 3000-2340 B.C.
- #15309 Figure fr. Khafaie, Sumerian,
3000-2340 B.C., Worcester, Mus.
- #15678 Head of Ur Nigirsu, Neo-Sumerian, 2125-202
B.C., N.Y. Met. Mus.
- #23262 Gudea , Neo-Sumer, 2125-202 B.C.,
Paris, Louvre
- #23267 Hammurabi, Head, Babylonian,
1792-1594 B.C., Paris, Louvre
- #15205 Warriors with Horse, Palace of
Sargon, Assyrian, 1350-612 B.C., Paris, Louvre
- #21730 Ur, Ziggurat, Entrance facade, Neo-Sumerian,
2125-2025 B.C.
- #20966 Dead Lioness, Palace at Nineveh,
Assyrian, 668-630 B.C., London, Brit.Mus.
- #15192 Ishtar Gate, (glazed brick)
Neo-Babylonian, 612-530 B.C., Berlin, Mus.
- #18639 10,000 Immortals, 521-484 B.C.,
Paris, Louvre
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- Assyrian bas-relief sculpture, Palace at Nineveh, 668-630 B.C.E., British
Museum, London
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