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Mesopotamian Artifacts Gallery (page 5)

Plaster cast of the Uruk Vase; Plaster cast. Uruk (modern Warka), Eanna Precinct. Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr period, ca. 3300–2900 BC.
© Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches
Museum, VAG 001027. Foto: Olaf M. Teßmer.

This artwork xcavated in the temple precinct of Uruk, the most prominent metropolis of the time, it is one of the earliest surviving cult vessels in the world.

Head of a Markhor Goat; copper alloy, shell, and red stone. Early Dynastic III, ca. 2550–2250 b.c.
© University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia; 29-20-3.

Kneeling Cow Holding a Vessel, Southwestern Iran or Southeastern Mesopotamia, Proto-Elamite, ca. 3000–2800 b.c., silver. The Metropolitan © Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1966; 66.173.

Vessel Stand with Ibex Support; arsenical copper, shell, and lapis lazuli. Early Dynastic II–III, ca. 2650–2250 b.c.
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1974; 1974.190.

Priest-King Offering Lion at Temple; cylinder seal, marble. Late Uruk- Jamdat Nasr, ca. 3300–2900 b.c.
© Yale University, New Haven; Buchannan 135.

Vessel Supported by Two Rams; gypsum alabaster. Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 b.c.
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989; 1989.281.3.

Head of a Bull, , Ur, PG 800, Queen Puabi’s Tomb Chamber; silver, lapis lazuli, and shell. U.10916, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2550– 2400 b.c.
© University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia; B17065.

A Recumbent Sheep; black stone. Late Uruk- Jamdat Nasr, ca. 3300–2900 b.c.
© Babylonian Collection, Yale University, New Haven; YBC 2261.

Figure of a Priest King (?); Copper alloy. Sumerian, Uruk IV period, ca. 3300–3100 B.C.
© Private collection.

Head of a Lion, Ur, Dromos of Queen Puabi’s Tomb; silver, lapis lazuli, and shell. Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2550–2400 B.C.
© University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia B17064.

Foundation Figure in the Form of a Peg Surmounted by the Bust of King Shulgi; Copper alloy. Neo- Sumerian, Ur III period, reign of Shulgi, ca. 2094– 2047 B.C.
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1959; 59.41.1

Man Carrying a Box, Possibly for Offerings; Copper alloy. Early Dynastic I–II period, ca. 2900– 2600 B.C.
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1955; 55.142.

Foundation Figure in the Form of a Peg Surmounted by the Bust of King Ur-Namma, Neo- Sumerian, Ur III period, reign of Ur-Namma, ca. 2112–2094 B.C. Inscribed in Sumerian, To Inanna the lady of Eanna, his lady, Ur-Namma the mighty king, King of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad, her temple he built, to its place he restored it. Copper alloy.
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore, 1947; 47.49

Foundation Figure in the Form of a Nail Surmounted by the Bust of a God; Copper alloy. Early Dynastic III period, ca. 2600–2300 B.C. © Private collection.

Cylinder seal, Red jasper. Akkadian, ca. 2250–2150 B.C. Inscribed in Sumerian, Shatpum son of Shallum. © Jeannette and Jonathan P. Rosen; L.2011.55.2

Priest King Feeding His Flock; Marble. Uruk IV period, ca. 3300–3100 B.C., Cylinder seal.
© Yale Babylonian Collection; NBC 2579.

Foundation Figure of a Kneeling God Holding a Peg; Copper alloy. Second Dynasty of Lagash, reign of Gudea, ca. 2144–2124 B.C.
© The Morgan Library & Museum, Purchase, 1974.

Terracotta mould of man on horseback, Old Babylonian, Mesopotamia 2000-1600 BC. One of the oldest known depictions of horse riding in the world. British Museum ME22958 © Trustees of the British Museum.

نحت بارز لراكب جمل؛ حجر جيري، طلاء أحمر. القرن العاشر ق.م. سوريا، العصر الحثّي/الحوري الحديث. تم اكتشافه بين عامي 1911- 1913. كان في الأصل من مجموعة أوبنهايم. وهو الآن في معرض والترز بالتيمور، الولايات المتحدة.
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Relief with Dromedary Rider; limestone, red paint. 10th century BC. Syria, Neo-Hittite/Hurrian period. Excavated 1911-1913. Originally from the Oppenheim Collection. Now in the Walters Gallery, Baltimore, USA. Resd this article.