Photos: Iraq Museum Antiquities

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Captions courtesy Dr. Clemens Reichel, Oriential Institute at the University of Chicago.
Source for Illustrations: Eva Strommenger, Fuenftausend Jahre Mesopotamien, Hirmer Verlag (1962). Copyright: Hirmer Verlag, Munich

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	Fragment of a stela, showing king as a lion hunter; from Uruk ; date: ca. 3000 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Limestone vessel with relief carvings, probably from Uruk, date: ca. 3,000 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	White marble head of a woman from Uruk, date: ca. 3,000 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Upper part of a statuette, possibly from a king; from Uruk, date: ca. 3,000 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Statue of a worshipper, gypsum; from Abu Temple in Tell Asmar, date: ca. 2,600 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Spouted jar, made of grey stone, inlaid with mosaic of limestone and shell; from Uruk; date: ca. 3000 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Bowl, made of grey stone, inlaid with mosaic of limestone and shell; from Uruk; date: ca. 3000 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Golden head of a bull, decorating the front of a lyre covered with inlays, date: ca. 2,250 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Gold helmet of King Meskalamdug, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, dating circa 2,400 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Gold dagger with lapis lazuli handle and sheath, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, dating circa 2,400 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Fluted golden beaker, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, dating circa 2,400 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Statue head from Nineveh, cast copper, of either King Sargon I or his grandson Naram-Sin, dating circa 2,250 B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file
	Ivory plaque (furniture piece), head of a women, from Nimrud, date: late 8th Century B.C. 300 dpi JPEG file

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