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'Adam and Eve' cylinder seal

The tree, serpent and figures carved on this greenstone cyli…
Amulet with a figure of Lamashtu

This is a protective image of Lamashtu, a fearsome female di…
Aragonite (shell) cylinder seal with a contest scene

Two hero figures wrestle with a stag while two gods (disting…
Black serpentinite seal (modern impression)

Many seals of the Neo-Assyrian period reflect the themes of …
Boundary stone (kudurru)

Most kudurru have a cuneiform inscription giving details of …
Boundary stone (kudurru)

The cuneiform inscription on this kudurru records the granti…
Calcite (limestone) cylinder seal

Seals, like this one, were not just made to act as a mark of…
Chalcedony cylinder seal

In the Neo-Babylonian period seals with names and dated impr…
Chalcedony stamp seal

This pyramidal stamp seal depicts on its base a scene of a w…
Cuneiform tablet with schoolwork

Literacy was not widespread in ancient Mesopotamia. Schoolin…
Dish with stamped decoration

This dish has been stamped with a rhyming couplet in four li…
Dolomite (magnesian limestone) cylinder seal

This is a typical seal of the late third millennium BC where…
Fired steatite cylinder seal

At the end of the fourth millennium BC the complex themes of…
Green chalcedony cylinder seal

With the collapse of the dynasty of Hammurapi (around 1595 B…
Greenstone seal

This seal dates to a time when much of Mesopotamia was unite…
Greenstone seal of Adda

This is one of the many high quality greenstone seals that w…
Gypsum statue of a man

This gypsum statute was deposited in a temple to pray on beh…
Gypsum statue of a woman

This statue is typical of stone figures of men and women pla…
Hematite cylinder seal of Habde-Adad

The design on this cylinder seal shows a typical scene of th…
Hematite seal

This seal dates to the period known as the Mitannian Empire …
Lapis lazuli cylinder seal of Sin-ishmeanni

The design on this lapis lazuli seal is typical of the Old B…
Limestone cup

This limestone cup dates to the late fourth millennium BC wh…
Record of food supplies

During the Late Prehistoric period administrators developed …
Serpentinite cylinder seal

The designs on some cylinder seals are clearly telling a sto…
Stone statue of a man

Figures of men and women were set up in temples to symbolica…
Tablet recording the allocation of beer

The symbol for beer, an upright jar with pointed base, appea…
Terracotta figure of an animal

This animal was probably sacred to a god or a goddess and wa…
Terracotta plaque of a dragon

This clay plaque closely corresponds to the general image of…
Terracotta plaque showing a bull-man holding a post

This plaque depicts a creature with the head and torso of a …
Terracotta plaque with an erotic scene

This baked clay plaque appears to show a man and woman havin…
Terracotta statue of a woman

Traces of red paint show that this statue was originally pai…
The 'Queen of the Night' relief

This large plaque is made of baked straw-tempered clay, mode…
White calcite (marble) cylinder seal with a combat scene

This seal is engraved with a combat scene typical of the Ear…
White calcite (marble) cylinder seal

This seal shows animals and pots in front of a shrine or tem…
Silver dirham coin

The reform of Islamic coinage which affected gold coins in A…
Bitumen boat model

Southern Mesopotamia was a landscape of lagoons and waterway…
Boundary stone (kudurru)

This kudurru records the purchase of a piece of land by Mard…
Boundary stone (kudurru)

The shape, layout and design of this kudurru are very charac…
Child's diadem

This gold diadem was found by Leonard Woolley in one of the …
Clay head of a god

The horned headdress shows that this head is meant to repres…
Copper frieze from temple

This frieze was discovered at the small site of Tell al-'Uba…
Copper statue

The figure raises his right hand in a gesture of worship whi…
Copper statue of Lamma

The excavator Leonard Woolley found this statue in a hollow …
Copper vessel with silver wire

This copper vessel was discovered by Leonard Woolley in one …
Cyrus Cylinder

This clay cylinder is inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform with…
Electrum vessel

This goblet comes from the Queen's Grave in the Royal Cemete…
Glass jar

This glass jar is one of several discovered by Henry Layard …
Gold cup

This gold cup was one of four vessels (including an electrum…
Gold pin with a carnelian head

The excavator Leonard Woolley discovered this pin in one of …
Gold strainer for beer or wine

This strainer comes from the 'Queen's Grave' in the Royal Ce…
Granite weight in the form of a duck

The weight is inscribed in cuneiform with the name of Ur-Nin…
Gypsum head of a man

This very worn head was probably once part of a votive figur…
Gypsum tile

The relief carved on this tile depicts a worshipper before a…
Ostrich egg

This ostrich egg comes from a grave in the Royal Cemetery at…
Ostrich egg jar

Leonard Woolley discovered this jar in the Royal Cemetery at…
Part of a stone sill from a doorway in the South-West Palace of Sennacherib

This stone 'carpet' decorated with intricate designs, is fro…
Polychrome glazed jars

Though rare, there is some very attractive painted pottery f…
Pottery jar

This pottery jar was excavated by Hormuzd Rassam in the nine…
Shell plaque

This plaque was found by Leonard Woolley while he excavated …
Shell plaque-1

This shell plaque comes from the grave of 'Queen' Pu-abi in …
Silver jar

This spouted silver jug comes from the 'Queen's Grave' in th…
Silver 'lamp'

The excavator Leonard Woolley discovered this silver vessel,…
Silver 'lamp'

This silver object was discovered in the Royal Cemetery at U…
Steatite jar

This fragmentary bowl demonstrates the extensive trade netwo…
Stone basin

This bowl demonstrates the extensive trade network that link…
Stone bowl

This vessel was found in Mesopotamia on a major trade route …
Stone head of a woman

This head was probably part of a votive statue , set up in a…
Stone jar and lid

This stone jar was found in the tomb of 'Queen' Pu-abi, one …