Near-eastern Art

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A pair of Assyrian winged deities, carved in gypsum.  Artist unknown; reign of Ashurbanipal II (883-

Mesopotamian statuette (alabaster, gold, terracotta, and rubies) of a nude woman, possibly the godde

Copper frieze From the Temple of Ninhursag, Tell al-‘Ubaid, southern Iraq, around 2600 BC

Alabaster statue of a male priest, from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk. Artist unknown; ca. 3

Bronze cheek piece from a horse bit, from the Early Iron Age culture conventionally called “Luristan

Ivory furniture plaque from Assyria, carved with a falcon-headed figure in relief.  Artist unknown;

An Assyrian soldier conducts captives in a boat.  Gypsum alabaster relief, artist unknown; ca. 668-6

A hero subdues a lion.  Relief sculpture from Wall M of the entrance court of the palace of Sargon I

Assyrian lamassu from the Throne Room (Room B) of the North-West Palace at Nimrud (present-day Iraq)

Column capital in the shape of a man-bull hybrid, from the palace of Xerxes I (r. 486-465 BCE) at Pe

Head of a ruler.  Artist unknown; ca. 2300-2000 BCE (Early Bronze Age).  From Iran or Iraq; now in t

Star tile with a phoenix.  Artist unknown; early 14th century.  From Iran (probably Kashan now in th

Wall panel in stucco relief from Sasanid Persia, depicting a charging bear.  Artist unknown; 6th cen

Ancient Mesopotamian stamp seal (carved marble) in the form of a reclining calf.  Artist unknown; ca

Bronze head of a bull, originally attached to a cauldron rim, from the Iron Age Armenian civilizatio

Ancient Assyrian ivory furniture plaque depicting a cow suckling a calf.  Artist unknown; 9th/8th ce

Ancient Mesopotamian jasper cylinder seal, depicting long-necked lions and lion-headed eagles.  Arti

Ancient Mesopotamian terracotta relief depicting a worker using an adze to cut a piece of a chariot.

Bronze horse bit cheekpiece, from Luristan, in present-day Iran.  Artist unknown; ca. 700 BCE.  Now

Mesopotamian statuette of a bull (bronze with silver inlay). Unknown artist; Early Dynastic III peri

Proto-Elamite statuette of a horned, striding figure.  Artist unknown; ca. 3000-2800 BCE.  Now in th

Funerary portrait sculpture of a priest from Palmyra.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE.  Now

Old Babylonian fired clay plaque depicting a woman holding a child.  Artist unknown; 2003-1595&

Ancient Babylonian terracotta figurine of a standing nude woman.  Artist unknown; between ca. 1

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