Images

This ritual vessel shows nude heroes protecting a bird and a bull. Such heroes were popular images in ancient Mesopotamia. Late Uruk Period, 3300-3000 BCE. Probably from Uruk (Warka), Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum...

This mural fragment of a running horse once adorned the large palace hall at Erebuni Fortress, which is located in present-day Yerevan, Armenia. It dates from roughly the 8th century BCE. (Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Culture Preserve...

This mural fragment of two bulls pulling a plow once adorned the large palace hall at Erebuni Fortress. It dates from the 8th century BCE when the area was under Urartian control. (Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Culture Preserve, Yerevan...

Two officials certified the contents of the jar that was sealed with this stopper. Impressions of fingers and a thumb are visible on the top. The stopper is displayed here on a similar jar dating from about the same period. Jemdet Nasr period...

This tile once decorated one of the walls of the North-West palace at the ancient city of Nimrud. 9th century BCE. From Nimrud, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)

This a copper statuette of a warrior wearing a short kilt. He was probably holding weapons in his hands. Many similar statuettes were found and all of them were probably made in Lebanon. The characteristic features of this form of art are...

This silver plate depicts a ritual scene. 9th to 7th century BCE. From Sam'al/Zincirli, modern-day Southern Turkey. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)

Golden plate with a funeral scene. 9th to 7th century BCE. From Sam'al/Zincirli, modern-day Southern Turkey. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)

On this rounded silver pendant, a woman worships the goddess Ishtar who stands on a lion. 9th to 7th century BCE. From Sam'al/Zincirli, modern-day Southern Turkey. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)

This tile once decorated one of the walls of the North-West palace at the ancient city of Kalhu. 9th century BCE. From Nimrud (Kalhu), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)