Images

Fragment of an alabaster bas-relief depicting a head of a human-headed Apkallu wearing a horned helmet. From the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE...

Limestone statue of Sanatruq I, King of Hatra. From Hatra (modern Ninawa Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia. 140-180 CE. Erbil Civilization Museum, Iraq.

This pottery tomb is composed of two parts and is in the shape of an egg. It was probably used for burying dead children. From Tell Qaling Agha at modern Erbil Governorate, Iraq. 3500-3100 BCE. Erbil Civilization Museum, Iraq.

This pot (and its cap) was made of basalt and was probably used for votive purposes. There are cuneiform inscriptions on the upper side of the pot. Below the cuneiform inscriptions, there is a scene depicting a man pouring water on a tree...

The cuneiform inscriptions on this door socket mention the name of Shu-Sin, King of Ur. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Sumerian period (Ur III), 2037-2029 BCE. Erbil Civilization Museum, Iraq.

This double-tubed unguentarium (a small container that probably held oil) was decorated with two spiral threads. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. 226-750 CE. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

Bust of Attila the Hun, Attila's Hill, Kincsem Lovaspark, Hungary.

Bust of Attila the Hun, Attila's Hill, Kincsem Lovaspark, Hungary.

Feast of Attila by Mor Than, 1870 CE, now in the Hungarian National Gallery. In this scene, visitors stand before Attila and his guests, singing songs that they have composed. Attila in at the center of the composition, it is thought that...

Map showing the empire of Attila the Hun c. 450 CE.