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A seal with Indus Script, c. 2700-2000 BCE.

Pivot stone with inscription of the king Enmetena of Lagash. Circa 2340 BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

Basalt stele of Sargon II (721-705 BCE), found in Bamboula, Kition (modern Laranca, Cyprus) in 1845. The cuneiform inscriptions on the frontal side of the stele commemorate Sargon's victories against the Medes, Babylon, Syria, and...

A stone ring of a well curb with cuneiform inscriptions which mention the name of the king Shu-Sin of Ur. Ur III, 2030 BCE. From southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Pergamon Museum).

A foundation cone with cuneiform inscriptions. The name of the king Sin-Iddinam of Larsa appears. Isin-Larsa period, 1849-1843 BCE. From southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

An inscribed clay cylinder of Warad-Sin, ruler of Larsa. From Babylon (modern Babel Governorate, Iraq). 1834-1823 BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

Clay cylinder of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal II (reigned 668-626 BCE). The cuneiform inscriptions on this cylinder talk about Nemitti-Ellil (or Nemet-Enlil) and the inner wall of Babylon's double city walls. From Iraq. The Vorderasiatisches...

A hollow brick with a stamped inscription of the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II. From Babylon (modern Babel Governorate), Mesopotamia, Iraq. 604-562 BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

Part of the facade of the temple of Inanna at Uruk. There are standing male and female deities in alternate niches. Each figure holds a vessel in his/her hands and pours life-giving water onto the earth. The cuneiform inscriptions on the...

The Venus of Arles, discovered in several pieces in the Roman theatre at Arles (France). The statue dates to the end of the 1st century BCE. It is on display at the Louvre, Paris.