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This is a fragment of a wall relief which shows Assyrian slingers in action. The four men appear to launch small round stones into the air, aiming at the enemy troops who stand at the top of the city walls to defend their besieged city. Some...

After the capture of the city of Lachish, the victorious Assyrian army deported its people into exile and new settlements within the Assyrian empire. This wall relief depicts the deportation of barefeet men (who appear handcuffed) and women...

A brick stamped with the name of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur. Neo-Sumerian era, Ur III dynasty, 2111-2003 BCE. From Ur, southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

A brick stamped with the name of the Kassite king Agum-Mahru (Agum I). Its provenance was not mentioned in the Museum's description. Kassite period, 16th century BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

Assyrian relief, from the South-West palace at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Mousil city, Iraq), room XXXVI, panel 7, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 700-692 BCE. This wall relief delivers a very vivid description of the battlefield. The Assyrian...

A magical bowl with an incantation written in ink to ward off malevolent spirits. Clay, inscribed in Aramaic language, 3rd to 7th century CE. From Babylon, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This rounded coarse-ware dish was found in Tell Tapa Raza, Sharazor Plain, Modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. It dates back to the Jarmo period, 7000 BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This ball-body jar was found in the Faida district of the modern city of Musil, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. It dates back to the Hassuna period, 6th millennium BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

Inscribed on this rounded terracotta tablet is a cadastral text which registers real estate at Sippar. It was written in Akkadian language. Old Babylonian era, 18th century BCE. From Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habbah, Babil Governorate, Iraq...

This law code is considered the oldest known law code surviving today. Many terracotta tablets of this law code have been excavated at several archaeological sites in Mesopotamia. This tablet was found at Nippur (modern Nuffar, Al-Qadisiyah...