Study images for the Ancient Near East

The Royal Standard of Ur

Site: Ur

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Early Dynasty

Dates: ca. 2600-2400 BC

Bronze portrait of an Akkadian king

Period: Akkadian

Dates: ca. 2300-2100 BC

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Syria

Victory of Naram-sin

Period: Akkadian

Dates: ca. 2254-2218

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Syria

The Great Ziggurat of Ur

Site: Ur

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Ur III

Dates: ca. 2100 BC

Law Code of Hammurabi

Period: Old Babylonian

Dates: ca. 1790 BC

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Colossal lamassu in the form of a lion-man

Site: Royal palace at Nineveh

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Assyrian

Dates: ca. 650 BC

Colossal lamassu in the form of a lion-man

Site: Royal palace at Khorsabad (Dur-Sharrukin)

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Assyrian

Dates: ca. 710 BC

Reconstruction of the Royal Palace at Khorsabad (Dur-Sharrukin)

Site: Khorsabad (ancient Dur-Sharrukin)

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Assyrian

Dates: ca. 710 BC

Royal Lion Hunt relief from Nineveh

Site: Nineveh, Royal palace

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Assyrian

Dates: ca. 650 BC

Palace relief of protective spirits

Site: Nineveh

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Assyrian

Dates: ca. 650 BC

The Ishtar Gate

Site: Babylon

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Babylonian

Dates: ca. 600-540 BC

Note of interest: Currently houses in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany.

Temple of Marduk, reconstruction model

Site: Babylon

Region: Mesopotamia

Country: Iraq

Period: Babylonian

Dates: ca. 600-540 BC

Processional relief from the Apadana at Persepolis

Site: Persepolis

Region: Persia

Country: Iran

Period: Persian / Achaemenid

Dates: ca. 520-480 BC

Palaces and Apadana at Persepolis

Site: Persepolis

Region: Peria

Country: Iran

Period: Persian / Achaemenid

Dates: ca. 520-480 BC

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