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