Seal amulet in the form of recumbent bovid

Period: Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr

Plaque with a Nude Female Between Two Bearded Men in Kilts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A beautiful Sumerian seal.

“The look on the ostrich’s face is priceless.”

(Source: sumerianshakespeare.com)

Meet a Sumerian ruler from Ur.

Gypsum, bitumen, blue paste (modern) H. 4 in. (10.16 cm.); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm.), D. 3 in. (7.62 cm.) Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2000-2050 B.C. Iraq, Bismaya Temple; OIM A173 Excavated by the Oriental Institute, 1904.

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queenofshiva:

Tell-Asmar Figurines.

The Tell Asmar sculpture hoard is a collection of 12 human effigy statues, discovered at the Mesopotamian site of Tell Asmar. The hoard was discovered during Henri Frankfort’s Oriental Institute excavations in the 1930s. They were stacked in several layers within an 85x50 cm hole 1.25 meters (about 4 feet) below the floor of the structure known as the Square Temple.

The statues average about 42 centimeters in height. They are of men and women with large staring eyes, upturned faces, and clasped hands, dressed in the skirts of the Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia. They are believed to represent gods and goddesses and their worshipers. The largest male figure is thought to represent the god Abu, based on symbols carved into the base.

Sidenote: I’m taking a class on this all semester… you’re going to see a lot the art i really like now.

meaganwey:

It could be in a museum, but instead it’s in my hand: an ancient cuneiform tablet from 2056 BCE!! It’s a receipt for 5 bushels of barley.

Weights in the shape of ducks. Found in Ur and thought to have been used 2046-2093 BC. At the Iraqi National Museum

Sumerian statue found in Eshnunna/Diyala, Iraq
Iraq: Tell Asmar, Square Temple I, Shrine II
Early Dynastic I-II, ca. 2900-2600 B.C.
Gypsum (?) inlaid with shell and black limestone(?)
40.0 cm H
Excavated by the Oriental Institute, 1933-4
OIM A12332

Copper Chariot found in Tell Agrab (Aqrab)

Black jug, Warka, 300 B. C.