Mesopotamia Collection (page 5)

Golden goblet (2500-2000 BC). Hittite art. Jewelry. TURKEY. CENTRAL ANATOLIA. Ankara. Archaeological Museum

A priest leading a bull to sacrifice, from the Palace of Zimri-Lim, Mari. Babylonian art. Neo-Babylonian Art. Painting. SYRIA. ALEPPO. Aleppo. Archaeological Museum

The storm-god Baal. Mesopotamian art. Relief on rock. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum. Proc: SYRIA. Ras Shamra. Ugarit

Assyrian-Babylonian tablet with cuneiform characters. Purchasing contract. 2000 B.C. Babylonian art. Terra-cotta. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Como. Civic Museum

Iran. Tchogha Zanbil. Ziggurat
IRAN. KHUZESTAN. Chogha Zanbil. Ziggurat (13th c. BC). Elam Kingdom. Mesopotamian art. Architecture

Hunting scenes Assyrian relief
Hunting scenes of Ashurbanipal. Assyrian art. Relief on rock. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. NINEVEH. Kuyunjik. Nineveh. Palace of Ashurbanipal

Hittite archer. Mesopotamian art
Hititan archer. From King Kaparas Palace. 9th c. BC. Mesopotamian art. Relief on rock. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum. Proc: SYRIA. Tell Halaf

Dividing the Finds - Iraq - Archaeology - Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell looking out into the desert - Iraq

Gertrude Bell beside her Aeroplane

Indian soldier stands guard during World War I
Indian soldier stands guard outside a wire-enclosed British camp for Turkish prisoners in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1916

Indian troops in Mesopotamia during World War I
Indian sappers laying telephone cables in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1918

Indian infantry marching out from camp in Mesopotamia
A detachment of Indian infantry in Mesopotamia marching out from camp for trench duty, led by the regimental bag-pipes and a drummer. Date: 1918

Indian soldiers in Basrah during WWI
Indian soldiers at the seaport base of the army in Mesopotamia, about to go up the Tigris. Date: 1918

Anglo-Indian forces on the Tigris during World War I
Typical scenes with the Anglo-Indian forces on the Tigris: Red Cross steamesr leaving Basra; an anti-aircraft gun on an ammunition-barge; a food cupboard in a hospital at Amara;

An Indian soldier pays homage to British airmens grave
An Indian soldier pays homage to the memorial of two British airmen who died whilst on active service in Mesopotamia. The propeller-blade was mounted over the grave by the Turks while occupying

Indian army in the trenches of Mesopotamia during WWI. Date: 1918

Letter opener Engraved Mesopotamia
Letter opener. Engraved Mesopotamia. The blade is in the shape of a Turkish sword with emblems. Trench Art

British Army in Mesopotamia, protection from insects, WW1
A British officer serving in Mesopotamia finds a solution to the fly problem while writing a letter. Date: 1916

Indian transport in Mesopotamia, 1916
Scenes with the British Army in Mesopotamia. Indian transport passing down a lane in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1916

WW1 - Men in uniform having a picnic - Mesoptamian Front?
Three men in uniform having a picnic in a barren landscape, watched by a dog - possibly on the Mesoptamian Front during WW1 Date: circa 1916

WW1 - Men in uniform with a car
WW1 - Men in uniform drinking beer at the side of a car in a barren / desert landscape, possibly on the Mesopotamian Front? Date: circa 1916

Turkey - Sanilurfa (Urfa) - A Street in the Old Citadel - card published by the German Mission to Armenia to raise funds for the Mission-run Armenian Orphanages. Date: circa 1901

Al-Kut - Iraq
Al-Kut (Kut al-Imara or Kut El Amara)) - city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River. Showing the famous Minaret of the Mosque

Iraq - Basra - Low Water in the Ashar Creek Date: 1918

Iraq - Basra - Bridge over the Khora Creek Date: 1918

Iraq - Basra - Strick Scott Creek. Date: 1918

Baghdad, Iraq - Mirjan Mosque
The Mirjan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1910s

WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - Basra - Government House on the Shatt al-Arab river. Date: circa 1917

Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq - WWI Xmas card
A rather unusual Christmas Greetings postcard, featuring a World War One era soldier (serving on the Mesopotamian front) in patriotic pose before an inset view of the Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad

Indian cavalry on reconnaissance, Mesopotamia, WW1
An Indian cavalry patrol on reconnaissance in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Fuel Market, Basra, Iraq - WWI era
Fuel Market, Basra, Iraq - a British officer is being ferried down the Shatt al Arab waterway (which eventually feeds out into the Persian Gulf) in some style Date: circa 1917

Camels and riders, Mesopotamia, WW1
Camels and their riders in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Landing parties on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, WW1
The first landing parties on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, in preparation for the March on Baghdad during the First World War. Date: 20 March 1917

Turkish prisoners, Mesopotamia, WW1
Turkish prisoners with their British captors, on their way to Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

British troops at Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia, WW1
British mounted troops at Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

River Steamer - Mesopotamia - WWI
River Steamer commandeered by the IWT (Inland Water Tranport) - providing transport to British forces fighting in Mesopotamia during WWI. Shatt al-Arab waterway, Basra, Iraq Date: circa 1917

Ottoman Turkish Map of Southern Iraq
Ottoman Turkish Map of the southern province of Iraq and the territory which is now Kuwait, The area depicted focusses on Basra and the Shatt al-Arab region leading out into the Persian Gulf

Ottoman Turkish Prisoners, Baghdad, Iraq - WWI Date: 1917

Ordnance Depot - Basra, Iraq, WWI
The Ordnance Depot on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which leads out to the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI Date: circa 1917

Ashar Barracks - Basra, Iraq - WWI era (Ottoman Turkish Barracks) - the Union flag is displayed on the left, denoting this photograph to have been taking after the capture of Basra in 1915 during

Supply and Transport Depot, Basra, Iraq - WWI era
Supply and Transport Depot on the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which eventually feeds into the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1917

Street scene in Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WW1
Street scene in Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

German-Turkish patrol at an oasis, Mesopotamia, WW1
A German-Turkish patrol at an oasis, with camels, Mesopotamia, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish troops surrendering to British near Kirkuk, WW1
Turkish troops surrendering to a British outpost near Kirkuk, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: May 1918

British General Staff, Mesopotamia, WW1
British General Staff in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish prisoners captured, Tuz Khurmati, WW1
Turkish prisoners captured during action in Tuz Khurmati on the Tigris (now in Iraq) during the First World War. They were captured by the 38th Lancashire Brigade, 13th Division. Date: 29 April 1918

Arch of Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia, WW1
The Arch of Ctesiphon (Taq-i Kisra), near the River Tigris in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. The Battle of Ctesiphon (22-24 November 1915)

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