Mesopotamian Collection (page 3)

Orthostates from the Palace of Nineveh. Alabaster. 704-689 B
Mesopotamian art. Assyrian. Orthostates with reliefs in the side walls of a ramp from the Palace of Nineveh. Alabaster. 704-689 B.C. It shows Assyrian officers and courtiers carrying a mobile throne

Mesopotamia. Ceramic lid of an incense burner with inscriptions written in Aramaic. Dated between 1st century B.C. and 2nd century B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Assyrian Period (912-612 BC). Waterbasin from the Temple of Ashur. 704-681 B.C. Basalt. Decorated with reliefs depicting the rituals of water. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Cuneiform writing. Clay tablets written with prayers and rituals against the evil eye and the vision of the underworld. 9th-7th Centuries B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Relief depicting a eagle-headed protective spirit. Nimrud
Relief depicting a Eagle-headed protective spirit. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Relief depicting a siege of a city. Nimrud
Relief depicting a siege of a city. 728 BC. Central Palace. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Alabaster panel of king Tiglath-Pileser III
Alabaster panel depicting King Tiglath-Pileser III in his chariot under an umbrella and a cuneiform inscription which related their campaigns, taking the city of Astartu. 730-727 BC

Assyrian figure of an attendant god. Nimrud
Limestone figure of an attendant god. 811-783 BC. Neo-assyrian. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Amarna Letters. 14th century BC. Clay tablets with cuneiform script, mostly written in Akkadian. Designate a file of correspondence, mostly diplomatic

Ceramic of Hypogeum of Til Barsip
Ceramic vessels inside the Hypogeum of Til Barsip, from various tombs of the Cemetery of Amarneh. 2650-2000 BC. Middle Syrian Euphrates Region. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Capital. Palace of Darius I
Capital from the audience hall of the Palace of Darius I (Susa). 6th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Lamasu or Bull-man. Detail of the head. Reliefs from Sargon
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Detail of the head. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Assyrian Art. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Civil servan
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Functionary. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Assyrian Art. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Genius. Dur
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Reliefs from Sargon IIs Palace. Genius. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Lamasu or Bull-man. Gate from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharru
Assyrian Art. Lamasu or Bull-man. Gate from Sargon IIs Palace. Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Assyria, 721-705 BC. Alabaster. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Ephraem Syrus
EPHRAEM SYRUS the Syrian Mesopotamian Christian writer Date: 306 - 373

Cultural links between India and Babylonia
Archaeology revealing cultural links between India and Babylonia from the dig at Tell Agrab, a settlement mound southeast of Eshnunna in the Diyala region. 1928

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

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

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

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

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

Vase with Dragons. Mesopotamian art. Ceramics. IRAQ. Bagdad. Baghdad Museum

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

Captured Ottoman Turkish Guns - Iraq, WWI
Captured Ottoman Turkish Guns - Basra, Iraq, WWI Date: circa 1917

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

Allied advance through the desert to Kut, WW1
Allied advance of Indian cavalry and British officers through the desert to Kut Al Amara, during the Mesopotamian Campaign, First World War. Date: circa 1915

British sailors on the Tigris, Mesopotamian Campaign, WW1
British sailors on the Tigris in the Mesopotamian Campaign during the First World War. Gunboat crews assisted on the river and in transport work. Date: circa 1917

Natives with boat on the Tigris near Baghdad, Iraq
Natives on the Tigris near Baghdad, Iraq, with a gufa or guffa, a round wickerwork boat used since ancient times. Date: 20th century

General Sir W R Marshall, British army officer, WW1
Lieutenant General Sir William Raine Marshall (1865-1939), British army officer during the First World War. In November 1917 he succeeded General Maude as Commander in Chief of the Mesopotamian

Captured Ottoman Turkish Shells, Baghdad Iraq - WWI era. Date: circa 1916

The Recapture of Kut-el-Amara, 1917 - British Troops enterin
The Recapture of Kut by the British Army under the caommand of Lieut-General Stanley Maude

Xerxes Palace / Persepolis
Monumental winged bulls flank an entranceway into the Palace of Xerxes I at Persepolis. The Palaces borrowed elements from many traditions - Median, Mesopotamian, Greek & Egyptian

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