| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Statue of Nabu, god of wisdom found in the Assyrian capital (8th century BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The museum covers nearly 10,000 years of history in Mesopotamia.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Map of Iraq's archeological sites.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The museum was looted during the USA invasion of 2003 and was closed for many years.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The prehistoric period.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Obsidian items from 8000 BCE.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Carved stone human and animal heads from near the city of Nineveh (c8000 BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sickle made from toothed flint fixed to a wooden handle with bitumen (5000 BCE, Nineveh region).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pot with a woman's face (Tepe Gawra close to Nineveh, c5000 BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Tray used for husking seeds (Eridu, 5000 BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Stone vessel from southern Iraq (5000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Plate painted with bird motifs (5th millenium BCE, Samarra).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Marble cup with beads found in a child's grave near Samarra (5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Oval shaped pottery vessel containing the bones of a new born baby (Tel Sawwan near Samarra (5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery and beads found in a child's grave near Samarra (5th millenium BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery and beads found in a child's grave near Samarra (5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Marble cup found in a child's grave near Samarra (5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Wax marble figure from Tel Sawwan Samarra (5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Marble cup with beads found in a child's grave near Samarra (5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Items found in a child's grave near Samarra (5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Vessel used for funeral rituals (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Stone figure (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery head (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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White human figure with folded arms (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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White human figure (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Stone human figure (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Stone figure (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Female figure (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Human figure with an inlaid eye (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Stone figure (Tel Sawwan, Samarra, 5th millenium BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ritual bowl from Yarim (4500 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the paint work on a ritual bowl from Yarim.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Jar in the shape of a woman (c4500 BCE, Yarim).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bowl painted with birds and geometric patterns (c4500 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Painted vessel from Tel Soongoor (c4000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Vessel from Tel Soongoor (detail of the painted geometric patterns).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Animal pottery used for rituals from Yarim, near Nineveh, c4000 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bowl with deer figures and painted flowers, Nineveh region c4000 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pot painted with geometric patterns from Nineveh, c4000 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery from northern Mesopotamia (c4000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Stone bowl from northern Mesopotamia (c4000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bowl with a series of lines (c4000 BCE) from northern Iraq.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Decorated pot from Tel Fara in southern Iraq (4000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pot from Tel Hassuna (c4000 BCE, Nineveh).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Seals were used for identification from the 4th millenium BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Black basalt lion from Eridu, 3rd millenium BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery from Tel Uqair (Southern Iraq) dating from c3500 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Figure of a woman breast feeding a baby with traces of tar (from Ur, 3500 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Vessel with a spout from Northern Mesopotamia (3500 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Clay figure from Ur or Eridu (c3500 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Tablet with cuneiform writing (Khafaji, 3000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Tablet with cuneiform writing (Uruk, 3000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Clay tablet with cuneiform writing (Uruk, 3000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Basalt (volcanic) stone carved with a lion hunting scene (city of Uruk, also known as Warka, c2900 BCE - early Sumerian).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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White limestone pot carved with a procession found in the early Sumerian city of Uruk (c2900 BCE). This was looted during 2003 and returned.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of animals and crops.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of priests with offerings.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the upper carvings.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Tablet with early Sumerian writing (3000 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Face of a Sumerian woman made from marble from Uruk, 2900 BCE. This piece had been looted and later returned.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Jars and pots found in the early Sumerian city of Uruk (Warka), c2900 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery from Kish (2900 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pot with geometric paintings from Kish, 2900 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Early Sumerian bowl (Tel Namil, 2900 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bowl from Tel Namil (2900 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pot with spout from Tel Namil (2900 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Cup from Tel Namil painted in red and black (2900 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bird pottery from the period 2800 - 2370 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Part of the wall of the palace at Uruk decorated with coloured pottery mosaics (2900 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Statue of a priest found in the Temple of Eshnunna, Diyala (2800 - 2600 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of a priest (Temple of Eshnunna, 2800 - 2600 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Clay tablet with cuneiform writing (Uruk, 2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Priest (Temple of Eshnunna, 2800 - 2600 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Tablet for economic record (Uruk 2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Animal head with semi-precious stones for eyes (2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Amulet for protection from evil (2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Limestone amulet.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Animal images made from lapis lazuli and limestone (2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Early Sumerian board game (c2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Cylindrical seal.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery boat from Ur.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Example of a brick from the Sumerian period (2800 - 2370 BCE) with inscription by the builders.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery with blue painting from Tel Uqair (2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery from Imsehli near Nineveh (2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery from Imsehli near Nineveh (2800 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bald headed priest (c 2730 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sumarian woman from Tel Agrab (c2730 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Jar painted with animals and plants (Tel Abu Qasim, 2600 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pot painted with animals and plants (Tel Abu Qasim, 2600 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Green translucient statue of a woman with a gold head from Nippur (2600 - 2370 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sumerian prince with shells for eyes (Aridu, 2370 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Statues of a couple from Diyala (2370 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sumerian figures (2600 - 2370 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sumerian priest (2370 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Female Sumerian goddess found in Khafaji, c2300 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Limestone figure of a Sumerian prince (Aridu, 2370 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Statue of a Sumerian woman found in Diyala (Early Dynastic Period, 2600 - 2370 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sumerian deities can be male or female and are shown with hands on chest (2300 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sumerian deity with lapiz lazulai around the eyes (c2300 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Wagon made up from three pots found in the temple of the god Sin at Khafaji (c2370 BCE).
|
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.