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The Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art's collection of more than seven thousand works of art ranges in date from 8000 B.C. (the Neolithic period) to the Arab conquest and rise of Islam beginning in A.D. 651. The works come from ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Anatolia, and other lands in the region, extending as far as the Indus River Valley in modern-day Pakistan and India. This screen saver comprises twelve stunning masterpieces from the ancient world.
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Administrative tablet with seal impressions, ca. 3000–2900 B.C.; Jamdat Nasr
Mesopotamia
Proto-cuneiform inscription
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gift, 1988 (1988.433.1)
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Kneeling bull holding a vessel, ca. 3000–2800 B.C.; Proto-Elamite
Iran
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1966 (66.173)
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Standing male worshiper, 2750–2600 B.C.; Early Dynastic period II; Sumerian style
Excavated at Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna), central Mesopotamia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fletcher Fund, by exchange, 1940 (40.156)
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Standing female figure with clasped hands, ca. 2550–2400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIA
Mesopotamia, Nippur, Inanna temple, Level VIIB, 7N183
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1962 (62.70.2)
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Seated statue of Gudea, 2150–2100 B.C.; Neo-Sumerian period
Tello (ancient Girsu) (probably), southern Mesopotamia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1959 (59.2)
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Head of a ruler, late 3rd millennium B.C.; Akkadian (?)
Iran (?)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1947 (47.100.80)
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Shaft-hole axe with a bird-demon, boar, and winged dragon, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C.
Western Central Asia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, and James N. Spear and Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1982 (1982.5)
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Relief: king and eunuch attendant, 883–859 BC; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II
Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932 (32.143.4)
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Cup with frieze of gazelles, early 1st millennium B.C.
Northwestern Iran
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1962 (62.84)
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Panel: striding lions, 604–562 B.C.; Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar I
Mesopotamia, excavated at Wall of Processional Way, Babylon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fletcher Fund, 1931 (31.13.2)
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a lion, 5th century B.C.; Achaemenid period
Iran
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fletcher Fund, 1954 (54.3.3)
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Gravestone with funerary banquet, 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Excavated at Palmyra, Syria
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, 1902 (02.29.1)
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