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Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, Clay, Sumerian — Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE

Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”, Diorite, Neo-Sumerian — Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE

Head, probably from a composite statuette, Serpentine — Head, probably from a composite statuette
ca. 532 B.C.–339 A.D.

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh’s Invocation, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and ink wash on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh’s Invocation
Dia al-Azzawi
1965–1966

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Ishtar, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and ink wash on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Ishtar
Dia al-Azzawi
1965–1966

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh (Part Two): The Night May Bring You Happiness and Joy, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and ink wash on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh (Part Two): The Night May Bring You Happiness and Joy
Dia al-Azzawi
1965–1966

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Enkidu and the Harlot, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and metallic paint on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Enkidu and the Harlot
Dia al-Azzawi
1966–1967

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh's Quest for Immortality, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and metallic paint on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh's Quest for Immortality
Dia al-Azzawi
1966–1967

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Despair and Sorrow Have Engulfed my Soul, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and metallic paint on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Despair and Sorrow Have Engulfed my Soul
Dia al-Azzawi
1966–1967

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh's Defeat, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and metallic paint on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh's Defeat
Dia al-Azzawi
1966–1967

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh's Defeat, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and metallic paint on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh's Defeat
Dia al-Azzawi
1966–1967

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Two Friends, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and ink wash on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Two Friends
Dia al-Azzawi
1965–1966

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh the Great Beast, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and ink wash on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh the Great Beast
Dia al-Azzawi
1965–1966

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Ishtar, My Love, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and ink wash on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Ishtar, My Love
Dia al-Azzawi
1965–1966

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Ishtar’s Dream [small], Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and ink wash on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Ishtar’s Dream [small]
Dia al-Azzawi
1965–1966

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Untitled, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and ink wash on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Untitled
Dia al-Azzawi
1965–1966

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Siduri the Innkeeper, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and metallic paint on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Siduri the Innkeeper
Dia al-Azzawi
1966–1967

Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh's Struggle with the Wild Beasts, Dia al-Azzawi, Ink and metallic paint on paper, Iraqi — Study for The Epic of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh's Struggle with the Wild Beasts
Dia al-Azzawi
1966–1967

Cylinder seal and modern impression: banquet scene with seated figures drinking a liquid through straws, Gypsum alabaster, Sumerian — Cylinder seal and modern impression: banquet scene with seated figures drinking a liquid through straws
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Inlay: combat between a human-headed bull and a lion-headed eagle, Shell, Sumerian — Inlay: combat between a human-headed bull and a lion-headed eagle
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man, bearded hero, and lion contest frieze, Marble, Sumerian — Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man, bearded hero, and lion contest frieze
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Inscribed brick, Ceramic, glaze, Neo-Sumerian — Inscribed brick
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2095 BCE

Woman's Head, Amedeo Modigliani Italian, Limestone — Woman's Head
Amedeo Modigliani
1912

Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper pouring a libation before a seated god, Stone, Neo-Sumerian — Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper pouring a libation before a seated god
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2004 BCE

Cylinder seal: seated figure approached by a goddess leading a worshiper, Hematite, Neo-Sumerian — Cylinder seal: seated figure approached by a goddess leading a worshiper
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2028–2004 BCE

Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings, Copper alloy, Sumerian — Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE

Vessel supported by two rams, Gypsum alabaster, Sumerian — Vessel supported by two rams
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Vessel stand with ibex support, Copper alloy, inlaid with shell (lambis truncata) and lapis lazuli, Sumerian — Vessel stand with ibex support
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard, Carnelian, Kassite — Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard
Kassite
ca. mid-2nd millennium BCE

Cylinder seal, Milky chalcedony, Kassite — Cylinder seal
Kassite
ca. 16th–12th century BCE

Stele of the protective goddess Lama, Gypsum alabaster, Kassite — Stele of the protective goddess Lama
Kassite
ca. 1307–1282 BCE

Cylinder seal, Jasper, Kassite — Cylinder seal
Kassite
ca. 16th–12th century BCE

Woman, Willem de Kooning American, born The Netherlands, Oil paint with cut and pasted printed paper on board — Woman
Willem de Kooning
ca. 1952

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