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1. The Beginnings of Western Art in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), ca. 2,100 BCE, view from northeast (G 2-14) |
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Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), ca. 2,100 BCE, view from southwest (G 2-14) |
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Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), ca. 2,100 BCE, reconstruction (G 2-14) |
 | Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), gypsum inlaid with shell, limestone and bitumen, ca. 2,900-2,600 BCE (G 2-5 & p. 30) |
 | Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), gypsum inlaid with shell, limestone and bitumen, ca. 2,900-2,600 BCE (G 2-5 & p. 30) |
 | Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), gypsum inlaid with shell, limestone and bitumen, ca. 2,900-2,600 BCE, rear view (G 2-5 & p. 30) |
 | Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), gypsum inlaid with shell, limestone and bitumen, ca. 2,900-2,600 BCE - Detail: head (G 2-5 & p. 30) |
 | Bull lyre, from tomb at Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), wood inlaid with gold, lapis lazuli, shell, ca. 2,600 BCE (G 2-9,10) |
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Bull lyre, from tomb at Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq),
wood inlaid with gold, lapis lazuli, shell, ca. 2,600 BCE - Detail: sound box (G 2-9,10)
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