Ancient Near Eastern Art

Tell Asmar Statues, 2700 BCE, limestone, alabaster, gypsum
Standard of Ur, 2600 BCE, panel inlaid w/shell, limestone, etc

Lyre, 2600 BCE, wood w/inlay of gold, shell, lapis lazuli
Ziggurat, 2100 BCE, Ur, Iraq
Gudea, 2100 BCE, dolerite

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2200 BCE, sandstone

Stele of Hammurabi, 1780 BCE, basalt
Ishtar Gate, 575 BCE, glazed brick

Lion Gate, 1400 BCE, Turkey

Palace of Sargon II, 720-705 BCE, Iraq
Lamassu, 700 BCE, limestone

Persepolis, c. 500 BCE, Iran
Palace of Shapur I, 250 BCE, Iraq