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31 0 Bronze figure of the benevolent demon Pazuzu, thought to protect women in childbirth.
4 0 Geometrical problems in a mathematics text of the Old Babylonian period.
24 0 A reconstruction of the ziggurat.
25 0 A diorite head, probably of Hammurabi. Found at Susa, possibly taken there as booty in the 12th century BC.
5 0 A map showing trade routes linking Dilmun, Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization.
28 0 A gold bull figurine from Ebla, belonging to the pre-Babylonian Sumerian period.
6 0 Around 1990 BC Isin controlled much of southern Mesopotamia, but within eighty years most of its territory had been lost.
6 1 Around 1990 BC Isin controlled much of southern Mesopotamia, but within eighty years most of its territory had been lost.
20 0 Bronze statue of Warad-Sin, king of Larsa, carrying a basket.
7 0 Part of a fresco in the palace at Mari, showing a religious ceremony taking place among trees in the palace gardens.
8 0 Head of a Kassite lioness figurine, found in the palace at Dur-Kurigalzu.
30 0 The remains of the Dur-Kurigalzu ziggurat on the outskirts of Baghdad. The lower part has been restored.
26 0 Kudurru, or boundary stone, glorifying Nebuchadnezzar I's victory over the Elamites.
3 0 Statue of Idrimi, king of Alalah, and vassal of the Mitanni king Parrattarna.
9 0 Limestone relief from the temple of Ashur, probably representing the god Ashur himself.
32 0 Clay model of a liver used in Babylonian divination.
21 0 The astrological signs, Scorpio, Sagittarius on Babylonian boundary stones.
21 1 The astrological signs, Capricorn and Aquarius on Babylonian boundary stones.
34 0 Relief showing the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III and the Babylonian king Marduk-zakir-shumi meeting as equals.
33 0 A reconstruction of the approach to the Ishtar Gate, the main entrance to Nebuchadnezzar's city of Babylon.
2 0 A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate decorated with glazed bricks and bull and dragon figures.
14 0 Sennacherib's grandson, Ashurbanipal, restored the temple of Marduk. Here he is shown in traditional style, as a builder.
29 0 A large terracotta lion which stood at the entrance of the main temple at Shaduppum.
69 0 The Babylonian king Marduk-zakir-shumi greets the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.