ED IIIA 2600-2500 BCE ED IIIB 2500-2350 BCE

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ED IIIA 2600ED IIIA 2600--2500 BCE2500 BCEED IIIB 2500-2350 BCE

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Base of Hollow-Cast Statue

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Stone Statue of Priest

(from Al-Ubaid)

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Temple of Ninhursag

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Pillar from the Temple at Al-Ubaid

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Stone Frieze (Temple of Ninhursag):Milking Cows, Making Butter

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Stone Frieze (Temple of Ninhursag):Cow Husbandry

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M2-28 Lioness Statuette (Elam)

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Leonard Woolley

excavating

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Jewelry from the Royal Cemetery

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Vessels from the Royal Graves

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Helmet of Mes-Kalam-Dug

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Cylinder Seal of Pu-abi

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Procession at the Queen’s Grave

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Suicides at the Queen’s

Grave

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Cosmetics in Shells

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Gold Bowls from the Royal Graves

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Queen’s Headdress (in situ)

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Queen’s Headdress (reconstructed)

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Harp/Lyre with

bull’s head

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Harp/Lyre (in situ)

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Gold Dagger

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Statuette: The Ram

in the Thicket

Phoenician Furniture

Inlay (Ivory) depicting a

goat eating a tree

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The Standard of Ur

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The Standard of Ur: Top Register (Preparations for War)

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The Standard of Ur: Top Register

(Preparations for War)

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The Standard of Ur: King and

Attendant (at banquet)

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The Standard of Ur: Banquet Preparations

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The Standard of Ur: Harpist at Banquet

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Harp/Lyre found in Royal

Graves

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ED IIIA ca.2650-2500 BCEED IIIB 2500ED IIIB 2500--ca.2350 BCEca.2350 BCE

Trade Routes during the ED III Period

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Stone Plaque depicting

Eannatum of Lagash

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Tablet from the time of Lugalzagezi, King of Uruk (2340-2316 BCE)

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The Stele of the

Vultures

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The Stele of the

Vultures

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The Stele of the Vultures: Infantry

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The Stele of the Vultures:The God Ningirsu

holding enemies in a net

Tablet from the time of Lugalzagezi, king of Uruk (2340-2316 BCE)

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Graph: Historical Levels of Humidity as a Measure of Climate

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Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal(from Tell Asmar)

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Statue of a Priest

(from Tell Asmar)

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Statue of a Priest

(from Khafaje)

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Clay Model of a Sheep

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Statue of a Priestess wearing a

mantle made of sheep

fleece

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Stele from Telloh

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Stele from Khafaje

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The Imdugud Bird (storm deity):copper relief, Temple of Ninhursag at Al-Ubaid

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Altar in the form of a house

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Assyrian Relief of Gilgamesh

holding a lion cub

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Cuneiform Tablet:

record of grain

payment

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Sumerian Rulers:

depicted as laborers carrying building

materials for the upkeep of

temples

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