EditorialMesopotamia. Kudurru (stele) of Shitti-Marduk. Limestone. Inscription. Cuneiform. Nebuchadnezzar I (1124-1105 BC) reign. Elamite campaign. From Sippar (Abu Habba). Babylonian.
EditorialAchaemenid Empire. Ganjnameh. Ancient inscription carved in granite in 3 languages: Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite, written by order of the sovereigns Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC). Cuneiform alphabets. Nea...
EditorialGoddess and man-bulls with palm trees. Facade of Inshushinak's temple, allegory of strength and consistency (reconstruction), from Susa, Iran. Middle Elamite, ca.1200 BCE Glazed brick. 137 x 105 cm-Sb 2734-2735.
EditorialFigurine, Middle Elamite, ca. 1500?1100 B.C., Iran, possibly from Susa, Elamite, Ceramic, 2 x 2.12 in. (5.08 x 5.38 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, At the time that this fragmentary figurine was produced, peoples in Iran had been creating mold-made plaques of...
EditorialTwo gold pendants. From the deposit of the temple of Inshushinak, Susa, middle-Elamite period. Period of the Shutrukides dynasty, 13th BCE Sb 2772,5770.
EditorialGanjnameh. Ancient inscription carved in granite in Alvand Mountain, ordered by Darius the Great (521-485 BC) (left) and by Xerxes the Great (485-465 BC) (right) in three languages, Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite. Near Hamedan. Islamic Rep...
EditorialGoddess and man-bulls with palm trees. Facade of Inshushinak's temple, allegory of strength and consistency (reconstruction), from Susa, Iran. Middle Elamite, ca.1200 BCE Glazed brick. 137 x 105 cm-Sb 2734-2735.
EditorialKing Ashurbanipal's campaign against Elam (653 BCE) Conquest of the Elamite city of Din-Sharri. Gypseuous alabaster relief from the palace in Niniveh. AO 19905.
EditorialHelmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Middle Elamite, ca. 1500?1100 B.C., Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, H. 16.5 cm, W. 22.1 cm, Metalwork-Implements, This example of military headgear is elabor...
EditorialAchaemenid Empire. Ganjnameh. Ancient inscription carved in granite in 3 languages: Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite, written by order of the sovereigns Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC). Cuneiform alphabets. Nea...
EditorialKneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Proto-Elamite, ca. 3100?2900 B.C., Southwestern Iran, Proto-Elamite, Silver, 6 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/4in. (16.3 x 6.3 x 10.8cm), Metalwork-Sculpture, Soon after the political transformations of the Uruk period in so...
EditorialHelmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Middle Elamite, ca. 1500?1100 B.C., Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, H. 16.5 cm, W. 22.1 cm, Metalwork-Implements, This example of military headgear is elabor...
EditorialStriding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots, Proto-Elamite, ca. 3000 B.C., Mesopotamia or Iran, Proto-Elamite, Copper alloy, H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) W. 5.4 cm ( 2 1/8 in.), Metalwork-Sculpture, This sol...
EditorialFigurine, Middle Elamite, ca. 1500?1100 B.C., Iran, possibly from Susa, Elamite, Ceramic, 2 x 2.12 in. (5.08 x 5.38 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, At the time that this fragmentary figurine was produced, peoples in Iran had been creating mold-made plaques of...
EditorialFemale figure, Middle Elamite, ca. 1500?1100 B.C., Iran, possibly from Susa, Elamite, Ceramic, 7.01 in. (17.81 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, In the middle of the second millennium B.C., the state of Elam in southwestern Iran achieved new levels of political...
EditorialMausoleum of Cyrus the Great. Achaemenid king of Persia (559-530 BC), he was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. The design of the tomb is credited to Mesopotamian or Elamite ziggurats. The cella is attributed to Urartu tombs of an earlier period. Pa...
EditorialMausoleum of Cyrus the Great. Architectural detail. Achaemenid king of Persia (559-530 BC), he was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. The design of the tomb is credited to Mesopotamian or Elamite ziggurats. The cella is attributed to Urartu tombs of...
EditorialThe Marlik Culture (Indo-European population). Iron Age. Neo-Elamite dynasties. Humped bull or cow with its original earring decoration intact (oil lamp). From Marlik, late 2nd millennium BC. The National Museum of Iran. Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
EditorialAchaemenid Empire. Ganjnameh. Ancient inscriptions carved in granite in 3 languages: Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite. By Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC). Cuneiform alphabets. Near Hamedan, Iran (Persia).
EditorialMesopotamia. Kudurru (stele) of Shitti-Marduk. Limestone. Inscription. Cuneiform. Nebuchadnezzar I (1124-1105 BC) reign. Elamite campaign. From Sippar (Abu Habba). Babylonian.
EditorialAchaemenid Empire. Ganjnameh. Ancient inscription carved in granite in 3 languages: Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite, written by order of the sovereigns Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC). Cuneiform alphabets. Nea...
EditorialKing Ashurbanipal's campaign against Elam (653 BCE) Conquest of the Elamite city of Din-Sharri. Gypseuous alabaster relief from the palace in Niniveh. AO 19905.
EditorialToy animals, hedgehog and lion on wheels. From the deposit of the temple of Inshushinak, Susa, middle-Elamite period, Period of the Shutrukides dynasty. Limestone and bitumen compound, L: 7,5 cm Sb 2908,2905.
EditorialTwo heads forming a double vase, from the temple of the Goddess Pinikir. Baked clay (Era of the reign of King Untash-Napirisha, Middle-Elamite, 10th-9th BCE) 6.1 x 9.4 cm-Sb 5114.
EditorialElamite fugitives hide in the swampland. Detail Ashurbanipal's battle against the King of Elam. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .
EditorialInhabitants of a captured Elamite city on their way into exile. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) in Niniveh. Upper register of 08-01-02 / 60 Gypseous alabaster, 163 x 77 cm AO 19904.