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...
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.
EditorialCapture of the Elamite city Hamanu by Ashurbanipal's warriors at the battle of Til Tuba. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace of Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .
EditorialKudurru (stele) of King Melishipak (1186-1172 BC). The king presents his daughter to the goddess Nannaya. The crescent moon represents the god Sin, the sun the Shamash and the star the goddess Ishtar. Kassite period. Taken to Susa (Iran) in 12th centur...
EditorialA fragment of a glazed brick with a cuneiform inscription. The name Sutruk-Nahhunte, probably king of Elam (1185-1155 BC), is mentioned. It is a hard baked cornerstone with Akkadian inscription., Building element, inscription, pottery, glaze, L 8.5 cm,...
EditorialA fragment of a glazed brick with a cuneiform inscription that runs over two sides. The name Sutruk-Nahhunte comes across, probably the king of Elam (1185-1155 BC), building element, inscription, pottery, glaze, L 6.5 cm, W 7 cm, H 5.8 cm, Middle Elami...
EditorialCylindrical pot of gray earthenware, decorated with incised compartment on the outside in which the same shades of animal figures: bokken, ostriches (?), Fish and lion-like quadrupeds. The decoration was originally inlaid with white plaster., Crockery,...
EditorialA tall baluster-shaped vase or jug of light yellow earthenware., Crockery, earthenware, H 25 cm, D 9.8 cm, Middle Elamite Period ca. 1250 BC, Iran.
EditorialCylinder seal with hunting scene, Elamite, Neo-Elamite, Date 6th century B.C., Iran, Elamite, Black Steatite, 1.16 in. (2.95 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals.
EditorialVessel fragment in the form of a nude female, Elamite, Neo-Elamite, Date ca. 8th7th century B.C., Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Ceramic, paint, 5.12 in. (13 cm), Ceramics-Vessels.
EditorialBowl fragment with the head of a ram, Elamite, Old Elamite, Date ca. early 2nd millennium B.C., Iran, Susa, Elamite, Bitumen compound, 4.17 x 3.43 in. (10.59 x 8.71 cm), Stone-Vessels.
EditorialPendant in the shape of a bull, Proto-Elamite, Proto-Elamite, Date ca. 31002900 B.C., Southwestern Iran, Proto-Elamite, Silver, 2.64 x 1.5 x 1.14 in. (6.71 x 3.81 x 2.9 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments.
EditorialAxe head, Elamite, Old Elamite, Date ca. early 2nd millennium B.C., Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Bronze, 4.13 x 5 in. (10.49 x 12.7 cm), Metalwork-Implements.
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...
EditorialCapture of the Elamite city Hamanu by Ashurbanipal's warriors at the battle of Til Tuba. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace of Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .
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.
EditorialMesopotamia. Kudurru (stele) of Shitti-Marduk. Limestone. Inscription. Cuneiform. Nebuchadnezzar I (1124-1105 BC) reign. Elamite campaign. From Sippar (Abu Habba). Babylonian.
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.
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.
EditorialTwo snakes and five small divine figures holding vases. Bronze sacrificial altar cast in one piece. Middle-Elamite era (10th-9th BCE), from Susa, Iran 158 x 70.5 cm-Sb 185.
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...
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. 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.
EditorialMesopotamia. Kudurru (stele) of Shitti-Marduk. Limestone. Inscription. Cuneiform. Nebuchadnezzar I (1124-1105 BC) reign. Elamite campaign. From Sippar (Abu Habba). Babylonian.
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.
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.
EditorialTwo snakes and five small divine figures holding vases. Bronze sacrificial altar cast in one piece. Middle-Elamite era (10th-9th BCE), from Susa, Iran 158 x 70.5 cm-Sb 185.
EditorialCapture of the Elamite city Hamanu by Ashurbanipal's warriors at the battle of Til Tuba. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace of Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .