EditorialMesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of ??Lagash (2150-2100 BC). Sculpture of the neo-Sumerian period, in diorite. Girsu (modern Tello). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialA plano-convex, rectangular tablet from alabaster with a cuneiform inscription. In the text Waradsin (1770-1758 BC - short chronology), the caretaker of Ur, the king of Larsa, the king of Sumer and Akkad mention the fact that he has restored the dilapi...
EditorialSumer. Mesopotamia. Bowl with a votive inscription of Rimush (23th century BC) : "Rimush, king of Kish". Alabaster, Lagash. Sargonic Period. Akkadian Empire. The state Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialMesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of ??Lagash (2150-2100 BC). Sculpture of the neo-Sumerian period, in diorite. Girsu (modern Tello). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialNear East. Mesopotamia. Sumer. Bulla (seal). Inscribed pieces of clay by used by the Sumerians in 8th millennia BC. Used for agricultural transaction as a form of identification and for tamper-proofing. Bullae with seal impressions. Lagash. Presargonic...
EditorialSumer. Mesopotamia. Near East. Inscribed bullae with seal impressions. Umma and Puzrish-Dagan. Ur III Period. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialMesopotamian Art. Gudea, a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who rule ca 2144-2124 BC. Telloh. Sumer. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark.
EditorialSumer. Mesopotamia. Near East. Inscribed bullae with seal impressions. Umma and Puzrish-Dagan. Ur III Period. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialMesopotamian Art. Gudea, a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who rule ca 2144-2124 BC. Telloh. Sumer. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark.
EditorialNear East. Mesopotamia. Sumer. Archaic document. End of the 4th -beginning of the 3rd mill. BC. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialMesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of ??Lagash (2150-2100 BC). Sculpture of the neo-Sumerian period, in diorite. Girsu (modern Tello). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialHenri Sumer and Iacob Mendel Born in Baden, Anno 1582, Parallel title: Heinrick Sumer, and Iacob Mandel to Baden drowned, A nn o 1582, copperplate engraving, 100.), p. 209, Luyken, Jan (inv. et fec.), Jan Luyken: Th??tre des martyrs: depuis la mort de ...
EditorialMesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of ??Lagash (2150-2100 BC). Sculpture of the neo-Sumerian period, in diorite. Girsu (modern Tello). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
Editorial'Sumer is icumen in', a vocal composition for several voices; it is probably the most celebrated piece of English medieval music. The melody is one of the earliest known examples of what is now the major mode, and the earliest example of ground-bass. B...
EditorialNear East. Mesopotamia. Sumer. Clay cone of Enanatum I (king of Lagash 1st Dynasty of Lagash)with a building inscription devoted to the construction of the temple of the goddess Inanna in Lagash. Iraq. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialSumer. Mesopotamia. Early Dynastic Period. Early Bronze Age. Cuneiform script. Brink of Eanatum with a build inscription devoted to the construction of a well baked bricks in the courtyard of the temple of the god Ningirsu. The inscription also mention...
Editorial'Sumer is icumen in', a vocal composition for several voices; it is probably the most celebrated piece of English medieval music. The melody is one of the earliest known examples of what is now the major mode, and the earliest example of ground-bass. B...
EditorialNear East. Mesopotamia. Sumer. Clay cone of Enanatum I (king of Lagash 1st Dynasty of Lagash)with a building inscription devoted to the construction of the temple of the goddess Inanna in Lagash. Iraq. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialSumer. Mesopotamia. Near East. Inscribed bullae with seal impressions. Umma and Puzrish-Dagan. Ur III Period. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialMesopotamian Art. Gudea, a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who rule ca 2144-2124 BC. Telloh. Sumer. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark.
EditorialMesopotamia. Terracotta vase. Probably from Umma. Iraq. Early Dynastic Period. 2330 BC. Document referring to a conflict between the city-states of Umma and Lagash in ancient Sumer. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialMesopotamian art. Sumer. Gudea of ??Lagash (2150-2100 BC). Sculpture of the neo-Sumerian period, in diorite. Girsu (modern Tello). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialTERRACOTTA ~ ANT. OR.: SUMER ~ 2ND-1ST MILL. BCE ~ Hierogamus, bed and couple. Period of the Amorite dynasties, early 2nd mill. BCE Baked clay, H: 11,3 cm AO 8662.
EditorialBlueprint of a house from the Agade-period, Sumer. The drawing mentions the size of rooms and their use: living room, 4x6 m, reception hall, 3x6 m, court of honour, 4,5x6 m, entrance hall, 7x3 m. From Lagash, 2.400 BCE.
EditorialShell plaque from Ur, showing two rams. From the grave of Pu-Abi, see 03-03-01 / 8. Presumably the decoration of a lyre or harp. Shell was one of the most popular ways of decorating objects in Sumer. Bitumen was used as a glue. Here, animal scenes are ...