Photo Gallery
of
Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia

By

K. C. Hanson




Many of the photographs included here were taken at European museums in June, 1997. By *CLICKING* on the photo you will be linked to a larger image along with a more detailed description of the object. I hope eventually to include ancient quotations to go along with each of the objects.



Mesopotamia

Hammurabi Stele
(top detail)




The Gilgamesh Epic
Tablet 11










A Scene from
The Gilgamesh Epic

Ashurnasirpal

Shalmaneser III

Black Obelisk
panel 1



Black Obelisk
panel 2

Black Obelisk

Black Obelisk
panel 3



Black Obelisk
panel 4



Assyrian Officers





Assyrian Cavalry

Assyrian Spearmen

Shamshi-Adad V

Esarhaddon

Esarhaddon
and vassals

Ashurbanipal
and the Sacred Tree

Winged Spirit
Palace of
Ashurnasirpal II

The Ishtar Gate
of Babylon


Dedicatory Inscription
on the Ishtar Gate

Lion Detail #1 from
the Ishtar Gate


Lion Detail #2 from
the Ishtar Gate


Merodach-baladan
boundary stone

Nebuchadnezzar
brick


Nebuchadnezzar
Inscription


Guardsman from
Palace of Xerxes

Model of
the Ishtar Gate
& Processional Way


Eshmuneser
Inscription

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Last Modified: 2 September 2009