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Upper floor, room 56: Mesopotamia. The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery. 6000 - 1500 BC.

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This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.

B

Blau Monuments‎ (14 F)
Burney relief, Queen of the Night‎ (37 F)

C

Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir‎ (5 F)

G

Gudea statue V (BM 122910)‎ (13 F)

L

Lyres from Ur‎ (19 F)

R

Ram in a Thicket‎ (20 F)
Royal cemetery at Ur Great Death Pit‎ (17 F)
Royal cemetery at Ur King's grave‎ (18 F)
Royal cemetery at Ur PG 1054‎ (5 F)
Royal cemetery at Ur PG 1236‎ (7 F)
Royal cemetery at Ur PG 1618‎ (6 F)
Royal cemetery at Ur PG 580‎ (17 F)

S

Standard of Ur‎ (51 F)

Media in category "Room 56, British Museum"

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A fragment of a pottery vessel (sherd). The exterior is painted with a highly schematic bull's head and horns (bucranium). From Tell Arpachiyah, Iraq. Halaf period, 6000-5000 BCE.jpg 2,843 × 2,819; 6.2 MB
A painted sherd (pottery fragment from a vessel). The exterior, yellow clay with fine burnish, is decorated with a snake with a flickering tongue. From Tell Arpachiyah, Iraq. Halaf period, 6000-5000 BCE.jpg 3,199 × 3,847; 8.94 MB
A pottery sherd. The fragment is painted with a design of wading birds. There is brown paint on creamy clay. From Chagar Bazar, Syria. Halaf period, 6000-5000 BCE.jpg 2,918 × 3,552; 7.7 MB
A'annepada foundation cone BM 90951 in 1915.jpg 132 × 520; 46 KB
A'annepada tablet inscription (Mesannepada name).jpg 1,418 × 1,481; 2.18 MB
A'annepada tablet inscription (name).jpg 1,264 × 1,989; 2.5 MB
Adda Seal Akkadian Empire 2300 BC.jpg 1,508 × 608; 603 KB
Affectionate couple - Ur.jpg 986 × 1,575; 554 KB
Akkadian stoneware cups Tell Brak BM.jpg 4,224 × 3,779; 1.75 MB
Apprentice scribes learned the writing system through lists of related signs, like this one dealing with place names. From Jemdet-Nasr, Iraq. 3000-2900 BCE.jpg 3,616 × 2,684; 5.77 MB
Armed man standing in a shrine.jpg 1,768 × 2,274; 1.43 MB
Artifacts from PG 1236 (beads).jpg 938 × 688; 311 KB
Artifacts from PG 1236 (gold foil).jpg 620 × 774; 231 KB
Artifacts from PG 1236 (scepter).jpg 1,982 × 314; 440 KB
Bagues en or de Puabi.jpg 4,630 × 990; 917 KB
Bead with filligree and cloisons PG 580 Royal Cemetery of Ur BM 121427.jpg 396 × 276; 168 KB
Bird omens BM 113915.jpg 3,057 × 3,352; 1.74 MB
BM 22445 Macehead dedicated by Nam-Mahani.jpg 558 × 532; 127 KB
BM 22470 Statue dedicated to the goddess Nin-shubur of the city of Der by Enzi and his son Amar-kiku (2400 BCE).jpg 491 × 712; 357 KB
BM 22470 Statue dedicated to the goddess Nin-shubur of the city of Der by Enzi and his son Amar-kiku.jpg 364 × 537; 104 KB
BM 60828 Ikun-shamash.jpg 396 × 529; 151 KB
BM 90932 Votive inscription of Entemena.jpg 484 × 486; 131 KB
BM 91013 Tablet dedicated by Lugal-tarsi.jpg 494 × 291; 101 KB
BM 91018 Macehead in the name of Manishtushu.jpg 235 × 250; 40 KB
Bm-epic-g.jpg 933 × 1,101; 278 KB
Bowl - Samarra ME 1924,0416.5 (1).jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 965 KB
Bowl - Samarra ME 1924,0416.5 (2).jpg 1,971 × 1,699; 577 KB
Bowl - Ur Ubaid period.jpg 2,639 × 2,015; 675 KB
Bowl Agirgal BM 120863.jpg 4,610 × 3,236; 2.47 MB
Bowl Arpachiyah Halaf.jpg 2,849 × 2,445; 1,009 KB
Boxers and musicians - Larsa.jpg 1,741 × 1,032; 565 KB
Brak akkadian tablet BM 131738.jpg 1,367 × 1,600; 397 KB
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British Museum - Steatite tablet ME118560.jpg 2,554 × 3,831; 2.81 MB
British Museum 00 (4).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1,003 KB
British Museum Bronze head Pazuzu B 27072013 BB.jpg 1,459 × 1,739; 877 KB
British Museum Bronze head Pazuzu B 27072013.jpg 1,789 × 1,789; 1.76 MB
British Museum Copper Bull.JPG 1,946 × 1,823; 697 KB
British Museum Foundation Tablet.jpg 1,112 × 1,752; 382 KB
British Museum Middle East 14022019 Beads and pendant Queen Puabi Royal Cemetery of Ur 3738.jpg 1,984 × 2,935; 6.73 MB
British Museum Middle east 14022019 Beveled rim bowl Nineveh Late Uruk Period 3672.jpg 2,268 × 1,739; 2.09 MB
British Museum Middle east 14022019 Faience beads Tell Brak Late Uruk period 3660.jpg 2,183 × 1,682; 3.62 MB
British Museum Middle East 14022019 Gold and carnelian beads 2600-2300 BC Royal cemetery of Ur (composite).jpg 4,568 × 3,192; 17.05 MB
British Museum Middle East 14022019 Gold and carnelian beads 2600-2300 BC Royal cemetery of Ur (etched carnelian bead).jpg 432 × 324; 142 KB
British Museum Middle East 14022019 Gold and carnelian beads 2600-2300 BC Royal cemetery of Ur (etched carnelian beads).jpg 432 × 709; 341 KB
British Museum Middle East 14022019 Gold and carnelian beads 2600-2300 BC Royal cemetery of Ur (necklace).jpg 2,534 × 3,192; 13.76 MB
British Museum Middle East 14022019 Gold and carnelian beads 2600-2300 BC Royal cemetery of Ur 3725.jpg 2,551 × 3,192; 10.18 MB
British Museum Middle east 14022019 Gypsum tablet with archaic numbers Late Uruk Period 3667.jpg 2,198 × 1,827; 2.35 MB
British Museum Middle east 14022019 Head of a ewe Baked clay Late Uruk period 3650.jpg 1,871 × 1,545; 1.78 MB
British Museum Middle east 14022019 Necklace Obsidian beads and cowrie shells Halaf period 3645.jpg 2,823 × 3,306; 7.45 MB
British Museum Middle east 14022019 Panel Imdugud 2500 BC 3640.jpg 4,840 × 2,530; 6.64 MB
British Museum Middle east 14022019 Stone bull Southern Irak Late Uruk period ME 116686 3662.jpg 3,402 × 2,059; 3.22 MB
British Museum Middle east 14022019 Stone stamp seal Late Uruk Period 3665.jpg 1,871 × 2,402; 3.46 MB
British Museum Middle East 14022019 Stone statue of a man ME 91667 About 2600 BC 3675.jpg 2,551 × 2,551; 2.95 MB
British Museum painted clay statue of a god.jpg 3,888 × 5,184; 7.23 MB
British Museum Room 56 Display case 11 (G56-dc11).... Akkadian Empire- Bronze Weapons & Stone Cylinder Seals.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.14 MB
British Museum Room 56 Display Case 4 (G56-dc4)... Limestone & Gypsum Statues.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 5.35 MB
British Museum Room 56 Display Case 5 Artifacts from First Dynasty of Ur.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.67 MB
British Museum Room 56 Display Case 9 (G56-dc9)... From Akkad to Ur, 2150-2000 BC.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.55 MB
British Museum Royal Game of Ur.jpg 2,716 × 2,164; 1.27 MB
British Museum small Ishatar sculpture.jpg 3,888 × 5,184; 6.69 MB
British Museum Stone head Pazuzu 27072013.jpg 1,375 × 1,624; 1.35 MB
British Museum. Room 56 Display Case 3 (G56-dc3)... Evolution of Writing in Mesopotamia.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.29 MB
Bronze foundation figurine of Shulgi from the Temple of Dimtabba at Ur.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 7.86 MB
Bronze foundation figurine of Ur-Nammu from the Temple of Inanna at Uruk.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 5.71 MB
Bronze Foundation Pegs & Figurines.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 7.18 MB
Carved stone with handle Ur 2500 BCE.jpg 899 × 974; 647 KB
Carved stone with integral handle BM 91700.jpg 2,895 × 3,083; 1.45 MB
Ceramic box with snakes - Ur.jpg 3,526 × 1,952; 1.15 MB
Ceramic vessels - Ur III Ur.jpg 2,589 × 1,541; 507 KB
Ceramic Vessels.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.73 MB
Clay figurine depicting a seated woman. Fired clay. The applied discs of clay represent breasts. Black paint markings appear. From Chagar Bazar, Syria. Halaf period, 6000-5000 BCE.jpg 3,099 × 2,758; 6.19 MB
Clay label Akkad Girsu 122179.jpg 3,305 × 2,365; 1.27 MB
Clay label with seal impressions Nineveh BM 127389.jpg 2,424 × 2,114; 892 KB
Clay prism school text akkadian period 86271.jpg 1,761 × 3,036; 916 KB
Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl. Purchased via Christie's in 1989, with contribution from the British Museum Friends.jpg 3,449 × 2,307; 4.78 MB
Clay tablet, record of barley and emmer. Late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Purchased via Christie's, no provenance.jpg 3,953 × 2,597; 6.14 MB
Clay tablet. A five-day ration list. Each line of cunieform text mentions rations for one day. The sign for "day" and the numbers 1-5 are easily identifiable. Probably from Jemdet-Nasr, Iraq. Circa 3000 BCE.jpg 3,589 × 3,074; 6.7 MB
Compilation of plane geometry problems from Larsa.jpg 1,979 × 2,255; 729 KB
Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir 2020.jpg 2,426 × 3,533; 1.59 MB
Contract for a loan of silver - Tell Sifr BM 33257.jpg 2,053 × 2,445; 850 KB
Copper alloy adze head - Ur RT.jpg 3,059 × 1,175; 477 KB
Copper alloy tools Tell Sifr BM.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 8.36 MB
Copper statuette - Sippar OB.jpg 2,198 × 4,096; 2.04 MB
Cuneiform tablet with schoolwork BM 104096.jpg 3,799 × 3,828; 2.16 MB
Cup - Mefesh Ubaid period.jpg 3,004 × 2,440; 852 KB
Cylinder seal - Bin-kali-sharri BM.jpg 4,093 × 1,756; 1.33 MB
Cylinder seal - Ea Anzu BM 103317.jpg 4,363 × 1,719; 1.39 MB
Cylinder seal - Uballissu-Marduk.jpg 3,016 × 1,906; 1.05 MB
Cylinder seal BM 89326.jpg 2,884 × 1,172; 971 KB
Cylinder seal EDI 128843.jpg 3,300 × 1,893; 1,001 KB
Cylinder seal Ur III BM 116719.jpg 4,181 × 1,926; 1.58 MB
Cylinder seal Ur III BM 89131.jpg 4,716 × 2,048; 2.51 MB
Cylinder seal Zardamu BM 89851.jpg 2,960 × 1,320; 1,000 KB
Design embossed on gold leaf, PG 1236, Royal Cemetery of Ur.jpg 1,467 × 1,052; 1.12 MB
Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer.jpg 2,191 × 1,679; 1.15 MB
Enannatum I, ruler of Lagash.jpg 1,801 × 1,785; 2.63 MB
Ewe head - Late Uruk.jpg 2,281 × 2,320; 628 KB
Eye idols - Tell Brak BM.jpg 3,100 × 2,274; 1.45 MB
Female clay figurine - Ubaid period - Ur - ME 122872.jpg 2,678 × 3,832; 1.55 MB
Female clay figurine - Ubaid period - Ur - ME 122873.jpg 1,936 × 3,685; 1.04 MB
Female clay figurines - Ubaid period - Ur.jpg 2,903 × 2,855; 1.12 MB
Female figurines Halaf period - Arpachiyah BM.jpg 3,213 × 1,778; 854 KB
Female figurines Halaf period - Chagar Bazar BM.jpg 4,047 × 2,496; 1.38 MB
Figure mould BM 103226.jpg 2,846 × 2,072; 1.03 MB
Fired clay model of a house. The roof has survived. The paint represents the reed thatch. From Tell al-'Ubaid, Iraq. Ubaid period, 5900-4000 BCE.jpg 3,112 × 2,583; 6.06 MB
Fired clay statue of a seated god, probably Shamash. From Ur, Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1750 BCE, British Museum.jpg 2,802 × 2,586; 5.07 MB
Fired clay statue of a seated god, probably Shamash. From Ur, Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1750 BCE. British Museum.jpg 2,848 × 3,749; 7.38 MB
Fired clay statue of a seated god, probably Shamash. From Ur, Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1750 BCE.jpg 2,676 × 3,943; 7.15 MB
Five day ration list - Jemdet Nasr.jpg 1,254 × 1,157; 244 KB
Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 195.jpg 1,024 × 680; 303 KB
Flickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 200.jpg 680 × 1,024; 302 KB
Foundation cone of A'annepada for Inanna, British Museum BM 90951.jpg 500 × 1,491; 640 KB
Foundation peg from the temple of goddess Nanshe at Sirara, rebuilt by Gudea. Bull calf in reed marsh. Circa 2130 BCE. Probably from Sirara, Iraq. The British Museum, London.jpg 2,747 × 3,681; 5.59 MB
Foundation tablet. Lapis lazuli. Lugal-kisalsi (Lugal-silasi), king of Kish, records his building activities; the courtyard wall of a temple complex for the gods An and Inanna. From Sippar, Iraq. Early Dynastic period (III), c. 2450 BCE.jpg 2,500 × 2,099; 3.34 MB
Fragment of a stone bowl with 2 inscriptions, from Ur, Iraq. British Museum.jpg 4,119 × 3,863; 10.71 MB
Frieze of Imdugud (Anzu) grasping a pair of deer, from Tell Al-Ubaid..JPG 4,288 × 2,848; 10.67 MB
Frise laiterie - préparation laitages.jpg 3,248 × 2,250; 935 KB
Frise laiterie - étable.jpg 3,244 × 2,013; 845 KB
Girsu akkadian tablet BM 86278.jpg 1,812 × 3,177; 1,023 KB
Gishakidu vase.jpg 487 × 675; 298 KB
Goddess Lama terracotta BM127497.jpg 1,914 × 3,710; 1.3 MB
Gods of Gutium.jpg 746 × 1,066; 720 KB
Gold items PG 580.jpg 4,583 × 1,633; 6.47 MB
Gold, lapis-lazuli and carnelian beads - Ur OB.jpg 1,941 × 1,853; 550 KB
Golden helmet of Meskalamdug in the British Museum.jpg 4,760 × 4,523; 10.32 MB
Grave Goods from Ur.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.36 MB
Gudea copper alloy foundation figurines gods BM.jpg 4,906 × 3,299; 2.35 MB
Gypsum jar - Ur EDI.jpg 1,660 × 1,143; 393 KB
Haematite weights OB period BM.jpg 5,173 × 2,773; 1.98 MB
Handmade pottery bowl with an inturned rim. The bowl is painted with a stylized design of a round pond. From Samarra, Iraq. Samarran period, 6500-6000 BCE.jpg 4,504 × 3,855; 14.08 MB
Handmade pottery bowl, from Ur, Iraq. Ubaid period, 5900-4000 BCE. The bowl is light greenish in color and the interior is decorated with geometric designs in black paint.jpg 4,362 × 3,431; 11.66 MB
Handmade pottery bowl. There is reddish black paint on the buff surface in addition to seven petalled rosettes in the center. From Tell Arpachiyah, Iraq. Halaf period, 6000-5000 BCE.jpg 5,229 × 3,807; 15.79 MB
Handmade pottery jar. The surface is painted with lustrous black paint on a salmon-pink slip. From Tell Arpachiyah, Iraq. Halaf period, 6000-5000 BCE.jpg 3,912 × 3,135; 8.62 MB
Handmade pottery shallow plate. The interior is decorated with a floral design in the center, with polychrome in black and red on the buff surfaces. From Tell Arpachiyah, Iraq. Halaf period, 6000-5000 BCE.jpg 4,389 × 3,438; 11.69 MB
Human-headed bull in the name of King Nam-Mahani of Lagash, dedicated to Nanshe, circa 2100 BCE.jpg 438 × 293; 151 KB
Imdugud.jpg 1,456 × 686; 840 KB
Inlay of two standing goats BM 121529.jpg 2,686 × 2,482; 914 KB
Inscribed bronze vessel of the reign of Utu-hengal.jpg 463 × 537; 267 KB
Inscribed giant river-worn pebble - ME 114399 - British Museum.JPG 5,184 × 3,456; 3.72 MB
Inscribed head of a mace with Imdugud (Anzu) and Enannatum, the British Museum, London..JPG 4,288 × 2,848; 6.88 MB
Inscribed model of a sheep liver - BM.jpg 3,734 × 3,764; 2.39 MB
Inscribed votive human-headed bull dedicated to goddess Nanshe on behalf of Nammahani, from Lagash, Iraq, c. 2100 BCE. British Museum.jpg 3,933 × 2,556; 7.16 MB
Issue of barley rations.JPG 1,944 × 2,246; 532 KB
Jar - Chagar Bazar Halaf.jpg 2,043 × 2,315; 649 KB
Jar fragment Rimush Tell Brak 127340.jpg 3,979 × 2,979; 1.72 MB
Jar fragment Rimush Ur 116435.jpg 3,131 × 3,666; 1.68 MB
Jar Samarra ME 1924.0416.7.jpg 2,065 × 2,273; 560 KB
Jar with oval rim - Arpachiyah Halaf.jpg 1,439 × 2,122; 429 KB
Jewellery from the tombs at Ur - 2.jpg 2,124 × 3,482; 7.8 MB
Jewellery from the tombs at Ur - 3.jpg 1,967 × 3,159; 5.88 MB
Jewellery from the tombs at Ur.jpg 2,405 × 3,368; 12.32 MB
Jewelry from Various Graves.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 6.67 MB
Khabur ware jar - Chagar Bazar.jpg 1,250 × 2,025; 514 KB
Khabur ware jar - Tell Brak.jpg 1,604 × 1,960; 373 KB
Khabur ware jars - Chagar Bazar 1.jpg 2,293 × 1,657; 611 KB
Label Uruk period ME L 107.jpg 1,578 × 2,164; 627 KB
Lapis lazuli seal king pouring an offering to Shamash.jpg 3,404 × 1,625; 997 KB
Lecanomancy omens BM 22447.jpg 3,093 × 3,813; 2.47 MB
Letter from Ishkun-Dagan, c. 2250 BCE, from Iraq. British Museum.jpg 3,091 × 4,624; 11.9 MB
Letter Hammurabi BM12815.jpg 2,426 × 3,426; 1.4 MB
Lion attacking bull - Late Uruk.jpg 2,332 × 2,254; 648 KB
List of gifts to Ningal BM 131290.jpg 3,259 × 4,820; 2.76 MB
Lugal-kinishe-dudu on the Treaty Cone of Entemena.jpg 1,336 × 2,320; 1.57 MB

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