Euphrates. Version 1.0

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1 Mesopotamia: the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad to the Arabian Gulf Version 1.0

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3 Contents t Chronological charts and maps (Baghdad) Sippar Kish Babylon Jamdet Nasr Nippur Uruk Eridu Ur Museum and collections

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7 Comparative chronological chart Comparative chronological chart Art of the First Cities (2003), xx-xxi.

8 Map of Mesopotamia cago esea c / ab/ ap/ aps/ aq t

9 Recent plotting of archaeological sites Recent plotting of archaeological sites

10 Euphrates River p

11 Archaeological sites and modern cities Archaeological sites and modern cities

12 Ziggurat at Sippar

13 Hammurabi

14 Mace head with inscription of a king who ruled who ruled

15 Bust thought to be of Sargon of Akkad g g

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17 Stele of Naram Sin

18 Archaeological l sites and modern cities p p

19 Panorama of the reconstructed Babylon US Marines at Babylon 2003 US Marines at Babylon

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21 An artist s view (1936) of ancient Babylon An artist s view (1936) of ancient Babylon

22 Reconstructed Ishtar Gate babylon02.png?action=big&size=original Detail of the ancient gate

23 Ishtar Gate in Berlin Ishtar Gate in Berlin

24 Model of the gate complex

25 Model of the processional way

26 The gate as excavated 1930s jpg.بوابة-عشتار- Dragon tiles in Berlin Pergamonmuseum_Ishtartor_02.jpg

27 Auroch (now extinct) Ishtar Gate

28 Ancient depiction of gardens and canals 16th century coloured Engraving of the gardens _hængende_haver.png Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon.jpg

29 Hammurabi s Law Code %3Ecnt_id= &FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=0&bmLocale=en en

30 Top of the stele with figures in relief Ecnt_id= &FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=0&bmLocale=en _

31 Archaeological sites and modern cities and modern cities

32 Jemdet Nasr style pottery y p y

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34 Kish excavations

35 Excavations at Kish

36 Kish place asp

37 Plan of the site

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44 Computer-generated model of the site p g

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48 Uruk

49 Louvre_AO17000-detail.jpg

50 org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/eanna4composite svg

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52 Cylinder seal Cylinder seal

53 Jemdet Nasr period stone bull / iki/fil ll k

54 Aki king of furuk

55 Recumbent calf from Uruk Recumbent calf from Uruk, limestone and lapis (l. 5.2cm), BC Art of the First Cities 2b Berlin, VA 14536

56 Zurich, Univ., 1942 Priest-king from Uruk limestone (h. 29cms), BC Art of the First Cities 8

57 Berlin, VA Necklace of lapis, gypsum and shell beads Modern stringing, from Uruk, BC Art of the First Cities 3

58 Lady of Warka/Uruk Lady of Warka/Uruk

59 procession arrives at temple of Inanna men in processison animals in procession - oxen and sheep vegetation of the Tigris/Euphrates delta Warka vase html?newsstoryid=451

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62 Eridu

63 Reconstruction of Eridu mound with temple Reconstruction of Eridu mound with temple

64 Reconstruction of the temple edu/ tkelley/v5

65 edu/ tkelley/v5 map mounds htm

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68 The ziggurat of Ur

69 t k/i t/ /t l l

70 Ziggurat in Gulf War climbing_the_ziggurat_of_ur.jpg t Ziggurat reconstructed by Sadam Hussein

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72 Woolley s excavation p y_ at_ ur_ 3.htm

73 The Great Death Pit The Great Death Pit

74 Philadelphia, UMus B17694 Great lyre from Ur gold, silver, lapis, shell, bitumen, wood (h.1.40mcs), BC Art of the First Cities 58

75 Puabi s grave The King s grave The King s grave

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77 Plan of Puabi s Tomb edu/522/puabi/puabi html

78 Queen s headdress Queen s headdress

79 Queen s gold cup Queen s gold cup

80 Silver vessels from the queen s tomb puabi

81 Philadelphia, UMus B17065 Bull s head from Ur Silver, lapis, shell (h. 16.5cms), BC2400BC Art of the First Cities 65

82 The Queen s lapis cosmetic box The Queen s lapis cosmetic box

83 The Royal Tombs of Ur The Royal Tombs of Ur

84 London, BM The Standard of Ur shell, lapis, limestone (l.47cms), BC Art of the First Cities 52

85 The Queen s Lyre hlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=ps jpg&retpage= Lyre on The Standard d of Ur

86 Philadelphia, UnivMus CBS Wall plaque from Ur limestone (l. 27cms), mid 3rd millennium BC Art of the First Cities 31

87 London, BM Game board from Ur shell, red linestone, lapis (l. 30.1cms.), BC Art of the First Cities 53

88 Rules tablet for the game Rules tablet for the game

89 Chronology_2.png

90 Museum collections museum/departments/middle east aspx / b/k /d t h bjid Id p _gallery.shtml