Photos: Iraq Museum Antiquities

The Baghdad Museum Project BaghdadMuseum.org Photo Databases: Baghdad Museum Antiquities The first photo database of 296 objects is taken from Treasures of the Iraq Museum by Dr Faraj Basmachi, published in Baghdad in 1975/6. It is divided into the following sections: Pre-history (sixth-fourth millennium BC), cat. nos 1-20 Sumerian (fourth-third millennium BC), cat. nos 21-132 Akkadian/Assyrian (second millennium-seventh century BC), cat. nos. 133-195 Hatrene, Parthian and Sassanid (third century BC-third century AD), cat. nos. 196-257 Islamic (eighth-16th century) cat. nos. 258-296 The second photo database is a work-in-progress organized by The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. It is organized by type of object, which may facilitate identification by law enforcement agents. The types include: Sculpture-Statuary Cuneiform Tablets Stone Vessels Cylinder Seals Stamp Seals Sealings Figurines Jewelry Reliefs Glass Coins Tools Pottery Textiles Metal Vessels Inlay Artifacts Ivory Artifacts Weapons-Armaments Miscellaneous Artifacts Enter the Oriental Institute database. (Opens in a separate window.) Below are shown some of the better known objects from the Baghdad Museum collection.
	Fragment of a stela, showing king as a lion hunter; from Uruk ; date: ca. 3000 B.C.
	Limestone vessel with relief carvings, probably from Uruk, date: ca. 3,000 B.C.
	White marble head of a woman from Uruk, date: ca. 3,000 B.C.
	Upper part of a statuette, possibly from a king; from Uruk, date: ca. 3,000 B.C.
	Statue of a worshipper, gypsum; from Abu Temple in Tell Asmar, date: ca. 3,000 B.C.
	Spouted jar, made of grey stone, inlaid with mosaic of limestone and shell; from Uruk; date: ca. 3000 B.C.
	Bowl, made of grey stone, inlaid with mosaic of limestone and shell; from Uruk; date: ca. 3000 B.C.
	Golden head of a bull, decorating the front of a lyre covered with inlays, date: ca. 2,250 B.C.
	Gold helmet of King Meskalamdug, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, dating circa 2,400 B.C.
	Gold dagger with lapis lazuli handle and sheath, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, dating circa 2,400 B.C.
	Fluted golden beaker, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, dating circa 2,400 B.C.
	Statue head from Nineveh, cast copper, of either King Sargon I or his grandson Naram-Sin, dating circa 2,250 B.C.
	Ivory plaque (furniture piece), head of a woman, from Nimrud, date: late 8th Century B.C.
Sources: The Art Newspaper.com; The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago. Captions courtesy Dr. Clemens Reichel, Oriential Institute at the University of Chicago. Source for Illustrations: Eva Strommenger, Fuenftausend Jahre Mesopotamien, Hirmer Verlag (1962). Copyright: Hirmer Verlag, Munich

Photo Databases: Baghdad Museum Antiquities