Calendar Wall Panel with a Striding Lion, Neo-Babylonian period, 605-562 BC, glazed brick. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1931
Calendar Mesopotamia- Civilization Begins
Calendar Necklace, Early Dynastic period, about 2600 BC, gold.Musee du Louvre, 1929
Calendar Statue of Prince Gudea with a Vase of Flowing Water, Neo-Sumerian period, about 2120 BC, dolerite. Musée du Louvre, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities, Paris. Gift of Boisgelin, 1967
Calendar Statuette of a Human-Headed Bull, Neo-Sumerian period, 2150-2000 BC, chlorite. Musée du Louvre, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities, Paris
Calendar Statuette of the Demon Pazuzu, Neo-Assyrian period, 934-610 BC, bronze. Musée du Louvre, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities, Paris. Feuardent purchase, 1872.
Calendar Wall-Painting Fragment with a Man's Head, Neo-Assyrian period, 850-650 BC, painted clay. Musée du Louvre, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities, Paris
Cult Vessel ("The Vase of Enmetena"), Early Dynastic period, about 2420 BC, silver (vase) and bronze (base). Musée du Louvre, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities, Paris. Sarzec expedition, 1888
Mesopotamia-the land "between the rivers" in modern-day Iraq-was home to the ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.
Among their many achievements are the creation of the earliest known script (cuneiform), the formation of the first cities, the development of advanced astronomical and mathematical knowledge, and spectacular artistic and literary accomplishments.
The exhibition covers three millennia from the first cities in about 3200 BC to Alexander the Great's conquest of Babylon in 331 BC.
Exhibition organized by the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
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