Art of the Ancient Near East:
10,000 BC - 2300 BC

Source for dates: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

(See also: Ancient Near East Resource Page)

Web Resources - Prehistory
Catal Huyuk. Wikipedia
Gobleki Tepe. BBC
In Syria, a Prologue for Cities. NY Times
Prehistoric Archaeological Sites in Jordan. Mike Gunther
Preserving Ancient Statues From Jordan. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC

Web Resources - Early Bronze Age
The Armies of Sumer and Akkad. U.S. Army War College
Art of the First Cities in the Third Millennium B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cylinder Seals in the British Museum.
Early Civilizations: Sumerians vs. Harappans. Rit Nosotro
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. Oxford University
The Epic of Gilgamesh. Tr. Maureen Kovacs
The Epic of Gilgamesh. Tr. Yanita Chen
Iraq's Ancient Past. University of Pennsylvania Museum
Map Of Ancient Mesopotamia. Oriental Institute of Chicago
Mesopotamian Trade with the Indus Valley. Wikipedia
Prehistory and Protohistory in Mesopotamia. John Heise
Sumer. Wikipedia
The Sumerians. Frank E. Smitha
Sumerian Beer. Solomon H. Katz and Fritz Maytag
Third Millennium BC. Wikipedia

Image Links (click inside)

Effigy Statues 'Ain Ghazal 6500 BC

Fertility Statue Halaf 6000-5100

Priest-King Uruk 3300

Ebih-II Syria 2400

Painted Bowl Susa 4200-3800

Painted Vase Susa 4200-3500

Offering Cup Tell Agrab 2750-2600

Cylinder seal Southern Iraq 2700

Cylinder seal Mesopotamia 2600-2400

Ram in a Thicket Ur 2600-2400

Queen's Lyre Ur 2600-2400

Standard of Ur Ur 2600-2400

[last updated: August 11, 2013]

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