Sumerian art and architecture

A ziggurat (; Cuneiform: 𒅆𒂍𒉪, Akkadian: ', D-stem of ' 'to protrude, to build high', cognate with other Semitic languages like Hebrew zaqar (זָקַר) 'protrude') is a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia and Iran. It has the form of a terraced compound of successively receding stories or levels. Notable ziggurats include the Great Ziggurat of Ur near Nasiriyah, the Ziggurat of Aqar Quf near Baghdad, the no longer extant Etemenanki in Babylon, Chogha Zanbil in Khūzestān and Sialk. The Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats, so only pr

early Bronze Age ziggurat in present-day Iraq

thumb|Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, [[Baghdad|alt=Pair of stone lamassu sculptures with human heads and winged bull bodies displayed in the Iraq Museum]] Lama, Lamma, or Lamassu (Cuneiform: , ; Sumerian: lammař; later in Akkadian: lamassu; sometimes called a lamassuse) is a Mesopotamian protective deity.

approximately 4,500 years old, constructed in the form of a hollow wooden box with scenes of war and peace represented on each side through elaborately inlaid mosaics

E-anna ( , "House of Heaven"), also referred to as the Temple of Inanna, was a monumental ancient Sumerian temple complex in Uruk. Considered the "residence" of Inanna, it was among the most prominent and influential religious institutions of ancient Mesopotamia. Mentioned throughout the Epic of Gilgamesh and various other texts, the evolution of the gods to whom the temple was dedicated to over time is also the subject of scholarly study.

carved alabaster vessel found in a Sumerian temple complex in Uruk, Iraq

Western Asian architectural style

5000-year-old Mesopotamian statue

archaeological place in the current province of Dhi Qar, in southern Iraq

mask possibly depicting Inanna

sculptures excavated in Ur, in southern Iraq

25th-century BC statue of the praying figure of Ebih-Il

silver vase dedicated to Ningirsu by Entemena

collection of mesopotamian statues

mural

Tummal (Tum-ma-alki or Tum-alki) was an ancient Near East cult site of the goddess Ninlil, as Egi-Tummal (Lady of Tummal), currently unlocated but known to be in the vicinity of Nippur and Drehem. E-Tummal (House of Tummal) (also E-kiur) was the temple to Ninlil located there. Texts from Drehem indicate that monthly lustrations, with animal offerings, for the goddess Nintinugga were being conducted at the temple of Ninlil in Tummal.

27 statues found in southern Mesopotamia

ancient copper sculpture from Ur, Iraq

archaeological artefact

21st-century BC statue from Mari, Syria