ED IIIA 2600-2500 BCE ED IIIB 2500-2350 BCE

M1-86 M2-18a M2-19 The Epic of

M2-20 M1-25 M2-21 M2-22 M2-23 M2-24 Base of Hollow-Cast Statue

M2-24a Stone Statue of Priest (from Al-Ubaid)

M2-25 Temple of

M2-25a Pillar from the Temple at Al-Ubaid

M2-25b Stone Frieze (Temple of Ninhursag): Milking Cows, Making Butter

M2-26 Stone Frieze (Temple of Ninhursag): Cow Husbandry

M2-27 M1-01a M2-28 Lioness Statuette () M2-30 M2-31 Leonard Woolley excavating

M2-32 M2-01 Jewelry from the Royal Cemetery

M2-33 Vessels from the Royal Graves

M2-34 Helmet of Mes-Kalam-Dug

M2-35 of Pu-abi

M2-36 Procession at the Queen’s Grave

M2-37 Suicides at the Queen’s Grave

M2-38 Cosmetics in Shells

M2-39 Gold Bowls from the Royal Graves

M2-40 Queen’s Headdress (in situ)

M2-41 Queen’s Headdress (reconstructed)

M2-42 Harp/Lyre with bull’s head

M2-43 Harp/Lyre (in situ)

M2-44 M2-45 Gold Dagger

M2-46 Statuette: The Ram in the Thicket

M2-47 Phoenician Furniture Inlay (Ivory) depicting a goat eating a tree

M2-48 The Standard of Ur

M2-49 M2-50 The Standard of Ur: Top Register (Preparations for War)

M2-51 The Standard of Ur: Top Register (Preparations for War)

M2-52 The Standard of Ur: King and Attendant (at banquet)

M2-53 The Standard of Ur: Banquet Preparations

M2-54 The Standard of Ur: Harpist at Banquet

M2-55 Harp/Lyre found in Royal Graves

M2-56 ED IIIA ca.2650-2500 BCE ED IIIB 2500-ca.2350 BCE

M1-86 Trade Routes during the ED III Period

M2-57 M2-01 Stone Plaque depicting of Lagash

M2-58 M2-58a Tablet from the time of Lugalzagezi, King of Uruk (2340-2316 BCE)

M2-59 The Stele of the Vultures

M2-60 The Stele of the Vultures

M2-61 The Stele of the Vultures: Infantry

M2-62 M2-63 The Stele of the Vultures: The God Ningirsu M2-64 holding enemies in a net Tablet from the time of Lugalzagezi, king of Uruk (2340-2316 BCE)

M2-59 Graph: Historical Levels of Humidity as a Measure of Climate

M2-65 Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal (from Tell Asmar)

M2-66 Statue of a Priest (from Tell Asmar)

M2-67 Statue of a Priest (from Khafaje)

M2-68 Clay Model of a Sheep

M2-69 Statue of a Priestess wearing a mantle made of sheep fleece

M2-71 Stele from Telloh

M2-72 M2-73 Stele from Khafaje

M2-74 M2-75 M2-76 The Imdugud Bird (storm ): copper relief, Temple of Ninhursag at Al-Ubaid

M2-78 M2-79 Altar in the form of a house

M2-80 M2-82 Assyrian Relief of Gilgamesh holding a lion cub

M2-83 Cuneiform Tablet: record of grain payment

M2-84 Sumerian Rulers: depicted as laborers carrying building materials for the upkeep of temples

M2-85