Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections
Standing male figure, Lebanon, excavated from Tell Judaidah, late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BCE, copper, 13 ½ x 4 x 2" (34.3 x 10.2 x 2 cm), private collection, New York
Head of Gudea, Iraq, from Telloh, Second Dynasty of Lagash, reign of Gudea, ca. 2144-2124 BCE, diorite, 3 ¾ x 3 ½ x 3 ½" (9.5 x 9 x 9 cm), University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, B16664
Foundation figure of Shulgi, King of Ur, Sumer, and Akkad, Iraq, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Shulgi, ca. 2094-2047 BCE, bronze, 9 3/8 x 3 x 2" (23.8 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund, 58.6.1 [photo by Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]
Male figure, Iraq, excavated from Khafaje, Nintu Temple, Level VI, Early Dynastic II Period, 2700-2500 BCE, alabaster, shell, and lapis lazuli, 9 x 3 1/8 x 2 ¾" (23 x 8 x 7 cm), University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, Joint Baghdad School/University Museum, Expedition to Mesopotamia, 1937, 37-15-28
Relief fragment with a battle scene, Iraq, from Nineveh, excavated by William Kennett Loftus in August, 1854, Southwest Palace of Sennacherib, reign of Sennacherib, 705-681 BCE, limestone or gypseous alabaster, 10 x 8 ½" (25.4 x 21.5 cm), Seattle Art Museum, Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, gift of Hagop Kevorkianm 46349.
Statuette of a monkey, Iran, first half of the 3rd millennium BCE, Limestone, 2 1/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 ¾" (5.4 x 3.7 x 4.5 cm), Brooklyn Museum, purchased with funds given by Shelby White, 1991.3
Sherd with stags, Anatolia, excavated from Alishar Hüyük, 800-700 BCE, ceramic with slip, 6 x 7 3/8" (15.3 x 18.8 cm), Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, A10266
