The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)

1 Vase from Uruk

2 Stela of Ur-Nanshe from al-Hiba

3 Door plaque of Ur-Nanshe from Tello

4 Seal of Gudea from Tello

5 Stela top from Susa

6 Seal from the Royal Cemetery at Ur

7 Seal from Uruk

8 Inlaid box from the Royal Cemetery at Ur

9 Stela of Naramsin from Susa

10 Rock relief of Anubanini at Sarpol-i-zohab

11 Seal of unknown provenience

12 Seal given by Shu-Suen to Ayakalla, governor of Umma

13 Seal given by Shulgi to his consort Geme-Ninlila

14 Seal given by Sharkalisharri to his consort’s estate manager Dada

15 Terracotta plaque from Tello

1 Neo-Sumerian palm vase libation

2 ED III palm vase libation

3 Side B of the Stele of the Vultures

4 The Lion-Hunt Stele from Protoliterate Uruk ( 3300 – 3000 BC)

5 Registers of the Uruk vase

1 Disk of Enheduana

2 Statuette of Enanatuma

3 Cylinder seal, Post-Akkadian/Ur III

4 Cylinder seal from Ur

5 Drawing after seal impressions of seal of Ur-DUNisˇib-dNingˆirsu

6 Drawing of seal impression of seal of Geme-Lama, eresˇ-digˆirpriestess
of BaU

1 An Early Dynastic tablet from Girsu

22 sheep...; 1 lamb...

360 birds (musˇen tur-tur)

43 ( 60 ) + 20 + 9 (gur)

52 (gur) 2 (PI) $e gur, units of barley in the gursystem

1 Drawing of an ancient clay jar stopper impressed multiple times
with a stamp seal

2 Cylinder seal carved from obsidian of the Uruk/Jemdet Nasr period,
c. 3100 BC

3 a Cylinder seal of speckled black and white diorite

3 b Modern impression of cylinder seal of Kalki

4 Modern impression of a highly schematic seal showing an animal
and a star

5 Modern impression of a highly schematic seal showing a file of three
horned quadropeds

6 Modern impression of a cylinder seal showing a presentation scene

7 Drawing of a modern impression of a cylinder seal from Telloh
carved in the baggy style

8 Drawing of an ancient impression of a cylinder seal from Susa
showing a scene of administration

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