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Ewer Decorated with Concentric Circles Gold North-central Anatolia Early Bronze Age II-III, 2700-2200 BC Accession # 57.67 The form of this ewer was achieved by hammering. A spout originally projected from the neck. Gold vessels of similiar type were found in the rich burials at Alaca Hoyuk. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Jar with ibexes Period: Early Bronze Age Date: ca. 2600–2500 B.C. Geography: Iran, Luristan, Kamterlan I Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 14 in. (35.56 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessel Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943 Accession Number: 43.89.13 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Title: Jar with ibexes Period: Early Bronze Age Date: ca. 2600–2500 B.C. Geography: Iran, Luristan, Kamterlan I Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 14 in. (35.56 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessel Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943 Accession Number: 43.89.13 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Jar with painted eagle Period: Early Bronze Age Date: ca. 2500–1900 B.C. Geography: Western Iran Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 12.09 in. (30.71 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessel Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1988 Accession Number: 1988.102.26 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/3000... Jars like this were made and traded throughout western Iran during the late third millennium BC in continuation of an earlier ceramic tradition from the Mesopotamian plain. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Jar with painted eagle Period: Early Bronze Age Date: ca. 2500–1900 B.C. Geography: Western Iran Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 12.09 in. (30.71 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessel Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1988 Accession Number: 1988.102.26 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/3000... Jars like this were made and traded throughout western Iran during the late third millennium BC in continuation of an earlier ceramic tradition from the Mesopotamian plain. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Cup with a Frieze of Gazelles Gold Northwestern Iran, Caspian region Early 1st millennium BC Accession # 62.84 The bodies of the gazelles are raised in relief; their heads are hammered from separate pieces of metal and worked onto the necks projecting from the walls of the cup. A vessel decorated in similar fashion with striding lions was found at Kalar Dasht in northern Iran. Other related pieces have come from the site of Marlik in the southwestern Caspian region. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Disc-shaped figure Period: Early Bronze III Date: 2300-2000 BC Geography: Central Anatolia Medium: Gypsum alabaster Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3/4 in. (12 x 9 x 2 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, Leon Levy and Shelby White Gift, 1984 Accession Number: 1984.20 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien... Disc figures have been found in cult buildings and graves at Kultepe in central Anatolia, as well as at the nearby sites of Zencidere and Acemhoyuk. Some are caved with "babies" and may have fertility significance. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Wagon drawn by bulls Period: Early Bronze II-III Date: 2700-2000 BC Geography: Anatolia Medium: Copper Dimensions: 3.31 x 2.99 x 8.86 in. (8.41 x 7.59 x 22.5 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Sculpture Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1966 Accession Number: 66.15 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Spouted Jar with Geometric Decoration Ceramic, paint Western Iran, Luristan Early 1st millennium BC Accession # 65.61 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Hittite Vessels Ceramic, paint Central Anatolia Old Hittite period, Alishar III type, 1900-1600 BC Accession #: 67.182.1-.3 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Cup Period: Early Bronze Age Date: ca. mid-3rd millennium B.C. Geography: Syria Medium: Silver Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Vessel Credit Line: Gift of Jacques and Jean- Luc Chalmin, 1986 Accession Number: 1986.315.2 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Title: Cup Period: Early Bronze Age Date: ca. mid-3rd millennium B.C. Geography: Syria Medium: Silver Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Vessel Credit Line: Gift of Jacques and Jean- Luc Chalmin, 1986 Accession Number: 1986.315.2 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Hittite Vessels Ceramic, paint Central Anatolia Old Hittite period, Alishar III type, 1900-1600 BC Accession #: 67.182.1-.3 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Hittite Vessels Ceramic, paint Central Anatolia Old Hittite period, Alishar III type, 1900-1600 BC Accession #: 67.182.1-.3 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Molded Plaque with a Mastiff Ceramic Southern Mesopotamia Isin-Larsa -- Old Babylonian Period, 2000-1700 BC Accession # 32.39.4 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Mastiff ca. mid-2nd millennium B.C. Object Details Period: Kassite Date: ca. mid-2nd millennium B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia Culture: Kassite Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 16.3 x 14.17 in. (41.4 x 35.99 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, The Charles Engelhard Foundation Gift, 1989 Accession Number: 1989.233 Dogs were regularly represented in the arts of Mesopotamia from earliest times, and were particularly popular in the later second millennium B.C. in central Babylonia. This clay mastiff is hollow on the inside. It retains traces of polychromy on its body, and remains of inlay in its eyes. The animal’s forehead wrinkles, snout, teeth, and muscular shoulders are carefully depicted. A braided collar circles the dog’s neck, and its tail is shown folded around its right hind leg. There is a hole at the top of its head, which may have held a standard in antiquity, perhaps similar to that shown in a contemporary seal carving in the Metropolitan's collection (1985.357.44). In the ancient Near East, dogs were often associated with Gula, the goddess of healing. This dog is depicted in a watchful pose – seated, with an open mouth and forward-facing ears, now partially broken – and may have been set up as a guardian figure as well as a standard-bearer. Kassite artists were particularly skilled in sculpting clay, creating both sculptures and three dimensional brick compositions. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327389

Mastiff ca. mid-2nd millennium B.C. Object Details Period: Kassite Date: ca. mid-2nd millennium B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia Culture: Kassite Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 16.3 x 14.17 in. (41.4 x 35.99 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, The Charles Engelhard Foundation Gift, 1989 Accession Number: 1989.233 Dogs were regularly represented in the arts of Mesopotamia from earliest times, and were particularly popular in the later second millennium B.C. in central Babylonia. This clay mastiff is hollow on the inside. It retains traces of polychromy on its body, and remains of inlay in its eyes. The animal’s forehead wrinkles, snout, teeth, and muscular shoulders are carefully depicted. A braided collar circles the dog’s neck, and its tail is shown folded around its right hind leg. There is a hole at the top of its head, which may have held a standard in antiquity, perhaps similar to that shown in a contemporary seal carving in the Metropolitan's collection (1985.357.44). In the ancient Near East, dogs were often associated with Gula, the goddess of healing. This dog is depicted in a watchful pose – seated, with an open mouth and forward-facing ears, now partially broken – and may have been set up as a guardian figure as well as a standard-bearer. Kassite artists were particularly skilled in sculpting clay, creating both sculptures and three dimensional brick compositions. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327389

Title: Mastiff Period: Kassite Date: mid 2nd Millennium BC Geography: Mesopotamia Medium: Ceramic, paint Dimensions: 16.3 x 14.17 in. (41.4 x 35.99 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, The Charles Engelhard Foundation Gift, 1989 Accession Number: 1989.233 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien... and Large-scale sculptures such as this may have been placed as guardians at temple entrances. The dog, in particular, was associated with Gula, the deity of the city of Isin and goddess of healing. The hole in the dog's head may have held a standard, as depicted on stamp and cylinder seals. Text excerpted from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.