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Mushhushhu dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk, from Babylon

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Sargon II, Assyrian King, 722-705 BC.

Sculpted by Adriano Laruccia

Painted by Jesús Gamarra

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Two female figurines with bitumen headdresses ceramic Ur Iraq Ubaid 4 period 4500-4000 BCE by Mary Harrsch Via Flickr: Photographed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Eye idol, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Medium: Gypsum alabaster

Gift of The Institute of Archaeology, The University of London, 1951 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324148

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Top fragment of a kudurru with a mushhushshu dragon and divine symbols via Ancient Near Eastern Art

Medium: Limestone

Rogers Fund, 1985 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327048

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Reconstruction, Ziggurat, Ur.

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Babylon lion

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~ Incised cosmetic box fragments with a warrior and four women. Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 9th–8th century B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Culture: Assyrian Medium: Ivory

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Babylon’s Ishtar Gate in Istanbul (ca.525 BC) Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

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Amulet of Pazuzu, in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, the king of the demons of the wind. Iraq, ca.900-612 BC. Bronze. Purchased in New York, 1943. – Or rather a replica by Comansi Toys for Boys & Girls.  Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

Thanx Apocalyptic Midnight Death Cult

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Sumerian Bull Man Head with Inlaid Eyes, C. 2500 BC

Made of steatite with bone or shell inlays for the eyes.

The bull man was an attendant of the sun god Shamash and is a magically protective creature warn and placed in houses and temples as a barrier to evil.

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~ Statue. Culture: Sumerian Place of origin: Near Eastern, Iraq Period: Pre-Sargonic Medium: Copper

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Depiction of Anzû –also known as Imdugud in Sumer: 3500 BC in the Uruk period–, lesser Mesopotamian deity, half god, half demon; half man, half lion-headed eagle, personification of the blazing southern wind and the ominous thunder clouds, in a relief discovered by British archaeologists in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, Iraq, in 1850, dated 9th century BC.  Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

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Plaque of Humbaba via Ancient Near Eastern Art

Medium: Ceramic

Gift of Mrs. Elias S. David, in memory of Elias S. David and Edward S. David, 1974 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/326164

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The lion hunts of Ashurbanipal -details from the hall reliefs of the Palace at Ninevah. 

Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, who reigned 669-630 BCE, is shown in the first detail to be aiming his bow and arrow atop a chariot. The second image displays an arrow of his shot, flying in mid-air towards a lion. A close-up of Ashurbanipal is given in the final photograph to present the immense detail of these reliefs, for instance, note the intricate carvings which cover his clothing.

Artefacts courtesy of & currently located at the British Museum, London. Photos taken by Steven Zucker.

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The archaeological site of Uruk (Warka), 30km east of Samawa, Iraq. The city’s walls were built 4,700 years ago by the Sumerian King Gilgamesh, hero of the eponymous epic. Essam Al Sudani / AFP

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Ziggurat of Ur