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This show of sculptures, cuneiform tablets, astronomical records and other artefacts charts the birth of civilisation between the Euphrates and Tigris in modern-day Iraq. It extends from the earliest Sumerian cities in around 3200 BC to the time of Alexander the Great. Find out more from the Getty’s website.
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Bovids in their stable (c. 3400–3100 BC), proto-urban culture, Mesopotamia. Photo: © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre)/Franck Raux
Head of a ruler (c. 2300–2000 BC), Mesopotamia. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Statue of Gudea (c. 2090 BC), Neo-Sumerian, Mesopotamia. Photo: © The Metropolitan Mueum of Art, New York
Head of a God (c. 2150–2000 BC), Neo-Sumerian, Mesopotamia. Photo: © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre)/Franck Raux
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