[View within the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II.]

[Excavations in the temple of Ninib at Babylon]

[The principal mound of Birs Nimrud, which marks the site of the ancient capital of Borsippa]

[The principal mound at Sherghat, which marks the site of Ashuk, the ancient capital of the Assyrians]

[The mound of Kuyunjik, one Of the palace mounds of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh]

[Winged bull in the palace of Sennacherib on Kuyunjik, the principal mound marking the site of Nineveh]

[Clay Memorial-tablet of Eannadu, viceroy of Shirpurla]

[Marble gate-socket bearing an inscription of Entemena, a powerful Patesi of Shirpurla]

[Stone gate-socket bearing an inscription of Ur-Engur, an early king of the city of Ur]

[Statue of Gudea, viceroy of Shirpurla]