1-2. Figures of early Sumerians engraved upon fragments of shell. Earliest period: from Tello [41]

3-5. Later types of Sumerians, as exhibited by heads of male statuettes from Tello [42]

6-8. Examples of sculpture of the later period, representing different racial types [44]

9-11. Fragments of a circular bas-relief of the earliest period, commemorating the meeting of two chieftains and their followers [45]

12. Limestone panel representing Gudea being led by Ningishzida and another deity into the presence of a seated god [47]

13. Figure of the seated god on the cylinder-seal of Gudea [48]

14-15. Examples of early Sumerian deities on votive tablets from Nippur [49]

16. Fragment of an archaic relief from Tello, representing a god smiting a bound captive with a heavy club or mace [50]

17-19. Earlier and later forms of divine headdresses [51]

20. Perforated plaque engraved with a scene representing the pouring out of a libation before a goddess [68]