Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, both sides

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, front, War side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, front, War side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, left half

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, center: detail

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG789, excavated artifact, #U.10412, Queen's Lyreview: sound box

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; H: 1 ft. 2 in.; lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone, gold on wood

Royal Cemetery, PG789, excavated artifact, #U.10412, Queen's Lyre, front right angle view: center

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone, gold on wood

Royal Cemetery, PG789, excavated artifact, #U.10412, Queen's Lyre

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 3 ft. 8 19/64 in.x 2 ft. 4 47/64 in.x 2 3/4 in.; lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone, gold on wood

Royal Cemetery, PG789, excavated artifact, #U.10412, Queen's Lyre, left angle view: sound box

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone, gold on wood

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, War side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 1 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Study of a reclining male nude: Adam, from the Creation of Adam

Michelangelo Buonarrati; 7 19/32 in.x 10 13/64 in.; red chalk over stylus underdrawing on paper

Old Plum, panels 1-4

Kano Sansetsu; 5 ft. 8 47/64 in.x 15 ft. 11 9/64 in.; four sliding doors (fusuma) ink, color and gold on paper

Old Plum, panel 1: detail

Kano Sansetsu; fusuma, ink, color and gold on paper