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

Under the Wave at Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura),; #1, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjUrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 in.x 1 ft. 3 in.; woodcut, oban; ink and color on paper

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, #2, South Wind, Clear Sky (Red Fuji) (Gaifu kaisei)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 9/32 in.x 1 ft. 3 3/64 in.; woodcut, oban on paper

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fujin (Fugaku sanjurokkei), #15A, Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Koshu Kajikazawa)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 15/64 in.x 1 ft. 3 1/8 in.; woodcut (oban); ink and color on paper

Okabe, Mount Utsu (Okabe Utsu-no-yama), #22, from 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no uchi)

Ando Hiroshige; 10 in. x 1 ft. 2 61/64 in.; woodcut (oban; nishiki-e)