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

North Palace, Room C, Lion Hunt, King Ashurbanipal in Chariot shooting Lions: Dying Lioness

Nineveh (deserted settlement), Iraq; gypsum

North Palace, Room C, panel 16, Lion Hunt: A lion released from a cage

Nineveh (deserted settlement), Iraq; 5 ft. 5 in.x 4 ft.; gypsum

Buckle

Metalwork, Anglo-Saxon, 6C; 3 55/64 in.x 1 27/32 in.; repoussé, cloisonné; gold, glass and garnet

Ten Examples of Female Physiognomy, The Flirt

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 1 31/32 in.x 9 7/8 in. (image); woodcut with mica ground, oban