Baghdad, National Museum of Iraq

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The National Museum of Baghdad was looted in 2003 but has been reopened and is now accessible to visitors. The collection contains finds from Prehistory, Sumer (e.g., Ur), Assyria, Babylonia, and more recent periods (e.g., Hatra). Many objects are still missing.

23 pictures related to this museum

Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Two lamassus	Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby	Nimrud, Throne platform of Šalmaneser III, Relief of tribute bearers	Ur, Statuette of a goddess
Ur, Game	Hatra, Model of a small temple	Uruk King List, obverse	Nippur, Statuette of a lady (ED III)
Uruk, Eanna, Façade	Uruk King List, reverse	Khorsabad, Relief with king and courtiers	Khorsabad, Two lamassus
Hatra, Parthian pottery	Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest	Hatra, Eleventh temple, Aramaic Inscription	Ur, Royal Tombs, Harp, Bull's head
Uruk, Eanna, Façade, Goddess	Ur, Royal Tombs, Harp	Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince	Uruk, Portrait of a Sumerian woman (Jamdat Nasr Period)
Uruk, Relief of a hunter (Jamdat Nasr Period)	Uruk, Old-Babylonian geometrical tablet	Hatra, Catapult