Public-domain art from Sumerian
40 public-domain plates · 31st century BCE to 21st century BCE
40 public-domain works from Sumerian spanning the 31st century BCE to 21st century BCE, drawn from museum open-access programmes and released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag. Free to download and reuse.
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Cylinder seal
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Bead spreader
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Foundation figure of a deity
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Cow amulet
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Inlay: banquet scene with a seated figure holding a palm frond
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Dish
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Cow amulet
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Cup
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Inlay: woman wearing a cylinder seal, playing a flute
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Inlay
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Inlay
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Beads
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Inlay: leg and foot
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Beads
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Standing animal amulet
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Foundation peg
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Inlay depicting male torso
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Vessel
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Cylinder seal
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Reclining doe
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Necklace
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Amulet
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Vessel
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Votive figure
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man, bearded hero, and lion contest frieze
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Sealing with cylinder seal impression
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Inlay: seated male with cup and palm frond
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Earring
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Female head
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Plano-convex brick
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Blade
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Vessel with heads of horned female deities
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Cuneiform tablet: genre uncertain
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Amulet
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Double cup
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Sickle blade set in bitumen for attachment to a handle
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Lioness
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Bull Procession Cup
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Striding Goat
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Bull Calf Polemount
Using these works
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