Comprising:

E. Stommenger and M. Hirmer, 5000 Years of the Art of Mesopotamia (New York, Harry N. Abrams 1964);

P. Amiet, Art of the Ancient Near East (New York, Harry N. Abrams 1980);

G. R. Meyer, Atorientalische Dankmälen im Vorderasiatischen Museum zu Berlin (Leipzig 1965);

R. Ghirstuman, Perse: Proto-iraniens, Mèdes, Achéménides (Paris 1963);

7000 Years of Iranian Art (Washington, Smithsonian Institution Exhibition Catalogue 1964-1965);

Mostra d’Arte Iranica/Exhibition of Iranian Art (Rome, Palazzo Brancaccio Exhibition Catalogue 1956);

P. R. S. Moorey, Ancient Bronzes from Luristan (London, British Museum Publications 1974);

O W. Muscarella, Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York 1988);

J. M. Russell, From Nineveh to New York. The Strange Story of the Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum and the Hidden Masterpiece at Canford School (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press 1997);

A. U. Rope, Masterpieces of Persian Art (New York 1945);

H. Pittman and J. Aruz, Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkassy (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue 1987);

Y. Rakic (Ed.), Discovering the Art of the Ancient Near East. Archaeological Excavations Supported by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1931-2010 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Summer 2010);

J. Reade, Assyrian Sculpture (London, British Museum Publications 1983);

H. Pittman, “The White Obelisk and the Problem of Historical Narrative in the Art of Assyria,” bound together with other articles in The Art Bulletin Vol. 78:2 (1996);

R. L. Zettler and L. Horne (Eds.), Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur (Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum Exhibition Catalogue 1998); P. Amiet and others, Sumer, Assur, Babylone. Chefs-d’Oeuvre du Musée de Bagdad (Paris, Musée du Petit Palais Exhibition Catalogue 1981);

P. O. Harper, E. Klengel-Brandt, J. Aruz and K. Benzel (Eds.), Discoveries at Ashur on the Tigris. Antiquities in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue 1995);

R. Ghirshman and others, Kunstschätze aus Iran, von der Prähistorisehen bis zur Islamischen Zeit (Zurich Kunshaus Exhibition Catalogue 1962);

B. Laufer, Ostrich Egg-shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times (Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History 1926);

E. L. B. Terrace, The Art of the Ancient Near East in Boston (Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1962);

P. O. Harper, J. Aruz and F. Tallon (Eds.), The Royal City of Susa. Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in The Louvre (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue 1992);

J. Carswell, A Guide to The Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago (Chicago 1982);

C. K. Wilkinson, Ivories from Ziwiye and Items of Ceramic and Gold (Bern, Abegg-Stiftung 1975);

P. R. S. Moorey, E. C. Bunker, E. Parada and G. Markoe, Ancient Bronzes, Ceramic and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art (Los Angeles County Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue 1981);

J. Aruz, K. Benzel, and J. M. Evans (Eds.), Beyond Babylon. Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millenium B. C. (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue 2008);

M. Morris, Near Eastern Masterpieces from the Avery Brundage Collection (San Antonio Museum of Art Exhibition Brochure 1987);

C. K. Wilkinson, Nishapur. Pottery of the Early Islamic Period (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1973);

J. B. Pritchard (Ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (Princeton University Press 1950), ex- Libris Prof. William Kelly Simpson;

E. Akurgal and M. Hirmer, The Art of the Hittites (London, Thames and Hudson 1962);

C. B. F. Walker, Reading the Past: Cuneiform (University of California Press & The British Museum 1987);

M. Vieyra, Hittite Art 2300-750 B.C. (London 1955);

E. Stern, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible Vol. II: The Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian Periods, 732-32 B.C.E. (New York and London 2001);

E. Bleibtreu (Ed.), Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneiderkunst zurischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus (Vienna Kunsthisorischen Museums 1981);

E. Mackay, Report on Excavations at Jemdet Nasr, Iraq. Field Museum-Oxford University Joint Expedition (Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History 1931);

A. Glock, Miniscule Monuments of Ancient Art. Catalogue of Near Eastern Stamp and Cylinder Seals Collected by Virginia E. Bailey (Madison N. J., New Jersey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Catalogue 1988);

M. Noveck, The Mark of Ancient Man. Ancient Near Eastern Stamp Seals and Cylinder Seals: The Gorelick Collection (The Brooklyn Museum Exhibition Catalogue 1975);

E. Williams Fortem Ancient Near Eastern Seals. A Selection of Stamp and Cylinder Seals from the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue 1976); F. Cimok (Ed.), The Hittites and Hattusa (Istanbul 2008);

J. G. Westenholz (Ed.), Royal Cities of the Biblical World (Jerusalem, Bible Lands Museum Exhibition Catalogue 1996);

Bible lands Museum Jerusalem. Guide to the Collection (Jerusalem 1992);

Arts D’Orient: Archéologie-Islam, Collection X (Paris, Drouot Montaigne Sale Catalogue, 7-9 June 2006);

Habib Amavian Galleries: 1979 Catalogue of Antiquities (New York 1979);

A. Caubet and M. Bermus-Taylor, Near Eastern Antiquities in The Louvre (Paris 1991).

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