All Ancient Near Eastern Art

Sacred artwork of the ancient religions of Mesopotamia and the Levant outside Egypt, chiefly Canaanite, Ugaritic, Babylonian and Assyrian deity imagery and ritual objects. Belongs here: a stele, relief or object whose subject is a Near Eastern deity such as Baal, or a Mesopotamian religious rite or myth. Does not belong here: an ancient Egyptian religious subject, grouped under Ancient Egyptian Art, and a Manichaean or Mandaean object from a later historical period in the same broad region, grouped under Manichaean and Mandaean Art.