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.