The very fragmentary selection here extends over a broad geographical an chronological range. The objects are primarily from Galleries 1b, 7, and 8 in the Louvre's Near Eastern Antiquities collections. A major part of the museum's collections for the ancient Middle East is from the Iranian site of Susa, where the oldest layers are as early as the 4th millennium BCE, and the younger ones extend well into the Islamic period.

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	Vase with ibex motifs. Iran, Susa, necropolis, acropolis mound, Susa I pd., ca. 4200-3500 BCE. Hand-thrown painted terracotta. H.: 28.9; Dia.: 16.4 cm. Inv. no.: Sb 3174. Website
	Bas-relief with banqueting scene and boat. Mesopotamia, ca. 2700-2650 BCE. Limestone. 27 x 24 cm. Inv. no.: AO 31015. Website
	Necklace. Royal tombs of Ur (?). Archaic dynastes III, ca. 2500 BCE. Gold, lapis-lazuli. Inv. no.: AO 11509. Website (no photo yet).
	Amulet with image of a woman giving birth. Iran, SE. Kerman province,Tepe Giyan III, IV, 3rd mill. BCE (?). Lapis-lazuli, copper, shell (the eyes). Inv. no.: AO 31921. Website
	Amulet in form of eared serpent. Iran, SE. Kerman province,Tepe Giyan III, IV, 3rd mill. BCE (?). Lapis-lazuli, copper. Inv. no.: AO 31920. Website
	Bowl, decorated with charioteer and ibex. Iran, SE. Kerman province,Tepe Giyan III, IV, 3rd mill. BCE (?). Inv. no.: AO 26760
	Bowl decorated with ibex. Iran, SE. Kerman province,Tepe Giyan III, IV, 3rd mill. BCE (?). Inv. no.: AO 26756.
	Vase. Iran, SE. Kerman province, 2600-2200 BCE. Chlorite, mother-of-pearl, turquoise (?). Master of Animals imagery with serpents. Inv. no.: AO 31918. Website
	Necklace with beads of diverse origin. E. Iran (Susa), ca. 2600-2200 BCE. Carnelian, agate, quartz, white limestone, steatite. Inv. no.: Sb 13099.
	Five engraved carnelian beads. E. Iran (Susa), ca. 2600-2200 BCE. Inv. no.: Sb 17751.
	Boss decorated with lion head. Susa, Medio-Elamite period, 14th c. BCE. Bitumen, bronze, gilding. Inv. no.: AO 26074. Website (no photo yet).
	Rings. Susa, Temple of Inshushinak Acropolis mound, Pd. of Shutrukid kings (12th c. BCE). Gold. Inv. no.: Sb 6660. Inv. no.: Sb 6659.
	Figurine of a dove. Susa, Mound of the Acropolis, Pd. of Shutrukid kings (12th c. BCE). Lapis-lazuli, gold. Inv. no.: Sb 2887. Website. In foreground, pendant in form of bull head, Inv. no.: Sb 6589. Website
	Pendants. E. Iran, Susa, Mound of the Acropolis, Pd. of Shutrukid kings (12th c. BCE). beaten and engraved gold. Inv. nos.: Sb 2772, 2771. Website 1 (no photo yet)
	Pins with heads showing hero taming animals. Iran, Luristan in Iron Age, Fer I, Fer III, 13th-mid-6th c. BCE. Bronze. Inv. nos.: AO 20815, 20547. Website
	Handle for weapon. Iran, Luristan, Fer I. 14th-6th c. BCE. Bronze, stone. Inv. no.: A0: 20864. Website (no photo yet).