'A must-have book' - Timeless Travels 'The book is deeply informed by up-to-date scholarship and reflects significant new directions in approaches to Mesopotamian art over the past few decades' - Ann Gunter, Northwestern University 'Illuminates the artistic creativity of ancient Mesopotamia with new and profound conceptualizations for our generation' - Harvey Weiss, Yale University 'Gloriously illustrated ... this book will undoubtedly persuade even a sceptical reader of the artistic allure of ancient Mesopotamia' - Daily Telegraph