The Slemani Museum: Audio Guide 2022 (2nd Edition)

Introduction

The Slemani Museum is the second-largest scale in Iraq after the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.

It is located in the center of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

It is one of the main cultural symbols of the city of Sulaymaniyah which is famed for people’s love of culture and arts.

In recent years, numerous new objects from the archaeological excavations conducted within the Sulaymaniyah Governorate have joined the museum’s collection.

Also, the museum has recently built the Kid’s museum, renovated the Prehistoric section and added two Sasanian period galleries.

This oral guide is the first of its kind for the museums in Iraqi Kurdistan as well as in Iraq.

We hope to develop this oral guide more in the near future.

This oral guide was first made in the fiscal year of 2020 by the funding from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.

It was the frist of its kind among the museums in Iraq. Since it was well accepted, we decisded to make the updated edition of the oral gudie again with the funding from the Agency for Cultural Affairs in the fiscal year of 2021.

The Slemani Museum Oral Guide 2022 (2nd edition) is part of the program of “Exchange in International Cooperation for Protection of Cultural Heritage in Iraqi Kurdistan” which was funded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.

We would like to sincerely thank those helped to complete the Oral Guide within a limited time-frame. Mr.Hashim Hama Abdullah (Director, Slemani Museum), Mr. Kamal Rasheed Raheem (Director, Slemani Directrate of Antiquities), Dr. Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, Dr. Dilsahd Mustafa (College of Fine Arts, University of Sulaimani), Mrs Makiko Tsumura (Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo), and Prof. Shigeo Yamada (University of Tsukuba).

This oral guide was organized by Mr. Hashim Hama Abdullah and Prof. Shinichi Nishiyama (Chubu University).

Guide: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, Chubu University, Slemani Museum
Narrator: Pokke

Introduction

A Short History of the Museum (1)

A Short History of the Museum (2)

About the Museum’s collection

1. Stone Hand Ax

Barda Balka, near Chamchamal
Paleolithic Period (ca. 100,000 BCE)
Stone
L: 13.9cm, W: 7.9 cm
SM 1530

2. Basalt Mortar and Pestle

Precise provenance unknown
Neolithic Period (c. 12,000 to 4500 BCE)
Basalt
H: 15 cm, D: 28 cm
SM 76

3. Stone Cylinder Seal

Tell Logardan, near Chamchamal
Akkadian Period (2350-2250 BCE)
Stone
L: 3 cm, D: 1.7 cm
SM 4630, CS 955, Tell Logardan excavations,2016

4. Gold Earrings

Southern Iraq, precise provenance unknown
Ur III Period, reign of Shulgi (2093-2046 BCE)
Gold
SM 2892, 2005 Purchase

5. Sumerian Clay Tablet

Southern Iraq. Precise provenance unknown
Ur III Period, reign of Shulgi (2093-2046 BCE)
Clay
L: 11 cm, W: 3.5 cm
SM 4640 , T 1745, 2011 Purchase

6. Iddin-Sin Stele

Qarachatan Village, Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BCE)
Dolomite/Limestone
H: 76 cm, W: 37 cm, T: 27 cm
SM 16, Donated by Martyr Ghareeb Haladni 1993

7. Gold Ornaments

Bawa Gelde
Kurdistan Late Bronze Age (14th to 10th centuries BCE)
Bawa Gelde excavation 2010
Gold
Weight 8.88 g
SM 4634 , OR 0479

8. Clay Tower Incense Burner

Tell Shemshara, near Lake Dokan
Hurrian Period (ca. 1300-1000 BCE)
Baked Clay
H: 105 cm
SM 326, Tell Shemshara excavation IM62083

9. Ivory Panels

Nimrud, Nineveh Governorate
Neo-Assyrian Period (10th to 7th centuries BCE)
Ivory
W: 45.5 cm
SM 4643 , ND 7918

10. Bronze Necklet with Cuneiform Inscription

Yasin Tepe, Shahrizor Plain
Kurdistan Iron Age (Neo-Assyrian Period) (8th to 7th centuries BCE)
Bronze
D: 17.2 cm
SM 4641 , M 2532, Yasin Tepe excavation 2017

11. Terracotta Bathtub Coffin

YasinTepe, Shahrizor Plain
Kurdistan Iron Age (Neo-Assyrian Period) (8th to 7th centuries BCE)
H: 65cm, Depth: 61cm, W: 145cm
Baked Clay
SM 4637, P 4479, YasinTepe excavation 2017

12. Clay Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Southern Iraq, probably from the Babel Governorate
Neo-Babylonian Period (626-539 BCE)
Baked Clay
L: 11 cm, W: 9.5 cm
SM 4639 , T 1447, 2011 Purchase

13. Male Statue

Qalatga Darband, near Ranya
Hellenistic Period (222-133 BCE)
Marble
H: 75 cm
SM 4631 , S 01455, Qalatga Darband excavation 2016/2017

14. Silver Coin

Tell Logardan, Chamchamal
Hellenistic Period (222-133 BCE)
Silver>
D: 1.3 cm, weight: 4.16 g
SM 4635, Tell Logrdan excavation 2018

15. Sasanian Bulla

Precise provenance unknown
Sasanian Period (224-651 CE)
Baked Clay
H: 7.5cm, W: 7.1 cm
SM 4630, SI 1426, 2009 Purchase

16. Glazed Pedestal Bowl

Tell Logardan, near Chamchamal
Sasanian Period (224-651 CE)
Baked Clay
H:21 cm, D: 23.9 cm
SM 4638, P 4433, Logardan excavation 2014

17. Inscribed Stone Block

Paikuli, Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Sassanid Period, reign of Narseh (293-303 CE)
Stone
L: 65.5cm, W: 48 cm
SM 2679

18. Gypsum Plaque with a Cross

Darband-I Bazian, Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Sassanid–Early Islamic Period (3rd to 7th centuries CE)
Gypsum
L: 26 cm, W: 14,3 cm
SM 4605

19. Gold Coin

Precise provenance unknown
Abbasid Period, reign of Harun al-Rashid (786-809 CE)
Gold
D: 2 cm, weight: 4.2 g
SM 2034, 2005 Purchase

20. Pitcher/Ewer

Tepe Raza, near New Halabja
Islamic Period (ca. 11th century CE)
Glass
H: 9.6 cm
SM 4632, G 2212, Tepa Raza excavations 1990/1991

21. Unglazed Relief Jar

Provenance unknown
Islamic Period (12th to 13th centuries CE)
Clay
H: 82.5 cm, D: 21.5 cm SM 4636
P 0304, 2007 Purchased

22. Inkwell

Precise provenance unknown
Islamic Period (ca. 13th century CE)
Glass
H: 6.2 cm
SM 4522 , G2112, 2011 Purchase

23. Gravestone

Gopala Village, near Bazian
Islamic Period (ca. 14th century CE)
Stone
L: 46 cm, W: 39 cm, H: 21 cm
SM 1002, Donated by Engineer Saman
Mohammad in the early 1980s

24. Clay Whistle

Zewe Village, Pira Magrun District, Sulaymaniyah
Islamic Period (ca. 18th century CE)
Clay
L: 8.5 cm, D: 1.7 cm
SM 408, P 4480, Donated by Hushyar Yasin Rasheed
2001

25. Bronze Saucer Lamp

Yasin Tepe, Shahrizor Plain
Kurdistan Iron Age (Neo-Assyrian Period) (8th to 7th centuries BCE)
Bronze

26. Stone Duck Weight

Yasin Tepe, Shahrizor Plain
Kurdistan Iron Age (Neo-Assyrian Period) (8th to 7th centuries BCE)
Dolomite

27. Clay Mask of Huwawa

Ur, Southern Iraq
Old Babylonian Period (20th to 16th centuries BCE)
Baked Clay.

28. Neo-Assyrian Royal Bas-relife

Precise provenance Unknown (Nimrud?)
Neo-Assyrian Period (9th to 7th centuries BCE)
Gyptum/Alabaster or so-called “Mosul marble”
Marking in Arabic on the left upper part: “MM 380” (Mosul Museum 380).

29. Stone Cylinder Seal

Matarrah (Tell Qara Yatagh), near Kirkuk
Early Dynastic III Period (2600-2350 BCE)
Hematite
IM7525

30. Sumerian Votive Plaque

Ur, southern Iraq
Early Dynastic III Period (2600-2350 BCE)
Limestone

31. Gold Coin of Emperor Justinian I of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire

Provenance unknown
Byzantine Period (AD 542-565)
Gold
D.: 17 mm, W. 2.9 g
Purchased 2010
SM. 00004

32. Silver Coin of Sasanian Emperor Peroz I

Provenance unknown
Sasanian Period (AD 459-484)
Silver, D.:26 mm, Wt:3.5 g
Purchased 2005
SM.083910

33. Silver Coin of Ohrmazd (Hormiz)II

Provenance unknown
Sasanian Period (AD 303-309)
Silver
Purchased
SM.059344

34. Inscribed baked brick of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria

Nimrud (Ziggurat)
Neo-Assyrian period (9th century BCE)
Clay
30.5 cm ×30.5 cm ×10.1 cm
Excavated object
No Registered No.

35. Baked brick of Ur-Namma, king of the Ur III Dynasty

Ur
Ur III period (2112-2094 BCE)
Clay
30.1 cm ×30 cm ×9 cm
Excavated Object
MS 395/ MK 2900

36. Baked brick of Amar Suen, king of the Ur III Dynasty

Ur
Ur III period (2046-2037 BCE)
Clay
30.2 cm ×20.1 cm ×8 cm
Excavated Object
MM-797-No. 1

37. Clay nail with Sumerian inscription

Provenance unknown
Old Babylonian period (1880-1595 BCE)
Clay
133 mm×133 mm
Purchased 2009
SM. 039471, T. 03472

38. Clay tablet with an envelope

Provenance unknown
Old Babylonian period (1880-1595 BCE)
Clay
71mm×49×24 mm
Purchased 2005
SM. 039471, T. 03472

39. Clay hand with cuneiform inscription

Nimrud
Neo-Assyrian period (9th century BCE)
Clay
194 mm×91 mm
Purchased 2005
ND-565 IM 55728 SM 587

40. Cylinder seal with banquet and contest scenes

Provenance unknown
Early Dynastic II-III period (2700-2350 BCE)
Lapis lazuri
43 mm×15 mm
Purchased, IM 7525

41. Stamp seal in animal form

Khafajah (or Khafaje) (ancient Tutub)
Jemdet Nasr period (3000-2900 BCE)
Stone (Reddish Brown in color)
20 mm×35 mm×23 mm
Excavated object
IM 11438

42. Bronze Fibula

Khibati Khana Kon
Achaemenid Persian period (Iron Age)
Bronze
62 mm×36 mm
Excavated 2015
SM02056

43. Pottery with a human face

Provenance unknown
Akkadian or Post-Akkadian period (Late Third Millennium BCE)
Clay
H. 47.5 cm×Rim D. 50 cm
Purchased 2007
SM 0439223, P 00230, IM 12830

44. Glass bowl with round cut glass decoration

Provenance unknown
Sasanian period (6th century CE)
Glass
85 mm×75 mm
Purchased 2009
SM 00662

Prospects for the Museum

Spot Information

Duration50mins
AreaIraq, Sulaymaniyah
AddressSalem Street, Sulaymamiyah, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
AccessSalem Street, Oppoisite of City Star Building
Admission etc.Free entry
Hours10:00 AM to 5:30 PM (Friday until 8:30 PM)
Off dayIrregular Intervals
URLhttps://slemanimuseum.org/
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