Prehistory


Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.



5 subcategories
Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

Celtic

CELTIC

Iron Age

IRON AGE

Neolithic (Young Stone Age)

NEOLITHIC (YOUNG STONE AGE)

Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

PALAEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE)

1,733 photos
5 two-handled storage jars, flat rims and ring bases.  
Black geometric pattern and circles on beige ground.   
Terracotta, from Cyprus (Iron Age)                     
Height 45 cm                                           
R 121
#08020318

5 two-handled storage jars, flat rims and ring bases. Black geometric pattern...

Man carrying a young goat.                             
Stone bas-relief                                       
from Persepolis, Iran                                  
75 x 38 cm                                             
AO 14 050
#08020343

Man carrying a young goat. Stone bas-relief...

Head of a tributary.                                   
Stone bas-relief from Persepolis, Iran                 
24 x 24.5 cm                                           
AO 17 278
#08020344

Head of a tributary. Stone bas-relief from Pe...

Couple in their house, top of a copper pin.            
Top of a bronze pin from Bactria, eastern Iran.        
Bronze, total L: 24,8 cm, top 5,3 x 5,1 cm             
AO 2608
#08020347

Couple in their house, top of a copper pin. Top of a bronze pin from...

Bronze tripod hung with pomegranates - a symbol        
of fertility reminiscent of the decorations of the     
Solomonic temple in Jerusalem. From Ugarit,Syria.      
Late Bronze                                            
H: 12 cm, 14,3 cm across                    AO 11606
#08020450

Bronze tripod hung with pomegranates - a symbol of fertility reminiscent...

Wig with gilded bronze nails. From Susa, Iran.         
Faience (enamelled terracotta), bronze and gold        
11,5 x 12 cm                                           
First half of the 1st mill.BCE                         
Sb 2835
#08020735

Wig with gilded bronze nails. From Susa, Iran. Faience (enamelled terra...

Nude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands.
Cast and chased silver statuette from the Oxus Treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th BCE.
The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan.

















Treasure.
Achaemenid period (700-330 BCE)
Cat. 123 905
#08020758

Nude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands. Cast and chased silver s...

Top of a staff with lion heads.Gold tubus with ornaments and lapis lazuli knob,Achaemenid period 5th-4th  BCE. From the
Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan.
Cat. 135 908
#08020759

Top of a staff with lion heads.Gold tubus with ornaments and lapis lazuli knob,A...

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin,gold, from the Oxus Treasure,Achaemenid period,5th-4th BCE.
The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the Oxus,Tajikistan.
Cat. 123 924
#08020760

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin,gold, from the Oxus Treasure,Ach...

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet. The man wears a Median costume; he has an akinakes (short sword) of a type
depicted on reliefs at Persepolis.5th-4th BCE. One of 50 thin gold plaques from the Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus,Tadjikistan. Catt. 123 949
#08020762

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet. The man wears a Median costume; he has...

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet.(5th-4th BCE) from 
the Oxus treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, from a temple on the banks of the Oxus,Tajikistan.
Cat. 123 916
#08020763

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet.(5th-4th BCE) from the Oxus treasure,...

Head of a divinity (hollow). Gold (5th-4th BCE), from the Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of silver and gold to have survived from the Achaemenid period. It comes from a temple  on the banks of the Oxus in Tajikistan.
Cat. 123 906
#08020765

Head of a divinity (hollow). Gold (5th-4th BCE), from the Oxus Treasure, the mos...