Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



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Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

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Couple embracing in a votive bed. Fertility rite.      
Hierogamus, from Susa, Persia.                         
Terracotta (mid 2nd millenium)                         
9,5 x 5,7 cm                                           
Sb 5888
#08020713

Couple embracing in a votive bed. Fertility rite. Hierogamus, from Susa, P...

Head of a priest, from a temple of the goddess         
Pinikir, Dur Untash, Tchoga-Zambil, Iran.              
Baked clay, white faience; reign of King               
Untash-Napirisha, mid-second mill.BCE                  
H:4.1                 Sb 5090
#08020714

Head of a priest, from a temple of the goddess Pinikir, Dur Untash, Tch...

A woman drinking from a vase whilst                    
being made love from behind by a man.                  
Terracotta bas-relief (era of Isin-Larsa-Babylon)      
11.2 x 8 cm                                            
AO 16681
#08020715

A woman drinking from a vase whilst being made love from beh...

Two heads forming a double vase,                       
from the temple of the Goddess Pinikir.                
Baked clay (Era of the reign of King                   
Untash-Napirisha, Middle-Elamite, 10th-9th BCE)        
6.1 x 9.4 cm - Sb 5114
#08020716

Two heads forming a double vase, from the temple of the G...

Glass sticks                                           
from Tchoga-Zambil, Persia
#08020717

Glass sticks from Tchoga-Zambil, Pers...

Goddess Gula with her dog, Kudurru of Nazimarutash,    
from the temple of Marduk,Babylon.                     
Black limestone, 2nd half 14th BCE.                    
Kassite period.
#08020718

Goddess Gula with her dog, Kudurru of Nazimarutash, from the temple of Mardu...

Parade of musicians, warriors, and animals.            
Fragment of a Kudurru - middle register.               
Yellow limestone (Kassite era, 12th BCE),              
from Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Overall size: 54 x 36 cm - Sb 25
#08020719

Parade of musicians, warriors, and animals. Fragment of a Kudurru -...

Two snakes and five small divine figures holding       
vases. Bronze sacrificial altar cast in one piece.     
Middle-Elamite era (10th-9th BCE),                     
from Susa, Iran                                        
158 x 70.5 cm - Sb 185
#08020720

Two snakes and five small divine figures holding vases. Bronze sacrificia...

Horse-bit in the form of horned and winged sphinxes.   
Bronze (1200-600 BCE)                                  
from west Iran                                         
Cat. 130677
#08020721

Horse-bit in the form of horned and winged sphinxes. Bronze (1200-600 BCE)...

Horse-bit in the form of a winged ram.                 
Bronze (1200-600 BCE)                                  
from West Iran                                         
Cat. 122930
#08020722

Horse-bit in the form of a winged ram. Bronze (1200-600 BCE)...

Horse-bit in the form of a horse and rider.            
Bronze (1200-600 BCE)                                  
from West Iran                                         
Cat. 134927
#08020723

Horse-bit in the form of a horse and rider. Bronze (1200-600 BCE)...

Chariot.                                               
Bronze (early 1st millennium BCE)                      
from Luristan, Iran                                    
Cat. 135568
#08020724

Chariot. Bronze (early 1st millen...