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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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Fragment, glazed tile, inscribed with a letter. AO 28889
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Fragment, glazed tile, inscribed with a letter. AO 28889

Sales contract, concerning a field and a house. Shuruppak period,Archaic dynasties 2900-2750 BCE. Clay, 8,5 x 2 cm AO 3766
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Sales contract, concerning a field and a house. Shuruppak period,Archaic...

Sales contract, clay tablet 10,8 x 10,4 cm Shurrupak period,early 3rd mill BCE. AO 2753
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Sales contract, clay tablet 10,8 x 10,4 cm Shurrupak period,early 3...

Mace, dedicated to Gilgamesh, hero of the Akkadian epos. period of Ur III, Neo-Sumerian, 2150-2004 Polished stone, H: 5,4 cm AO 3761
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Mace, dedicated to Gilgamesh, hero of the Akkadian epos. period of Ur III,...

Hymn of Nidaba, the "lamentation of the fall of Ur", tells of a devastating storm sent by the god Enlil, which wreaked death and desolation in the town of Ur. 3rd dynasty of Ur, 2112-2004 BCE. From Isin,Mesopotamia Clay, 24,5 x 13,6 cm AO 6446
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Hymn of Nidaba, the "lamentation of the fall of Ur", tells of a devastating s...

Bilingual cone commemorating the construction, by king Hammurabi, of the enclosure wall of the town of Sippar. First half 18th BCE Baked clay, 9,5 x 6 cm AO 3277
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Bilingual cone commemorating the construction, by king Hammurabi, of th...

Prologue, in cuneiform writing, to the code of law of king Lippit-Eshtar of Larsa (1934-1924 BCE) Baked clay. AO 5473
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Prologue, in cuneiform writing, to the code of law of king Lippit-Eshtar of...

Dedication to the goddess Ninimnpa, for the restoration of her temple by Waved-Sin, king of Larsa. Cuneiform writing. 19th BCE Limestone. AO 3005
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Dedication to the goddess Ninimnpa, for the restoration of her templ...

Tablet of Uruk; ritual of the daily sacrifice in the big temple of the god Anu in Uruk. Seleucid, 3rd-2nd BCE, Hellenistic, from Uruk. Baked clay, 22,3 x 10,4 cm AO 6451
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Tablet of Uruk; ritual of the daily sacrifice in the big temple of the...

Dedication tablet by Simat-Eshtar, wife of Rim-Sin, king of Larsa. Cuneiform writing. From Larsa. Bronze, H: 11,5 cm AO 17599
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Dedication tablet by Simat-Eshtar, wife of Rim-Sin, king of Larsa....

Cappadocian text, "Order of Tam Karum (official title) Ili-Wedaku to seize Assur. Muttabil, son of Pusu, who has taken silver..." Period of the Assyrian trading posts, early 2nd mill.BCE. From Anatolia. 1Clay, 6 x 4,5 cm AO 7071
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Cappadocian text, "Order of Tam Karum (official title) Ili-Wedaku to seize Assu...

Hittite text, list of the towns with ties to the Hittite Empire. From Bogazkoy, Anatolia, 13th BCE Clay, 8 x 1,5 cm AO 9608
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Hittite text, list of the towns with ties to the Hittite Empire. From Bog...