Antiquity


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



6 subcategories
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

7,457 photos
Sale of priests' livings,from Uruk, 3rd-2nd BCE.       
Clay,cuneiform writing.
#08021326

Sale of priests' livings,from Uruk, 3rd-2nd BCE. Clay,cuneiform writing.

Babylonian text,cuneiform script on baked clay.           
From Bogazkoy, Anatolia, 13th BCE                      
Clay,                                                  
AO
#08021327

Babylonian text,cuneiform script on baked clay. From Bogazkoy, Anato...

Imprint of a clay cylinder seal with three registers.  
Top and bottom: battles between heroes and animals.    
Center: six heroes and a tree.Inscription:"Barnantarra,
wife of Lugalanda".From Tello,Mesopotamia,period of    
Archaic dynasties.   Clay, 6 x 8 cm      AO 13222
#08021328

Imprint of a clay cylinder seal with three registers. Top and bottom: battles...

Cappadocian text,letter sent from Assur by Assur-idi   
to his son Assur na'da,who is on his way to Cappadocia.
From Anatolia, period of the Assyrian trading posts,   
early 2nd mill. BCE                                    
Clay, 7,5 x 5 cm             AO 7067
#08021330

Cappadocian text,letter sent from Assur by Assur-idi to his son Assur na'da,w...

Protocol,drawn up by the judges of the Karum of        
Kanesh,concerning the death of a merchant.             
Cappadocian text from Anatolia, period of the Assyrian 
trading posts, early 2nd mill.BCE                      
Clay, 6,3 x 5,5 cm                 AO 11216
#08021331

Protocol,drawn up by the judges of the Karum of Kanesh,concerning the de...

Dictionary of synonyms with a colophon (closing stamp) 
of the library of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE)in Niniveh.
From Ninveh.                                           
Baked clay, 18 x 10 cm                                 
AO 7092
#08021332

Dictionary of synonyms with a colophon (closing stamp) of the library of Ashurb...

A genie watering bulls,from Tello.                     
2300 BCE
#08021333

A genie watering bulls,from Tello. 2300 BCE

The Yozat tablet.Hittite text deploring the dis-       
appearance of the sun-god and a magic ritual for       
the recovery of the lost god of vegetation Telipinu.   
From Anatolia, New Hittite Empire, 14th BCE            
Clay, 15 x 9 cm             AO 4703
#08021334

The Yozat tablet.Hittite text deploring the dis- appearance of the sun-go...

Fragment of a text concerning Sargon's                 
accession to the throne against Lugalzagesi.           
First Babylonian dynasty (1894-1595)                   
AO 7673
#08021335

Fragment of a text concerning Sargon's accession to the throne...

Bilingual text in praise of the Goddess Ishtar. Uruk.  
Tablet with cuneiform writing,Uruk.                    
7th-2nd BCE
#08021337

Bilingual text in praise of the Goddess Ishtar. Uruk. Tablet with cuneiform wr...

Bill of sale, period of Kashtiliash, king of Hama.     
Baked clay,                                            
12 x 6 cm                                              
AO 4672
#08021338

Bill of sale, period of Kashtiliash, king of Hama. Baked clay,...

Verdict concerning a female temple slave of the temple 
of the Goddess Ishtar in Uruk.                         
AO 19536
#08021339

Verdict concerning a female temple slave of the temple of the Goddess Ishtar in...