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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...

Hierogamus, bed and couple.                            
Period of the Amorite dynasties, early 2nd mill.BCE    
Baked clay, H: 11,3 cm                                 
AO 8662
#08021112

Hierogamus, bed and couple. Period of the Amorite dy...

Couple on a bed (hierogamus).                          
From Susa, 14th-12th BCE                               
Terracotta, 11,2 x 5,8 cm                              
Sb 7979
#08021158

Couple on a bed (hierogamus). From Susa, 14th-12th BCE...

Couple embracing (hierogamus).                         
From Susa, 14th-12th BCE                               
Terracotta, 11,3 x 6 cm                                
Sb 6609
#08021159

Couple embracing (hierogamus). From Susa, 14th-12th BCE...

Bed with a geometrical pattern, bed with a couple      
embracing (hierogamus), both from Susa, Iran,          
14th-12th BCE                                          
Sb 11206 geometrical pattern, terracotta 3,1 x 11,8 cm 
Sb 5888  bed with couple, terracotta, 3 x 9,5 cm
#08021160

Bed with a geometrical pattern, bed with a couple embracing (hierogamus),...

Letter from Pharaoh Ramses II to the Hittite king      
Hattusili III (1289-1265 BCE),concerning the marriage  
of one of the daughters of Hattusili to the Pharaoh,   
and the presents sent by the Egyptian court. From      
Bogazkoy,Anatolia. Clay, 5,8 x 5,5 cm      AO 9408
#08021336

Letter from Pharaoh Ramses II to the Hittite king Hattusili III (1289-1265...

The Solomonic gate in Gezer.The city of Gezer was      
given to King Solomon by the Pharaoh as a dowry at     
the marriage of the Pharaoh's daughter to the King.    
Solomon built fortifications for "Jerusalem, Hazor,    
Megiddo and Gezer"(1 Kings 9:15-17)
#08040519

The Solomonic gate in Gezer.The city of Gezer was given to King Solomon by...

The Solomonic gate in Gezer.The city of Gezer was      
given to King Solomon by the Pharaoh as a dowry at     
the marriage of the Pharaoh's daughter to the King.    
Solomon built fortifications for "Jerusalem, Hazor,    
Megiddo and Gezer"(1 Kings 9:15-17)
#08040520

The Solomonic gate in Gezer.The city of Gezer was given to King Solomon by...

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of            
fecundity and King Iddin Dagan of the Isin Dynasty.    
Sumerian terracotta tablet (18th BCE)                  
12.2 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm                                    
AO 6020
#080511 7

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin...

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of            
fecundity and King Iddin Dagan of the Isin Dynasty.    
Sumerian terracotta tablet (18th BCE)                  
12.2 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm                                    
AO 6020
#080511 8

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin...

A couple and an inscription "PIE ZETIS"                
on the fragment of a bottom of a plate.                
Gilded glass
#08051267

A couple and an inscription "PIE ZETIS" on the fragment of a bot...

Wedding banquet, the newly married couple.             
Terracotta (second half of 2nd BCE).
#10010723

Wedding banquet, the newly married couple. Terracotta (second half...