Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Cosmetic box shaped like a duck. Ivory.                
Two knobs on either end, top missing.                  
Hyksos Period - Phoenician ivory work from             
Tell ed Duweir (Tel Dover), Israel
#08050514

Cosmetic box shaped like a duck. Ivory. Two knobs on either end,...

Lions and Sphinxes in high relief.                     
Box carved from one piece of ivory.                    
Early Iron Age - from Megiddo, Israel                  
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050517

Lions and Sphinxes in high relief. Box carved from one piec...

Stag drinking water.                                   
Ivory (open work)                                      
from Samaria, Israel                                   
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050518

Stag drinking water. Ivory (open work)...

Stag bending to graze.                                 
Ivory (open work) - Detail: stag's head                
from Samaria, Israel                                   
Collections IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050519

Stag bending to graze. Ivory (open work) - Deta...

Cow with calf.                                         
Ivory - Detail: cow's head                             
from Nimrud, Mesopotamia.                              
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050520

Cow with calf. Ivory - Detail: cow's he...

Head of a woman.                                       
Hairstyle reminiscent of an Egyptian wig.              
Ivory, early Iron Age,                                 
from Megiddo, Israel                                   
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050526

Head of a woman. Hairstyle reminiscent of...

Head of a woman. Ivory                                 
from Megiddo, Israel                                   
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050527

Head of a woman. Ivory from Megiddo, Israel...

Goddess Astarte in a window."Woman in a window:)                           Ivory relief                                           
from Arslan Tash, ancient Hadatu, Northern Syria.      
8.1 x 8 cm                                             
AO 11459
#08050528

Goddess Astarte in a window."Woman in a window:) Ivory...

Woman's head in a window.    ("Woman in a window")                          Ivory relief, furniture decoration.
#08050529

Woman's head in a window. ("Woman in a window") Ivor...

Woman's head in a window.   (Woman in a window)                           Ivory relief, furniture decoration.                    
from Nimrud, Assur.                                    
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050530

Woman's head in a window. (Woman in a window) Ivory...

Winged sphinx in a lotus thicket.                      
Ivory (open work)                                      
from Megiddo, Israel                                   
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050531

Winged sphinx in a lotus thicket. Ivory (open work)...

Winged sphinx with Egyptian crown. Ivory (open-work)   
from Arslan Tash, the ancient Hadatu, Northern Syria.  
10 x 14 cm
#08050532

Winged sphinx with Egyptian crown. Ivory (open-work) from Arslan Tash, the an...