Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple,         
in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon). The Phoenician script       
is a proto-semitic, alphabet-based script without      
signs for vowels.                                      
Inv. E 1486
#07020324

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple, in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon...

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple          
in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon). The Phoenician script       
is a proto-semitic, alphabet-based script without      
signs for vowels.                                      
Inv. E 1488
#07020325

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon...

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple          
in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon). The Phoenician script       
is a proto-semitic, alphabet-based script without      
signs for vowels.                                      
Inv. E 1456
#07020326

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon...

Phoenician inscription concerning Bodastort,           
son of Eshmonazar; from Sidon (Saida, Lebanon).        
Inv. E 1457
#07020327

Phoenician inscription concerning Bodastort, son of Eshmonazar; from...

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun Temple in       
Sidon (Saida, Lebanon). The Phoenician script          
is a proto-semitic, alphabet-based script without      
signs for vowels.                                      
Inv. 2359
#07020328

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun Temple in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon)....

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple          
in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon). The Phoenician script       
is a proto-semitic, alphabet-based script without      
signs for vowels.                                      
Inv. E 3137
#07020329

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon...

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun Temple          
in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon). The Phoenician script       
is a proto-semitic, alphabet-based script without      
signs for vowels.                                      
Inv. E 1487
#07020330

Phoenician inscription from the Eshmun Temple in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon...

Votive panel with inscription.                         
Bone, 7 x 3,5 cm
#07020331

Votive panel with inscription. Bone, 7 x 3,5 cm

Mirror handle depicting a female figure with an        
Egyptian wig. She wears a long robe with belt and      
holds her breasts with her hands, a gesture common     
to many oriental mother goddesses.                     
From the necropolis of Carthage, height 13 cm
#07020332

Mirror handle depicting a female figure with an Egyptian wig. She wears...

Small, globular, one-handled jugs from Rabat, Malta.   
Clay, wheel-made, painted.                             
Height 20 cm
#07020333

Small, globular, one-handled jugs from Rabat, Malta. Clay, wheel-made, painte...

Amphora. From Rabat, Malta.                            
Wheel-made, painted                                    
Height 42 cm
#07020334

Amphora. From Rabat, Malta. Wheel-made, painted...

Votive miniature in a shrine from Tas Silg, Malta.     
Limestone, 18 x 8 x 6 cm
#07020335

Votive miniature in a shrine from Tas Silg, Malta. Limestone, 18 x 8 x 6 cm