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Antiochus III the Great of Syria (223-187 BCE). Marble head (3rd BCE) Height 35 cm MA 1204
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Antiochus III the Great of Syria (223-187 BCE). Marble head (3rd BCE)...

Greek warrior and wounded Persian soldier. Centre medallion of a red-figured cup. Around 480 BCE Inv. G 117
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Greek warrior and wounded Persian soldier. Centre medallion of a re...

A Greek and a Persian warrior fighting. Red-figured oenochoe Middle of 5th BCE Inv. G 571
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A Greek and a Persian warrior fighting. Red-figured oenochoe...

Fight between Greeks and a Persian cavalryman. Red-figured pelike. See also 10-03-05/6,7,8,9. Inv. 198559
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Fight between Greeks and a Persian cavalryman. Red-figured pelike. See...

Fight between Greeks and a Persian cavalryman. Detail: the Persian warrior with coat of mail. See also 10-03-05/5,7,8,9. Red figured pelike Inv. 198559
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Fight between Greeks and a Persian cavalryman. Detail: the Persian warr...

Upper register: funeral cortege, two mourning women follow the hearse. Lower register: a woman with crown and earrings sits on a couch. Servants offer an egg and fruit (funerary meal?).From Daskalaion,Ergili. Marble, H: 221 cm Inv. 5763 T
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Upper register: funeral cortege, two mourning women follow the hearse. Lower...

Two anthropoid sarcophagi, the first of a woman. Around 460 BCE, one of the earliest of these anthropoid sarcophagi from the Royal necropolis at Sidon. L: 226 cm Inv.798
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Two anthropoid sarcophagi, the first of a woman. Around 460 BCE, one of t...

Vase in form of a male Syrian slave's bust. Bronze Height 19 cm Br 2947
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Vase in form of a male Syrian slave's bust. Bronze...

The Persian Sassanid King Shahpur I (Sapores) and the Roman Emperor Valerian in battle. Sardonyx from Iran
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The Persian Sassanid King Shahpur I (Sapores) and the Roman Emperor Va...

Servant carrying a plate. Fragment of a mosaic "Preparation of a banquet", from Carthage (180-190 CE). 225 x 240 cm MA 1796
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Servant carrying a plate. Fragment of a mosaic "Preparation of a banque...

Mother Goddess. Yellowish terracotta (4th BCE), probably Phoenician import, from the Punic necropolis at Dermech, Carthago. Height 25 cm
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Mother Goddess. Yellowish terracotta (4th BCE), probably Phoenician impo...

Mother Goddess with fan.Yellowish terracotta (4th BCE), from the Punic necropolis of Dermech,Carthago. H: 25 cm
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Mother Goddess with fan.Yellowish terracotta (4th BCE), from the Punic necropoli...