Ancient Middle East


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Two female musicians with aulos                        
and drum, riding a camel.                              
Terracotta (1st-2nd CE)                                
from Hama, Syria.                                      
Inv. 2809
#11010466

Two female musicians with aulos and drum, riding a camel...

Two female musicans. Terracotta                        
with residue of pink paint (1st-2nd CE),               
from northern Syria.                                   
Height 16 cm                                           
Inv. 3248/7003
#11010467

Two female musicans. Terracotta with residue of pink pai...

Shade for an oil lamp,                                 
shaped like a child's head.                            
Terracotta (1st-2nd CE), from Homs, Syria.             
Height 16 cm                                           
Inv. 18787
#11010468

Shade for an oil lamp, shaped like a child's he...

Winged victory. Fresco from the "Parthian Bath"        
(last 3rd 2nd CE) in Dura Europos.                     
Size 128 cm                                            
Inv. 1969/4955
#11010470

Winged victory. Fresco from the "Parthian Bath" (last 3rd 2nd CE) in Dur...

Animals fighting. Circus scene.                        
Funeral relief in two registers                        
(2nd CE) from Malkara.                                 
Cat. E 1219 K 1066
#11010529

Animals fighting. Circus scene. Funeral relief in two re...

Christian epitaph with engraving of the                
Good Shepherd, found in the Basilica of                
Damous el-Karita at Carthago.                          
White marble (late 3rd/early 4th CE).                  
Inv. 1712
#11010558

Christian epitaph with engraving of the Good Shepherd, found in...

Interior of the synagogue of Dura Europos              
(3rd CE). Replica.
#11010561

Interior of the synagogue of Dura Europos (3rd CE). Replica.

Funerary mask, gold, embossed                          
13 x 11.6 cm - AO 25065 = MNE 70                       
from Sidon, Lebanon (6th-4th BCE)
#110106 1

Funerary mask, gold, embossed 13 x 11.6 cm - AO 25065...

Funerary mask, gold, embossed                          
16,6 x 13,8 x 0,3 cm - AO 3988                         
from Sidon, Lebanon (6th-4th BCE)
#110106 2

Funerary mask, gold, embossed 16,6 x 13,8 x 0,3 cm - A...

Ouadjet eye; eye of Horus; gold, granulation,          
lamination, and filigree.                              
From Cartago, Tunisia (7th-6th BCE)                    
1.5 x 2.6 cm                                           
AO 25023
#110106 3

Ouadjet eye; eye of Horus; gold, granulation, lamination, and filigree...

Cylindrical amulet case.                               
Gold, lamination, filigree,                            
from Carthage (?), Tunisia (7th-2nd BCE)               
Height 3.5 cm, diameter 1 cm                           
Inv. AO 2529
#110106 4

Cylindrical amulet case. Gold, lamination, filigr...

Earrings with crux ansata. From Carthago,Tunisia       
7th-6th BCE                                            
Gold, lamination, filigree, H: 3 cm, 3,7 cm            
AO 3035
#110106 5

Earrings with crux ansata. From Carthago,Tunisia 7th-6th BCE...