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Median tributaries with horses. Bas-relief from the palace of King Sargon II at Khorsabad, Mesopotamia (Iraq) Size: 165 x 307 cm AO 19887
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Median tributaries with horses. Bas-relief from the pala...

Warriors defending the fortress of Arbela. Detail of a bas-relief from the palace of Ashurbanipal in Niniveh, illustrating the campaign against the kingdom of Elam,which brought Elam under Assyrian rule. 645 BCE Gypseous alabaster, 186 x 179 cm AO 19905
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Warriors defending the fortress of Arbela. Detail of a bas-relief from the...

Assyrian war chariot with charioteer. Second row, bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) in Niniveh,illustrating the campaign against the kingdom of Elam, which brought Elam under Assyrian rule. 645 BCE Gypseous alabaster AO 19909
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Assyrian war chariot with charioteer. Second row, bas-relief, palace of As...

Assyrian war chariot with charioteer. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE),in Niniveh, illustrating the campaign against the kingdom of Elam which brought Elam under Assyrian rule, 645 BCE. Detail of 08-02-01/60 Gypseous alabaster, AO 19909
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Assyrian war chariot with charioteer. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (...

Prisoners in camp having their meal. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE),illustrating the campaign against the kingdom of Elam,which brought Elam under Assyrian rule, 645 BCE.Upper register 08-02-01/60 Gypseous alabaster,41 x 78 cm. AO 19909
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Prisoners in camp having their meal. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (...

Inhabitants of a captured Elamite city on their way into exile. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) in Niniveh. Upper register of 08-01-02/60 Gypseous alabaster, 163 x 77 cm AO 19904
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Inhabitants of a captured Elamite city on their way into exile. Bas-relief,...

Clay tablet with 22 lines in cuneiform writing listing barley rations for 17 gardeners for one month. Baked clay (2113-2006 BCE, 3rd Dynasty of Ur), Mesopotamia (Iraq). Size 6.1 x 3.9 cm. R 1184
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Clay tablet with 22 lines in cuneiform writing listing barley rations f...

Sumero-Babylonian cuneiform tablet. Inscription records delivery of grain as payment for labour. Baked clay. Middle Canaanite Period Size 4.3 x 4.5 cm R 36
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Sumero-Babylonian cuneiform tablet. Inscription records delivery of grain as pa...

Sovereign on a throne chariot surrounded by courtiers. Cylinder seal, black steatite (9th BCE) (Private collection) Length 5 cm
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Sovereign on a throne chariot surrounded by courtiers....

Tiglath Pileser III, portrait (detail). Limestone bas-relief (7th BCE) from Nimrud, Mesopotamia (Iraq). Size 93 x 42 cm AO 19853
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Tiglath Pileser III, portrait (detail). Limestone bas-relief (7t...

A hedgehog or porcupine. Pendant from Elam, Iran Size 1.7 x 2.3 cm H 865
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A hedgehog or porcupine. Pendant from Elam, Iran...

Wagon with two bulls. Bronze (19th BCE) from Gazi Ayalah, Anatolia, Turkey. Length of the wagon: 22.2 cm Length of the bulls: 10.4 cm R 1018
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Wagon with two bulls. Bronze (19th BCE) from Gazi Ayalah, Anatol...