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Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Column base with double sphinxes which once supported the wooden columns of Hilani III, at the palace of the Aramean King Barrekup. Basalt (Late Hittite, 8th BCE) from Sinjirli/Samal, Turkey
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Column base with double sphinxes which once supported the wooden col...

Winged bull. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE. Height 64 cm.
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Winged bull. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western p...

Lion with inscription "Temple of the Weather God" on top left corner. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE.
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Lion with inscription "Temple of the Weather God" on top left corner. Basalt...

Bearded soldier throwing a stone with a slingshot. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE.
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Bearded soldier throwing a stone with a slingshot. Basalt bas-relief from the b...

Archer. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE. Height 57 cm.
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Archer. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace...

Archer. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE.
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Archer. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace...

Demon god with four wings. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE.
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Demon god with four wings. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall o...

Reconstruction of a wall (9th BCE) from Nimrud (Kalash), Mesopotamia.
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Reconstruction of a wall (9th BCE) from Nimrud (Kalash), Me...

Winged genius. Bas-relief on a marble orthostat (883-859 BCE) from the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnazirpal II at Nimrud-Kalash, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
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Winged genius. Bas-relief on a marble orthostat (8...

Archer on a chariot. Bronze relief (9th BCE). Fragment of a bronze sheet, cover of a wooden door, from the palace of Shalmaneser III at Yeni-Assur (Tell Balawat), Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Archer on a chariot. Bronze relief (9th BCE). Fragment of a bronze she...

Men carrying goods, cover of a wooden door. Fragment of a bronze sheet (858-824 BCE) from the palace of Shalmaneser III. Yeni-Assur (Tell Balawat), Mesopotamia (Iraq)
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Men carrying goods, cover of a wooden door. Fragment of a bronze she...

Soldiers in front of a fortress. Fragment of a bronze sheet, cover of a wooden door. Chased bronze (858-824 BCE) from Yeni-Assur (Tell Balawat), Iraq
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Soldiers in front of a fortress. Fragment of a bronze sheet, cover...