Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Archers. Fragment of a bronze sheet,                   
cover of a wooden door.                                
Chased bronze (858-824 BCE)                            
from Yeni-Assur (Tell Balawat), Iraq
#08020648

Archers. Fragment of a bronze sheet, cover of a wooden door....

Adadnirari III (810-783 BCE) worshipping               
divine emblems - and an inscription.                   
Bas-relief on an obelisk (7th BCE)                     
erected for the Assyrian King Adad,                    
from Sabaa, Yemen
#08020649

Adadnirari III (810-783 BCE) worshipping divine emblems - and an...

Chamberlain of Tiglath Pileser III                     
worshipping emblems - and inscription.                 
Bas-relief on a limestone stele (7th BCE)              
from Tell Abta near Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020650

Chamberlain of Tiglath Pileser III worshipping emblems - an...

Assyrian warrior in front of a castle.                 
Detail of a limestone wall relief of Nimrud-Kalash,    
the palace of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727 BCE),       
from Nimrud, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020651

Assyrian warrior in front of a castle. Detail of a limestone wa...

Royal chariot and guardian. Bas-relief on an           
orthostat showing divisions of the Assyrian Army.      
Period of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727 BCE)            
from a doorway at Hadatu /Arslan Tash, Northern Syria.
#08020652

Royal chariot and guardian. Bas-relief on an orthostat showing divis...

Spearmen. Bas-relief on an orthostat                   
showing different branches of the Assyrian army.       
Period of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727 BCE)            
from a doorway at Hadatu/Arslan Tash, Northern Syria.
#08020653

Spearmen. Bas-relief on an orthostat showing different branch...

Warriors with maces. Bas-relief on an orthostat        
showing different branches of the Assyrian army.       
Period of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727)                
from a doorway at Hadatu/Arslan Tash, Northern Syria
#08020654

Warriors with maces. Bas-relief on an orthostat showing different branch...

Tributaries. Bas-relief on an orthostat                
showing divisions of the Assyrian army.                
Period of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727)                
from a doorway at Hadatu/Arslan Tash, Northern Syria
#08020655

Tributaries. Bas-relief on an orthostat showing divisions of the...

Marble altar with inscription (8th BCE).               
Gift from the Assyrian King Sargon II                  
(721-705 BCE) to the Sibitti gods,                     
from Mossul, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020656

Marble altar with inscription (8th BCE). Gift from the Assyrian K...

Head of a gateway guardian, Demon.                     
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Nineveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Cat. 118781
#08020657

Head of a gateway guardian, Demon. Period of Sennacherib (7...

Demon and warrior. Bronze figurines                    
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Cat. 115509
#08020658

Demon and warrior. Bronze figurines Period of Sennacherib (7...

Man on crouching camel. Bronze figurine.               
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
#08020659

Man on crouching camel. Bronze figurine. Period of Sennacherib (7...