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Bull with wings, human face and tiara; a benevolent genius and guardian of the palace doors, called shedu or lamassu.From the palace of Sargon, Khorsabad. H: 410 cm AO 19860
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Bull with wings, human face and tiara; a benevolent genius and guardian of t...

Sarcophagus of a priest, right hand lifted in blessing, an incense burner in the left hand. From Colline de Ste. Monique necropolis, Carthage. White marble, L:200 cm MND 800
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Sarcophagus of a priest, right hand lifted in blessing, an incense bur...

Sarcophagus of a priest (detail of 08-02-10/7). The figure lifts the right hand in blessing and holds an incense burner in the left. From colline de Ste.Monique necropolis, Carthage. White marble, L: 200 cm MND 800
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Sarcophagus of a priest (detail of 08-02-10/7). The figure lifts the rig...

Votive stele from Ghorfa. The donor in the center, on a prayer platform in a small temple with columns. Top: the goddess Tanit with a pomegranate and grape; bottom right:Venus with the cornucopia, left Dionysos. H: 137 cm MNB 898
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Votive stele from Ghorfa. The donor in the center, on a prayer platform in...

Statuette of the young Hercules without beard. He wears the lion skin over a tunic and holds a young lion by the mane. From Cyprus Limestone, H: 44 cm MNB 315 INF
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Statuette of the young Hercules without beard. He wears the lion skin o...

Female idols, Halaf-culture (called after Tell Halaf in northern Syria). 6000-5100 BCE Painted terracotta. Left H:8,3 cm AO 21095 Right H:6,3 cm AO 21096
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Female idols, Halaf-culture (called after Tell Halaf in northern Syria). 6000...

Two bulls. From Tello, Ubaid period, 4700-4200 BCE. Painted terracotta, left H: 7 cm AO 15311 right H: 5,9 cm AO 15310
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Two bulls. From Tello, Ubaid period, 4700-4200 BCE. Painted terracotta, left...

Ostracon with ibex. From Tello, Ubaid period, 4000-3300 BCE Pottery, 9,7 x 5,6 cm AO 15338
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Ostracon with ibex. From Tello, Ubaid period, 4000-3300 BCE...

Figurines of a praying man and a bull. Period of Archaic Dynasties, 2900-2750 BCE. Gypseous alabaster, 2,5 x 4,1 x 1,8 cm AO 6683
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Figurines of a praying man and a bull. Period of Archaic Dynast...

Male head, alabaster, H:6,5 cm Sumer, Akkadian dynasties, after 2480 BCE
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Male head, alabaster, H:6,5 cm Sumer, Akkadian dynastie...

Female head, alabaster, H: 6,5 cm From Tello, Akkadian period, after 2480 BCE
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Female head, alabaster, H: 6,5 cm From Tello, Akkadian per...

Worshipper with folded hands, wearing a sheepskin skirt. From the Ishtar-temple in Mari. Alabaster, H: 39,9 cm 2600-2340 BCE, Period of the Archaic Dynasties. AO 17569
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Worshipper with folded hands, wearing a sheepskin skirt. From the Ishtar-t...