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Handle of a vessel in the form of a winged ibex, feet are resting on a mask of Silenus. partially gilded silver,27 x 15 cm. From a princely tomb in Susa. Late 4th BCE, Achaemenid period. AO 2748
#080216 9

Handle of a vessel in the form of a winged ibex, feet are resting on a...

Lion,coloured glazed tiles, from the palace in Susa, Iran. 6th-4th BCE, Achaemenid period. AOD 489a
#08021610

Lion,coloured glazed tiles, from the palace in Susa, Iran. 6th-4th B...

Winged griffin,coloured glazed tiles, from the palace in Susa,Iran. 6th-4th BCE,Achaemenid period. Sb 3326
#08021611

Winged griffin,coloured glazed tiles, from the palace in Susa,Iran. 6th-4th BC...

Lion,coloured glazed tiles, from the East-courtyard ,palace in Susa, Iran. 6th-4th BCE, Achaemenid period,reign of Darius I ca.510 BCE. 105 x 217 cm Sb 3328
#08021612

Lion,coloured glazed tiles, from the East-courtyard ,palace in Susa,...

Winged bull,coloured glazed tiles,from the palace in Susa,Iran.6th-4th BCE,Achaemenid period. Sb 3327
#08021613

Winged bull,coloured glazed tiles,from the palace in Susa,Iran.6th-4th BCE...

Winged bull,coloured glazed tiles,from the palace in Susa,Iran.6th-4th BCE,Achaemenid period. Sb 3327
#08021614

Winged bull,coloured glazed tiles,from the palace in Susa,Iran.6th-4th BCE...

Frieze of the griffins, Susa, Palace of king Dareios, 510 BCE. Glazed brick. Sb 3326-Sb 3327
#08021616

Frieze of the griffins, Susa, Palace of king Dareios, 510 BCE. Glazed brick....

Goblet, silver, decorated with fabulous animals. From Marlik, northern Iran, Iron Age I. AO 27985
#08021621

Goblet, silver, decorated with fabulous animals. From Marlik, northern Ir...

Unfinished Kudurru, yellow limestone stele, on which the text was never engraved; the space for the text is marked by a crenellated wall with towers.Top: the divine emblems, below a procession of animals and musi- cians; Marduk's horned snake around the base. Sb 25
#08021622

Unfinished Kudurru, yellow limestone stele, on which the text was never engra...

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria. Egyptian-style ornaments; a king adoring a bird- headed god;rabbits and a sphinx;hieroglyphs. Middle Bronze. Hematite, H: 2 cm AO 22 364
#08021639

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria. Egyptian-style ornaments...

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria. Egyptian-style ornaments; a king adoring a bird- headed god;rabbits and a sphinx;hieroglyphs. Middle Bronze. Hematite, H: 2 cm AO 22 364
#08021640

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria. Egyptian-style ornaments...

So-called Amrit-stele,sandstone.Storm-god or king standing on a lion with cudgel in hand;a protective bird hovers above. From Tell Hazael (Smyrna,Syria) AO 22 247
#08021642

So-called Amrit-stele,sandstone.Storm-god or king standing on a lion with...