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Top of a staff with lion heads.Gold tubus with ornaments and lapis lazuli knob,Achaemenid period 5th-4th BCE. From the Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan. Cat. 135 908
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Top of a staff with lion heads.Gold tubus with ornaments and lapis lazuli knob,A...

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin,gold, from the Oxus Treasure,Achaemenid period,5th-4th BCE. The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the Oxus,Tajikistan. Cat. 123 924
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Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin,gold, from the Oxus Treasure,Ach...

Amulet stamp shaped like a gazelle Bone (3500-2300 BCE) from the layer below the Grey Temple at Tell Braq 3.4 cm long
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Amulet stamp shaped like a gazelle Bone (3500-2300 BCE)...

Sacrifice of a ram. Frieze with mother of pearl inlay, ivory, red limestone, and schist Early dynastic period II, Ur I (2645-2460 BCE) from the Shamash Temple at Mari, Syria
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Sacrifice of a ram. Frieze with mother of pearl inlay, ivory, red limest...

Eagle with lion's head. Lapis lazuli, gold, copper and bitumen pendant Early dynastic period II (2658 BCE) from the Treasure of Ur, Mari, Syria
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Eagle with lion's head. Lapis lazuli, gold, copp...

Hero fighting or holding two bisons (top of the stele). Anzu, the lion-headed eagle with two ibex (bottom). Fragment of a relief panel with two registers Steatite (2645-2460 BCE) from Mari, Syria
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Hero fighting or holding two bisons (top of the stele). Anzu, the lion-headed ea...

Man carrying a sacrificial lamb (upper part of body) Steatite statuette Akkade dynasty (2460-2290 BCE) from the Anonymous Temple, Mari, Syria Height 23 cm
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Man carrying a sacrificial lamb (upper part of body) Steatite statuette...

Priest guiding a sacrificial bull. Part of a long cortege, fragment of a mural painting Early old-Syrian, Larsa Period (2040-1870 BCE) from the palace of Zimri-Lin, Mari, Syria
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Priest guiding a sacrificial bull. Part of a long cortege,...

Hunting patera (perhaps the king of Ugarit hunting). Relief on the bottom of a flat gold dish,14th-13th BCE Late Bronze.From Ras Shamra, Syria, the ancient Ugarit. See 080204/49 for detail. Gold, 18,8 cm across AO 17208
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Hunting patera (perhaps the king of Ugarit hunting). Relief on the bottom of...

Bowl with hunting and various animal scenes. Gold, Middle Syrian period, from the Baal Temple, Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria Diameter 17-17.5 cm
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Bowl with hunting and various animal scenes. Gold, Middle Syrian peri...

Bowl decorated with hunting scene. Detail of the rim of 08-02-08/27. Gold, Middle Syrian period, from the temple of Baal, Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria
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Bowl decorated with hunting scene. Detail of the rim of 08-...

Bowl decorated with hunting and animal scenes. Detail of the rim of 08-02-08/27. Gold, Middle Syrian period, from the temple of Baal, Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria
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Bowl decorated with hunting and animal scenes. Detail of the rim of 08-...