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Cult vase with animals in two rows, pre-dynastic period. Limestone AO 11251
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Cult vase with animals in two rows, pre-dynastic period....

Figure of a sitting bear, 3.500-3.300 BCE White alabaster. H:4,8 cm From Braq, Syria, northern Mesopotamia. G.409
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Figure of a sitting bear, 3.500-3.300 BCE White alabaster. H:4,8 c...

Amulet in the form of a frog, 3.500-3.300 BCE White alabaster, H: 2,3 cm From Braq, Syria, layer of the "Grey Temple" F. 683
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Amulet in the form of a frog, 3.500-3.300 BCE White alabaster, H: 2,3...

The Uruk Vase - detail. See also 08-02-05/56,57. Men bearing gifts to the goddess Inanna (Innin), a bull and agricultural products. Limestone, around 2.900 BCE
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The Uruk Vase - detail. See also 08-02-05/56,57. Men bearing gifts to the...

Marble intarsia from a hall in Palace G, Ebla. The figures of warriors and mythological animals were arranged in 12 rows on a wall,possibly to celebrate a victory. Lion-headed eagle and bull with a human face Around 2.400 BCE H: 14-15 cm
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Marble intarsia from a hall in Palace G, Ebla. The figures of warriors...

The goddess Ishtar and her accolites on a mountain. Ishtar is shown in her warrior-aspect,with tiara and armour, her lion at her feet. From the ground around palace of Shakkanakku, Mari, period of the Amorite dynasties. 19th-18th BCE H: 11 cm Inv. 2880
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The goddess Ishtar and her accolites on a mountain. Ishtar is shown in her w...

Drinking vessel in form of a lion's head, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra). Terracotta, middle-Syrian. H: 16,2 cm Inv. S 4217
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Drinking vessel in form of a lion's head, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra). Terracotta...

Sphinx, with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and the false beard of the Pharaohs. Probably part of an entrance gate to an Aramaic temple or palace in Damascus, then capital of Aram. 9th-8th BCE Basalt, H:80 cm Inv. 30
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Sphinx, with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and the false beard of t...

Procession of Hittite gods and rulers, with their mythological animals, the lion and the double-headed eagle.
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Procession of Hittite gods and rulers, with their mythological...

Portal lion at the entrance of Hilani III, the palace of Aramaean king Barrekub at Sinjirli (Samal). Basalt, late Hittite. Inv. 7777
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Portal lion at the entrance of Hilani III, the palace of Aramaean king Barreku...

Statue of a king or god standing on a throne supported by two lions and a goddess. Late Hittite, from Sinjirli. H: 162 cm
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Statue of a king or god standing on a throne supported by two lions a...

Bulls with wings and human heads, benign genii and gate-keepers in the palace of king Sargon II of Assur (722-705), Khorsabad. H: 400 cm AO 19858
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Bulls with wings and human heads, benign genii and gate-keepers in the...