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Sphinx, perhaps a fitting for furniture.               
Hippopotamus ivory,H: 8,5 cm                           
Recent Bronze (14th-12th BCE)                          
From Quatna,Syria                                      
AO 20363
#08021468

Sphinx, perhaps a fitting for furniture. Hippopotamus ivory,H: 8,...

Sphinx with human head (Egyptian influence),           
probably decoration of a piece of furniture.The sphinx 
belongs to a group of outstanding ivories found in     
a building near the palace of Arslan Tash, N-Syria.    
Ivory, H: 8,8 cm                     AO 11475
#08021469

Sphinx with human head (Egyptian influence), probably decoration of a...

Sphinx with a human head (Egyptian influence),         
probably decoration of a piece of furniture.The sphinx 
belongs to a group of outstanding ivories found in a   
builiding next to the palace of Arslan-Tash, North     
Syria. Ivory, H: 8,5 cm               AO 11478
#08021470

Sphinx with a human head (Egyptian influence), probably decoration of a...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE.
A man or deity subduing a lion.                        
Chalcedony, H: 3,6 cm                                  
AO 22353
#08021511

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE. A man or deity subduing...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian, 7th BCE     
Seal of the Babylonian chancellery; two goats rampant, 
surrounded by symbols of gods Marduk and Nebu.         
Grey Limestone, H: 5,5 cm                              
AO 4793
#08021512

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian, 7th BCE Seal of the Babylonian c...

Cylinder seal and imprint from Mari, Archaic Dynasties.
Top register: agricultural scene, milking cows, goats. 
Bottom register: Human-headed bull between two heroes  
with maces;eagle with lion-head. H: 4,3 cm             
AO 10920
#08021514

Cylinder seal and imprint from Mari, Archaic Dynasties. Top register: agricultur...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Kassite period, 16th BCE.   
Winged centaurs pursuing gazelles.                     
Chalcedony, H: 4 cm                                    
AO 22355
#08021517

Cylinder seal and imprint, Kassite period, 16th BCE. Winged centaurs pursuing...

Cylinder seal and imprint: bulls raised against trees, 
a symbol of abundance. Kassite period, 1595-1200 BCE   
Limestone, H: 5,5 cm, 1,7 across.                      
AO 25365
#08021518

Cylinder seal and imprint: bulls raised against trees, a symbol of abundance. K...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo Babylonian (612-539 BCE)
A winged deity with sickle-like weapon (harpe),fighting
a an equally winged ibex with human face.              
Chalcedony, H: 3,5 cm                                  
AO 4600
#08021519

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo Babylonian (612-539 BCE) A winged deity with sick...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian period       
612-539 BCE.                                           
Seal of a Babylonian physician; a sphinx.              
Lapis lazuli, H: 4,1 cm                                
AO 4485
#08021520

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian period 612-539 BCE....

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian (612-539 BCE)
Gilgamesh fighting a bull; shepherd and mountain goats.
Cornelian, H: 3,4 cm                                   
AO 4770
#08021521

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian (612-539 BCE) Gilgamesh fighting a bul...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Akkadian, 2340-2150 BCE     
A deity with dagger fighting a human scorpion;         
another deity with branch (god of vegetation?)         
Rock-crystal, H: 1,65 cm                               
AO 25305
#08021522

Cylinder seal and imprint, Akkadian, 2340-2150 BCE A deity with dagger figh...