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Two sphinxes with ram heads. Open ivory relief from a frieze (2nd half 9th BCE) from Hadatu (Arslan-Tash), Northern Syria
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Two sphinxes with ram heads. Open ivory relief from a...

Sphinx. Carved ivory relief (2nd half 9th BCE) from Hadatu (Arslan-Tash), Northern Syria Height 7.9 cm
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Sphinx. Carved ivory relief (2nd...

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...

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...

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...

Sarcophagus of the Muses, detail: Socrates and a muse. From Rome. Marble, 150-160 BCE MA 475
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Sarcophagus of the Muses, detail: Socrates and a muse. From Rome....

Roman altar with an inscription from the VIth legion.
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Roman altar with an inscription from the VIth legion.

Statue of Jupiter, with altar and eagle. Marble.
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Statue of Jupiter, with altar and eagle. Marble.

Pectoral, an Egyptian-style necklace; a falcon spreading his wings, in the claws the symbol of life and the"knot of Isis".From the royal tomb III,Byblos. Gold, chased and chiselled, 19th BCE L: 20,5 cm H:6,3 cm AO 9093
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Pectoral, an Egyptian-style necklace; a falcon spreading his wings, in...

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...

Bull with human head. Period of king Gudea, 2140 BCE From Tello Chlorite, H: 12,1 cm, L: 14,9 cm AO 2752
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Bull with human head. Period of king Gudea, 2140 BCE From Tello...

Pigeon; a whetstone with gilded lion-head. From Susa, middle-Elamite period. Period of the Shutrukides dynasty, 13th BCE Sb 2887,2369
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Pigeon; a whetstone with gilded lion-head. From Susa, middle-Elamit...