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Mytological Animals


Mythological animals.



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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...

Fragment of a textile border for a cavalier's sleeves or collar of a coat.Velvet,pearls,silk embroidery. A circle of pearls encloses a winged horse; ribbons on the horse's legs and neck show the emblems of Sassanid royalty. E 29210
#08021669

Fragment of a textile border for a cavalier's sleeves or collar of a coat.Velv...

Fragment of a textile border for a cavalier's sleeves or collar of a coat.Velvet,pearls,silk embroidery. A circle of pearls encloses a winged horse; ribbons on the horse's legs and neck show the emblems of Sassanid royalty. Detail of the horse. E 29210
#08021670

Fragment of a textile border for a cavalier's sleeves or collar of a coat.Velv...

Oil lamp decorated with a Gorgon's head.
#08050370

Oil lamp decorated with a Gorgon's head.

Jug with black-figured winged gazelle Painted terracotta, Late Iron Age. From Cyprus
#08050444

Jug with black-figured winged gazelle Painted terracotta, Late...

Jug with black-figured swan. Painted terracotta, Late Iron Age. From Cyprus
#08050445

Jug with black-figured swan. Painted terracotta, Late...

Jug with black-figured bird. Painted Terracotta, Late Iron Age. From Cyprus
#08050446

Jug with black-figured bird. Painted Terracotta, Late...

Jug with black-figured gazelle. Painted terracotta, Late Iron Age. From Cyprus
#08050447

Jug with black-figured gazelle. Painted terracotta, Late...

Lions and Sphinxes in high relief. Box carved from one piece of ivory. Early Iron Age - from Megiddo, Israel Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050517

Lions and Sphinxes in high relief. Box carved from one piec...