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Worshipper adoring the Great Goddess,seated on a       
winged griffin. Her symbols,moon-sickle and stars,     
in the background.                                     
Bronze, H: 4,2 cm                                      
AO 23004
#08021437

Worshipper adoring the Great Goddess,seated on a winged griffin. Her symb...

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 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, 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, Assyrian period.            
A hero with sickle-like weapon (harpe), fighting       
a griffin; another figure carrying a dead moufflon     
and hare. Cornelian, H: 3,3 cm                         
AO 9040
#08021524

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian period. A hero with sickle-like...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian period.            
Hunt by centaurs with bow and arrow.                   
Agate, H: 4,3 cm                                       
AO 22342
#08021525

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian period. Hunt by centaurs with bo...

Seal and imprint, Assyrian, 9th-6th BCE.Cultic scene,  
a man and a geni around the horned dragon, symbol of   
the gods Marduk and Nabu.                              
Cornelian, H: 2,4 cm                                   
AO 22346
#08021543

Seal and imprint, Assyrian, 9th-6th BCE.Cultic scene, a man and a geni around...

Stamp-seal, Neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE.               
A hero fighting a winged bull.                         
Blue Chalcedony, H:3,4 cm                              
AO 25016
#08021547

Stamp-seal, Neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE. A hero fighting a winged...

Cylinder seal and imprint: a god on a horned dragon.   
Neo-Assyrian, from Mesopotamia                         
Stone, 3,8 x 1,4 cm                                    
AO 30255
#08021556

Cylinder seal and imprint: a god on a horned dragon. Neo-Assyrian, from Mesop...