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Water-Goddess with vase                                
and water spouting from the vase.                      
Stone, Archaic Dynasties                               
See also 08-02-04/24 and 26                            
Early 2nd millennium BCE
#08020425

Water-Goddess with vase and water spouting from...

Water-Goddess with vase                                
and water spouting from the vase.                      
Stone, Archaic Dynasties.                              
See also 08-02-04/24 and 25                            
Early 2nd millennium BCE
#08020426

Water-Goddess with vase and water spouting from...

Vanquished prince, nude, fettered, drawn by nose ring. 
Fragment of a steatite vase with relief                
(2340-2150 BCE)                                        
5.4 x 3.8 cm                                           
AO 5683
#08020429

Vanquished prince, nude, fettered, drawn by nose ring. Fragment of a steatite v...

Hunting Patera (perhaps the king of Ugarit hunting).   
Relief from the bottom of a gold dish (14th-13th BCE). 
Detail, from Ras Shamra, ancient Ugarit, Syria.        
See 08-02-08/24                                        
Gold, 18,8 cm across            AO 17 208
#08020449

Hunting Patera (perhaps the king of Ugarit hunting). Relief from the bottom o...

Pitcher with strainer on a base.                       
Terracotta, from Byblos, Lebanon
#08020463

Pitcher with strainer on a base. Terracotta, from Byblos,...

Pitcher with strainer on a base.                       
Terracotta, from Byblos, Lebanon
#08020464

Pitcher with strainer on a base. Terracotta, from Byblos,...

Water, corn growing from water, sheep,                 
men bearing gifts, and the Goddess Inanna (Innin).     
five rows of limestone bas-reliefs on the Warka-Vase,  
a cult vase from Uruk, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020556

Water, corn growing from water, sheep, men bearing gifts, and t...

Goddess Inanna (Innin) behind her symbols              
(two sheafs of reed).                                  
Detail from the Warka-Vase, a limestone cult vase      
from Uruk, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020557

Goddess Inanna (Innin) behind her symbols (two sheafs of reed)....

A cow and a stable constructed of wickerwork           
with sculpted columns in the background.               
Fragment of a cult vase of alabaster (era of           
Djemet-Nasr), from Uruk, Mesopotamia (Iraq).           
Limestone, 16 x 22,5 cm - AO 8842
#08020570

A cow and a stable constructed of wickerwork with sculpted columns in...

Vessel in the form of a bathtub.                       
Terracotta (Imperial Period)                           
from Hattusa (Boghazkoy), Turkey
#08020617

Vessel in the form of a bathtub. Terracotta (Imperial Per...

Bronze vase with horses and cattle, from Susa, Iran.   
Medio-Elamite period, second half second mill.BCE      
Bronze, H:11,3 cm                                      
Sb 2825
#080207 4

Bronze vase with horses and cattle, from Susa, Iran. Medio-Elamite period, se...

The sun-god Shamash-mukin-ahi at a banquet.            
Bronze vessel (situla) from Luristan, Persia.          
(Detail, see also 08-02-07/8)                          
11.1 x 5.5 cm                                          
AO 25000
#080207 7

The sun-god Shamash-mukin-ahi at a banquet. Bronze vessel (situla) f...