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

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

Two heads forming a double vase,                       
from the temple of the Goddess Pinikir.                
Baked clay (Era of the reign of King                   
Untash-Napirisha, Middle-Elamite, 10th-9th BCE)        
6.1 x 9.4 cm - Sb 5114
#08020716

Two heads forming a double vase, from the temple of the G...

Two snakes and five small divine figures holding       
vases. Bronze sacrificial altar cast in one piece.     
Middle-Elamite era (10th-9th BCE),                     
from Susa, Iran                                        
158 x 70.5 cm - Sb 185
#08020720

Two snakes and five small divine figures holding vases. Bronze sacrificia...

Vase with five spouts and an animal                    
sitting on the handle.                                 
Terracotta, from Iran
#08020728

Vase with five spouts and an animal sitting on the handle....

Vase with two handles,                                 
each decorated with an animal.                         
Terracotta, from Iran
#08020729

Vase with two handles, each decorated with an a...

Vessel with a long beak                                
(1st millennium BCE)                                   
Black terracotta, from Iran
#08020730

Vessel with a long beak (1st millennium BCE)...

Kernos, cult altar                                     
(1st millennium BCE)                                   
from Aredebil, Iran
#08020731

Kernos, cult altar (1st millennium BCE)...

Scent bottle shaped like a woman.                      
Bronze (700-330 BCE)                                   
Cat. 132 253
#08020736

Scent bottle shaped like a woman. Bronze (700-330 BCE)...

Basin.                                                 
Bronze (700-330 BCE)                                   
from Susa, Iran                                        
26.3 x 41.4 cm                                         
Sb 13 757
#08020737

Basin. Bronze (700-330 BCE)...

Sitting priest holding a vase with offerings.          
Fragment of a grey limestone bas-relief                
from an Achaemenid palace (6th BCE), Susa, Iran.       
45.5 x 54.5 cm                                         
Sb 8835
#08020742

Sitting priest holding a vase with offerings. Fragment of a grey limes...

Bowl decorated with archers, perhaps members           
of the royal guard of the 1000 immortals.              
Silver and gold inlay (5th-4th BCE)                    
Cat. 116409
#08020748

Bowl decorated with archers, perhaps members of the royal guard of th...

Sassanid King Chosroe I (531-579) on his throne.       
Chosroe Cup, with central medallion.                   
Gold, rock crystal, and garnets
#08020749

Sassanid King Chosroe I (531-579) on his throne. Chosroe Cup, with centra...