Fine Arts


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22 subcategories
Altars

ALTARS

Armours

ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

Carvings

CARVINGS

Ceramic

CERAMIC

Drawing

DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

WATERCOLOUR

14,179 photos
Fragment of the statue of a woman.                     
From Umma, Neo-Sumerian, around 2140 BCE               
Limestone, H: 22,2 cm                                  
AO 4754
#08021067

Fragment of the statue of a woman. From Umma, Neo-Sumerian,...

Incense- or offering-stand, dedicated by Niralla,      
wife of Gudea, for the king's life.                    
From Tello (Lagash), Neo Sumerian, around 2100 BCE.    
Steatite, H: 10,5 cm                                   
AO 29931
#08021068

Incense- or offering-stand, dedicated by Niralla, wife of Gudea, for the...

Female head. From Tello                                
Alabaster, H: 4,1 cm                                   
AO 4113
#080211 5

Female head. From Tello Alabaster, H: 4,1 cm...

Female head.                                           
Limestone, H: 6,1 cm                                   
AO 34
#080211 6

Female head. Limestone, H: 6,1 cm...

Lion (the second is in the museum at Aleppo,Syria).       
From the lion-temple,Mari, reign of Ishtup Ilum,
dedicated to the "King of the land",an as yet unidentified god. 18th or 17th BCE.    
See 08-02-04/39                                        
Copper, 38 x 70 cm       AO 19520/19824
#08021121

Lion (the second is in the museum at Aleppo,Syria). From the lion-temple...

Toy animals, hedgehog and lion on wheels. From the     
deposit of the temple of Inshushinak, Susa, middle-    
Elamite period, Period of the Shutrukides dynasty.     
Limestone and bitumen compound, L: 7,5 cm              
Sb 2908,2905
#08021146

Toy animals, hedgehog and lion on wheels. From the deposit of the temple of...

Head of a dragon, gilded silver. From the deposit      
of the temple of Inshushinak, Susa, Iran. Mid-Elamite, 
period of the Shutrukides dynasty, 13th BCE.           
Silver, gilded, H: 3,5 cm                              
Sb 6595
#08021150

Head of a dragon, gilded silver. From the deposit of the temple of Inshush...

King Gudea as "the architect with a plan", as temple-  
builder who holds a plan of the edifice on his knees.  
An inscription tells of the construction of E-Ninnu,   
the temple of the god. Fragment of a diorite statue,   
from Tello. Overall dimension 93 x 41 cm - AO 2
#08021223

King Gudea as "the architect with a plan", as temple- builder who holds a plan...

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
#08021230

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

Two bulls' heads.Capital and pillar,grey limestone.    
From a column from the Apadana in Susa,Iran.           
Period of Darius I, around 510 BCE.                    
AO D1
#08021234

Two bulls' heads.Capital and pillar,grey limestone. From a column from the A...

The "Lady with the shawl", probably a princess         
from the court of Gudea. (2140 BCE                     
from Tello, ancient Girsu, Mesopotamia (Iraq)          
Diorite, 17,8 x 11.8 cm                                
AO 295
#08021236

The "Lady with the shawl", probably a princess from the court of Gudea....

Head of a priest, from a temple of the goddess Pinikir,
Dur Untash, Tchoga-Zambil, Iran. Baked clay, white     
faience; reign of King Untash-Napirisha, mid-2nd mill. 
H:4,1 cm   Sb 5090   See also:08-02-07/14              
Female figure,fragment,faience,Tchoga-Zambil, Sb 5089
#08021247

Head of a priest, from a temple of the goddess Pinikir, Dur Untash, Tchoga-Zambi...