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Turkish ornamental tiles from Kashan or Danghan.       
Assorted.                                              
78,5 x 49,5 cm                                         
A.O. 6319
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Turkish ornamental tiles from Kashan or Danghan. Assorted....

Pyramid of Paraoh Nyuserre near Abu Sir.
Old Kingdom (4th dynasty).
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Pyramid of Paraoh Nyuserre near Abu Sir. Old Kingdom (4th dynasty).

Pyramid of Pharaoh Sesostris II (aka Senusret II) at
Lahun, at the southeast of the Fayum.
Middle Kingdom (12th dynasty).
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Pyramid of Pharaoh Sesostris II (aka Senusret II) at Lahun, at the southeast of...

Painted bust of young Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1346-1337 BCE) with lotus leaf shaped base. Treasure from the tomb of Tutankhamun. New Kingdom (18th dynasty).
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Painted bust of young Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1346-1337 BCE) with lotus leaf shaped...

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus.
A number of documents have survived that allow us insight into the ancient Egyptians' approach to mathematics. This papyrus is the most extensive. It is not a theoretical treatise, but a list of practical problems encountered in administrative and building works. The text contains eighty-four problems concerned with numerical operations, practical problem-solving, and geometrical shapes. The majority of literate Egyptians were scribes and they were expected to undertake various tasks. These must have demanded some mathematical as well as writing skills.
The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus is also important as a historical document, since the copyist noted that he was writing in year 33 of the reign of Apophis, the penultimate king of the Hyksos 15th Dynasty (about 1650-1550 BCE) and was copied after an original of the 12th Dynasty (about 1985-1795 BCE). On the other side of the papyrus "year 11" is mentioned, with a reference to the taking of some Egyptian towns. This probably refers to the fighting between the Egyptians and the Hyksos before the beginning of the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BCE). However, it is not certain to which king "year 11" refers.
Length: 319 cm, width: 34.3 cm; from Thebes, Egypt
Around 1550 BCE (end of the Second Intermediate Period)
EA 10057
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Rhind Mathematical Papyrus. A number of documents have survived that allow us i...

Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) holding Nubian, Libyan and Syrian prisoners by their hair.
Painted limestone stele; New Kingdom (19th dynasty)
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Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) holding Nubian, Libyan and Syrian prisoners by...

Coin with the portrait of Cleopatra I Syra, Queen of Egypt (215-176BCE). She married Ptolemy V in 193 BCE. They had two sons and a daughter, Ptolemy VI, Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VIII. When her husband died in 180 BCE, she ruled on behalf of her son Ptolemy VI until her death.
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Coin with the portrait of Cleopatra I Syra, Queen of Egypt (215-176BCE). She mar...

Wall painting of the martyrdom of saints, from a building of the Coptic town of Wadi Sarga,Egypt. Coptic period, 6th.
In the centre a panel in red paint shows the "three children in the furnace" Ananias, Azarias and Misael. Left and right are Saints Damian and Cosmas,and their brothers Leontios, Eupredios and Anthinmos, all martyred by burning. EA 73139
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Wall painting of the martyrdom of saints, from a building of the Coptic town of...

Amulet with a figure of Lamashtu, designed to ward off evil,
from Mesopotamia, around 800 BCE. Lamashtu has the head of a lion, the teeth of a donkey, naked breasts and the talons of a bird. She holds snakes in her hands and stands on her sacred animal, the donkey. Lamashtus principal victims were unborn and new-born babies.   ANE 117759
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Amulet with a figure of Lamashtu, designed to ward off evil, from Mesopotamia,...

Queen's lyre from Ur, southern Iraq, 2600-2400 BCE. Stringed instrument with a bull's head, found in the grave of Queen Pu-abi, part of the Royal Tombs in the cemetery at Ur.
Along with the lyre were the bodies of ten women with fine jewellery, presumed to be sacrificial victims. One woman lay right against the lyre, the bones of her hands placed where the strings wuld have been.   ANE 121198A
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Queen's lyre from Ur, southern Iraq, 2600-2400 BCE. Stringed instrument with a b...

Juglet from the Middle Euphrates region, Syria, Amorite,
2400-2000 BCE. The juglet, with its applied figurine, is pierced at the base and may have been a strainer or a
sprinkler. ANE 138756
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Juglet from the Middle Euphrates region, Syria, Amorite, 2400-2000 BCE. The jug...

Stone panel from the South-West Palace of King Sennacherib
Niniveh,northern Iraq. This alabaster panel was part of a series on the siege of Lachish. On the left, inhabitants of Lachisch leave to be resettled elsewhere in the Assyrian Empire. On the right foreigners (possibly Nubians) are tortured and probably flayed alive. See also 08-02-03, 08-02-05, 08-05-12 and 08-05-13.
ANE 124909
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Stone panel from the South-West Palace of King Sennacherib Niniveh,northern Ira...