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Funeral portrait of a woman, 100-150 CE Painted plaster, 37 x 17 cm Inv. Y 70
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Funeral portrait of a woman, 100-150 CE Painted plaster, 37 x 17...

The Rosetta stone,an irregularly shaped stone of black basalt,found in 1799 near the town of Rosetta (Rashid) near Alexandria by Napoleon's armies. The inscription is a priestly decree affirming the royal cult of the 13-year old Ptolemy V. With its inscriptions by priests of Memphis, in Hieroglyphs, (suitable for a priestly decree) demotic (the native script used for daily purposes) and Greek (the language of the administration), it permitted Champollion,in 1821,to decypher hieroglyphs. EA 24
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The Rosetta stone,an irregularly shaped stone of black basalt,found in 1799 nea...

Royal game of the 24 squares of Ur. Geometrical game board and chips with shells, bone, lapis lazuli, and red limestone from a royal cemetery in Ur, Mesopotamia WA 120834
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Royal game of the 24 squares of Ur. Geometrical game board a...

Tablet of accounts with impression from a cylinder seal Inscription with a series of numbers from Susa, Iran (2900 BCE, Proto-Elamite) 21 x 26.7 cm Sb 2801
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Tablet of accounts with impression from a cylinder seal Inscription with a serie...

Kudurru of Babylonian King Melishishu II,1202-1188 BCE who presents his daughter (holding a harp) to Nanai, goddess of health and medicine (detail of 08-02-05/60) Black limestone Kudurru found at Susa, Iran 83 x 42 cm - Sb 23
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Kudurru of Babylonian King Melishishu II,1202-1188 BCE who presents his daughte...

A child, dedicated to Eshmun, god of healing. Marble figure
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A child, dedicated to Eshmun, god of healing. Marble figure

Kudurru of Babylonian King Melishishu II,1202-1188 BCE who presents his daughter (holding a harp) to Nanai, goddess of health and medicine.Detail see 08-02-04/47. Black limestone Kudurru found at Susa, Iran 83 x 42 cm - Sb 23
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Kudurru of Babylonian King Melishishu II,1202-1188 BCE who presents his daughte...

Calculation of the surface area of a terrain at Umma, Mesopotamia (Iraq). Ur III Clay tablet (2100 BCE) 7 x 5.8 cm AO 5677
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Calculation of the surface area of a terrain at Umma, Mesopotamia (Ir...

Weather God Ivriz. Bas-relief on a basalt stele (Late Hittite, 9th BCE) from Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Weather God Ivriz. Bas-relief on a basalt stele (Late Hitti...

Warfalowas Urfalla and the weather god Ivriz. Plaster cast of a bas-relief (Late Hittite, 9th BCE) from Ereglisi (near Konya), Turkey.
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Warfalowas Urfalla and the weather god Ivriz. Plaster cast of a bas-re...

Lion with inscription "Temple of the Weather God" on top left corner. Basalt bas-relief from the base of the south wall of the western palace of King Kapara. From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana), north-east Syria. Aramaean, mid-10th century BCE.
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Lion with inscription "Temple of the Weather God" on top left corner. Basalt...

Sheep's liver. Terracotta model Late middle Syrian period (late 14th to early 12th BCE) from Emar (Mascana) 10.8 x 11 x 4.1 cm
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Sheep's liver. Terracotta model Late middle Syrian perio...