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Wig with gilded bronze nails. From Susa, Iran.         
Faience (enamelled terracotta), bronze and gold        
11,5 x 12 cm                                           
First half of the 1st mill.BCE                         
Sb 2835
#08020735

Wig with gilded bronze nails. From Susa, Iran. Faience (enamelled terra...

Nude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands.
Cast and chased silver statuette from the Oxus Treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th BCE.
The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan.

















Treasure.
Achaemenid period (700-330 BCE)
Cat. 123 905
#08020758

Nude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands. Cast and chased silver s...

Top of a staff with lion heads.Gold tubus with ornaments and lapis lazuli knob,Achaemenid period 5th-4th  BCE. From the
Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan.
Cat. 135 908
#08020759

Top of a staff with lion heads.Gold tubus with ornaments and lapis lazuli knob,A...

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin,gold, from the Oxus Treasure,Achaemenid period,5th-4th BCE.
The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the Oxus,Tajikistan.
Cat. 123 924
#08020760

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin,gold, from the Oxus Treasure,Ach...

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet. The man wears a Median costume; he has an akinakes (short sword) of a type
depicted on reliefs at Persepolis.5th-4th BCE. One of 50 thin gold plaques from the Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus,Tadjikistan. Catt. 123 949
#08020762

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet. The man wears a Median costume; he has...

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet.(5th-4th BCE) from 
the Oxus treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, from a temple on the banks of the Oxus,Tajikistan.
Cat. 123 916
#08020763

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet.(5th-4th BCE) from the Oxus treasure,...

Head of a divinity (hollow). Gold (5th-4th BCE), from the Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of silver and gold to have survived from the Achaemenid period. It comes from a temple  on the banks of the Oxus in Tajikistan.
Cat. 123 906
#08020765

Head of a divinity (hollow). Gold (5th-4th BCE), from the Oxus Treasure, the mos...

Flat bowl with floral and geometric design.            
From Arpatchiya, Halaf Culture, 6000-5700 BCE          
16 cm across, 4,6 deep.                                
DA 10
#08021052

Flat bowl with floral and geometric design. From Arpatchiya, Halaf C...

Brick with impressions of fingers, from Jericho.       
Dried clay. 19,5 x 10,5 cm                             
AO 28397
#08021263

Brick with impressions of fingers, from Jericho. Dried clay. 19,5 x 10,5...

Flints of silex and obsidian, from neolithic Anatolia. 
AO 29703
#080214 1

Flints of silex and obsidian, from neolithic Anatolia. AO 29703

Vase with a human face. From Anatolia, 4th mill.BCE    
Painted terracotta. H: 26 cm                           
AO 21990
#080214 3

Vase with a human face. From Anatolia, 4th mill.BCE Painted terracotta. H: 2...

Stamp seal from Tepe Gaura, Ubaid culture.             
A headless figure in a long robe holds his arms        
outstretched above a goat-like animal.                 
Terracotta, 3,2 cm across.                             
DAO 7
#08021545

Stamp seal from Tepe Gaura, Ubaid culture. A headless figure in a l...