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Prisoners in camp having their meal. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE),illustrating the campaign against the kingdom of Elam,which brought Elam under Assyrian rule, 645 BCE.Upper register 08-02-01/60 Gypseous alabaster,41 x 78 cm. AO 19909
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Prisoners in camp having their meal. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (...

Sovereign on a throne chariot surrounded by courtiers. Cylinder seal, black steatite (9th BCE) (Private collection) Length 5 cm
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Sovereign on a throne chariot surrounded by courtiers....

Tiglath Pileser III, portrait (detail). Limestone bas-relief (7th BCE) from Nimrud, Mesopotamia (Iraq). Size 93 x 42 cm AO 19853
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Tiglath Pileser III, portrait (detail). Limestone bas-relief (7t...

The king's podium. In the foreground a post hole which held a huge wooden pillar for a roof. (Bronze Age), Ebla, Syria
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The king's podium. In the foreground a post hole which held a huge wooden...

View from inside of the palace towards king's podium across the staircase of the Middle Bronze palace of Ebla.
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View from inside of the palace towards king's podium across the staircase of...

A prince or ruler with inscription on the robe, front and back: "Ibbit Lim, son of Ingrish Hepa, King of the Ebla line" (namesake of the site). (Middle Bronze Age, around 17th BCE). Basalt headless torso. See also 08-02-02/22
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A prince or ruler with inscription on the robe, front and back: "Ibbit L...

A prince or ruler with inscription on the robe, front and back: "Ibbit Lim, son of Ingrish Hepa, King of Ebla line" (namesake of the site). (Middle Bronze Age, around 17th BCE) Basalt headless torso
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A prince or ruler with inscription on the robe, front and back: "Ibbit L...

Basalt sacrificial basin with reliefs. Short side: warriors marching over 4 crouching lions. Long side: banquet scene with a ruler sitting in front of an offering table with bread being consecrated by a priest (Middle Bronze). Temple B1, Tel Mardikh, Syria
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Basalt sacrificial basin with reliefs. Short side: warriors marching over 4...

King or ruler in his role of priest seated before an offering table consecrates bread. Banquet scene. Relief on the long side of a basalt sacrificial basin from Temple B1, Tel Mardikh (Middle Bronze Age).
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King or ruler in his role of priest seated before an offering table...

King or ruler in his role of priest seated before an offering table consecrates bread. Relief on the long side of a sacrificial basin from Temple B1, Tel Mardikh, Syria (Middle Bronze Age)
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King or ruler in his role of priest seated before an offering table...

King or governor receives an ankh (symbol of life) from god Hadad. Imprint of a cylinder seal on the neck of a vase (17th BCE, Middle Bronze Age) found 1965 in the Temple B1, area of Ebla, Syria.
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King or governor receives an ankh (symbol of life) from god Hadad. Imprint...

Gold jewelery and an onyx vase; six bracelets and a long flower-headed pin (around 1700 BCE) from the Tomb of the Princess (a probably 12 years old princess) Ebla, Syria
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Gold jewelery and an onyx vase; six bracelets and a long flower-headed pin (...