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Stele of the Vultures:King Eannatum, with wig-like helmet,leads his army on foot into the battle against the town of Umma. At their feet the bodies of slain enemies. Around 2450 BCE.See 08-02-04/2-9,08-02-14/36. Overall size 180 x 130 cm - AO 20, AO 2346-2348
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Stele of the Vultures:King Eannatum, with wig-like helmet,leads his army on...

Stele of the Vultures:King Eannatum, with wig-like helmet,leads his army on foot into the battle against the town of Umma. At their feet the bodies of slain enemies. Around 2450 BCE.See 08-02-04/2-9,08-02-14/36. Overall size 180 x 130 cm - AO 20, AO 2346-2348
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Stele of the Vultures:King Eannatum, with wig-like helmet,leads his army on...

Stele of the Vultures:King Eannatum, with wig-like helmet,leads his army on foot into the battle against the town of Umma. At their feet the bodies of slain enemies. Around 2450 BCE.See 08-02-04/2-9,08-02-14/36. Overall size 180 x 130 cm - AO 20, AO 2346-2348
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Stele of the Vultures:King Eannatum, with wig-like helmet,leads his army on...

Drummer; fragment of a stele, from Tello. Period of King Gudea (around 2100 BCE. Limestone, 30,5 x 36,5 cm AO 4578
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Drummer; fragment of a stele, from Tello. Period of King Gudea (ar...

Fragment of a stele, raised standards. From Tello. Period of king Gudea, around 2100 BCE. Limestone, H: 34,3 cm AO 4581
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Fragment of a stele, raised standards. From Tello. Period of king Gudea, ar...

Votive eye, Kassite Babylonia, 16th-12th BCE.Inscribed "To goddess Ninlil, this present Kurigalzu has given". Kassite king Kurigalzu, around 1400 BCE,conquered Susa and exchanged embassies and presents with pharaoh Amenophis III. Agate, 3 cm across. AO 21377
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Votive eye, Kassite Babylonia, 16th-12th BCE.Inscribed "To goddess Ninlil, this...

Votive eye. Kassite Babylonia, 16th BCE. Inscribed with the name of Kurigalzu, Kassite king around 1400 BCE, who conquered Susa and exchanged embassies and presents with Pharaoh Amenophis III. Agate, 3,25 cm across. AO 23994
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Votive eye. Kassite Babylonia, 16th BCE. Inscribed with the name...

Agate-eye, period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE). H: 4,1 cm AO 7706
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Agate-eye, period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE). H: 4,1 cm...

Chalcedony, inscribed with the name of king Kurigalzu, Kassite king around 1400 BCE, who conquered Susa and exchanged presents and embassies with Pharaoh Amenophis III. second half 14th BCE. Chalcedony, 1,4 x 2,7 cm
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Chalcedony, inscribed with the name of king Kurigalzu, Kassite king around 1400...

Fragment of lapis lazuli with dedication to the goddess Ninlil, from Kurigalzu, Kassite king who conquered Susa and exchanged embassies and presents with pharaoh Amenophis III. Lapis lazuli, 8,4 x 3,4 cm AO 7705
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Fragment of lapis lazuli with dedication to the goddess Ninlil, from Kurigalzu,...

Procession of life-size archers. Glazed tile frieze (515 BCE) from the palace of Dareios the Great (522-486 BCE), Susa, Iran 475 x 375 cm AO D 487
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Procession of life-size archers. Glazed tile frieze (515 BCE) from the palace o...

Frieze of the griffins, Susa, Palace of king Dareios, 510 BCE. Glazed brick. Sb 3326-Sb 3327
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Frieze of the griffins, Susa, Palace of king Dareios, 510 BCE. Glazed brick....