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Clothing and Textiles



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Belt buckle showing man and woman embracing.           
Bronze (3rd BCE-1st CE)                                
from south east Iran                                   
Cat. 135 126
#08020770

Belt buckle showing man and woman embracing. Bronze (3rd BCE-1st CE)...

Procession of priests and women                        
decorating a bench with bull's legs.                   
Frieze with mother of pearl inlays, schist and ivory   
Early dynastic period II, Ur I (2645-2460 BCE)         
from Mari, Syria
#080208 6

Procession of priests and women decorating a bench with...

Iku-Shamagan, King of Mari, praying.                   
Staetite statuette (2650 BCE)                          
Early dynastic period II,                              
from the temple of Ishtar, Mari, Syria                 
Height 114 cm
#080208 8

Iku-Shamagan, King of Mari, praying. Staetite statuette (2650...

Iku-shamagan, King of Mari. Detail of 08-02-08/8.      
Steatit statuette (2650 BCE)                           
Early dynastic period II,                              
from the temple of Ishtar at Mari, Syria
#080208 9

Iku-shamagan, King of Mari. Detail of 08-02-08/8. Steatit statuette (2650...

Seated woman. Steatite statuette                       
Early dynastic period II, Ur I (2645-2460 BCE)         
from the temple of Ishtar at Mari, Syria               
Height 34.4 cm
#08020811

Seated woman. Steatite statuette Early dynastic period II...

Woman wearing a polos hat.                             
Alabaster statuette (2645-2460 BCE)                    
Early dynastic period II, Ur I                         
from the temple of Ishtar, layer A, Mari, Syria
#08020812

Woman wearing a polos hat. Alabaster statuette (264...

Bearded male bust.                                     
Steatite inlay figure from a frieze (fragment)         
Early dynastic period I, time of Fara (2900-2685 BCE)  
from the pre-sargonic palace at Mari, Syria            
Height 7.7 cm
#08020814

Bearded male bust. Steatite inlay figure fr...

Priest guiding a sacrificial bull.                     
Part of a long cortege,                                
fragment of a mural painting                           
Early old-Syrian, Larsa Period (2040-1870 BCE)         
from the palace of Zimri-Lin, Mari, Syria
#08020820

Priest guiding a sacrificial bull. Part of a long cortege,...

Standing god. Bronze statuette. The god, a storm-god,  
wears the kaunakes, the traditional garment of gods    
and kings since Akkadian times.                        
Middle Syrian period, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra),Syria.  
Bronze, H: 13,7 cm
#08020836

Standing god. Bronze statuette. The god, a storm-god, wears the kaunakes, the...

Woman holding her breasts (head missing).              
Bone statuette (6th-5th BCE)                           
21.8 x 5.8 cm                                          
AO 24 010
#08020842

Woman holding her breasts (head missing). Bone statuette (6th-5th...

Funeral stele of Si' Gabbor, priest of the moon-god,   
sitting in front of a table with offerings.            
Aramaic inscription. Early 7th BCE, from Neirab,Syria  
Basalt bas-relief, H: 95 cm                            
AO 3027
#08020844

Funeral stele of Si' Gabbor, priest of the moon-god, sitting in front of a t...

The storm-god Adad standing on a bull, brandishing     
a flash of lightning. Reign of Tiglath-Pileser.        
The god wears the kaunakes,a garment draped over one   
shoulder. From Arslan-Tash, North Syria.               
Basalt, H:136 cm        AO 13 092
#08020847

The storm-god Adad standing on a bull, brandishing a flash of lightning. Re...