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Sword with conic handle.                               
Bronze (end 2nd millenium BCE)                         
from Northern Iran                                     
76.5 x 7.3 cm                                          
AO 27128
#080207 9

Sword with conic handle. Bronze (end 2nd milleniu...

Bronze Dagger                                          
from Marlik, northern Iran                             
45.2 x 9.8 cm                                          
AO 20364
#08020710

Bronze Dagger from Marlik, northern Ir...

Bearded musician with a lyre.                          
Terracotta relief from Susa, Iran.                     
(Elamite Period, 12th-7th BCE)                         
8.6 x 4.5 cm                                           
Sb 6579
#08020711

Bearded musician with a lyre. Terracotta relief from S...

Couple on a votive bed. Fertility rite.                
Hierogamus, from Susa, Persia.                         
Terracotta (mid 2nd millennium)                        
7.1 x 4.9 cm                                           
Sb 6562
#08020712

Couple on a votive bed. Fertility rite. Hierogamus, from Susa, P...

Couple embracing in a votive bed. Fertility rite.      
Hierogamus, from Susa, Persia.                         
Terracotta (mid 2nd millenium)                         
9,5 x 5,7 cm                                           
Sb 5888
#08020713

Couple embracing in a votive bed. Fertility rite. Hierogamus, from Susa, P...

Head of a priest, from a temple of the goddess         
Pinikir, Dur Untash, Tchoga-Zambil, Iran.              
Baked clay, white faience; reign of King               
Untash-Napirisha, mid-second mill.BCE                  
H:4.1                 Sb 5090
#08020714

Head of a priest, from a temple of the goddess Pinikir, Dur Untash, Tch...

A woman drinking from a vase whilst                    
being made love from behind by a man.                  
Terracotta bas-relief (era of Isin-Larsa-Babylon)      
11.2 x 8 cm                                            
AO 16681
#08020715

A woman drinking from a vase whilst being made love from beh...

Two heads forming a double vase,                       
from the temple of the Goddess Pinikir.                
Baked clay (Era of the reign of King                   
Untash-Napirisha, Middle-Elamite, 10th-9th BCE)        
6.1 x 9.4 cm - Sb 5114
#08020716

Two heads forming a double vase, from the temple of the G...

Goddess Gula with her dog, Kudurru of Nazimarutash,    
from the temple of Marduk,Babylon.                     
Black limestone, 2nd half 14th BCE.                    
Kassite period.
#08020718

Goddess Gula with her dog, Kudurru of Nazimarutash, from the temple of Mardu...

Parade of musicians, warriors, and animals.            
Fragment of a Kudurru - middle register.               
Yellow limestone (Kassite era, 12th BCE),              
from Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Overall size: 54 x 36 cm - Sb 25
#08020719

Parade of musicians, warriors, and animals. Fragment of a Kudurru -...

Two snakes and five small divine figures holding       
vases. Bronze sacrificial altar cast in one piece.     
Middle-Elamite era (10th-9th BCE),                     
from Susa, Iran                                        
158 x 70.5 cm - Sb 185
#08020720

Two snakes and five small divine figures holding vases. Bronze sacrificia...

Adda-Hamiti-Inshushinak, King of Elam (7th BCE)        
Bas-relief on stele (fragment: head)                   
Limestone, from Susa, Iran                             
53.9 x 65.6 cm                                         
Sb 16
#08020732

Adda-Hamiti-Inshushinak, King of Elam (7th BCE) Bas-relief on stele (fra...