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Pyxis with incised ornaments; traces of incrustation.  
A boat on the banks of the Euphrates. From Umma.       
Period of the Amorite dynasties, 19th-18th BCE         
Baked clay, 15 x 11 cm. Obverse side of 08-02-11/9     
AO 4800
#08021110

Pyxis with incised ornaments; traces of incrustation. A boat on the banks of t...

A bitch nursing her puppies.                            
From Eshnunna, period of the Amorite dynasties,        
early 2nd mill.BCE.                                    
Baked clay, H:6,7 cm                                   
AO 12448
#08021111

A bitch nursing her puppies. From Eshnunna, period...

Hierogamus, bed and couple.                            
Period of the Amorite dynasties, early 2nd mill.BCE    
Baked clay, H: 11,3 cm                                 
AO 8662
#08021112

Hierogamus, bed and couple. Period of the Amorite dy...

Woman nursing her child. 2150-2004 BCE                 
From Tello                                             
Baked clay, H: 8 cm                                    
AO 12570
#08021113

Woman nursing her child. 2150-2004 BCE From Tello...

Soldier with prisoner. Period of the Amorite           
dynasties, 2000-1595 BCE.                              
From the region of Baghdad.                            
Baked clay, H: 10 cm                                   
AO 6622
#08021114

Soldier with prisoner. Period of the Amorite dynasties, 2000-1595 BCE...

Two zoomorphous genii holding the sacred palm tree.    
From Eshnunna (Tell Asmar near Baghdad,Iraq).          
Early 2nd mill.BCE                                     
Baked clay tablet, 9,6 x 7 cm                          
AO 12446
#08021115

Two zoomorphous genii holding the sacred palm tree. From Eshnunna (Tell Asma...

A harpist.                                             
From Eshnunna, Tell Asmar near Baghdad, Iraq.          
Period of the Amorite dynasties, 2000-1595 BCE         
Moulded terracotta, 7,3 x 8,5 cm                       
AO 12454
#08021116

A harpist. From Eshnunna, Tell Asma...

Musician playing a kythara. Early 2nd mill.BCE         
From Eshnunna (Tell Asmar near Bagdad, Iraq)           
Period of the Amorite dynasties.                       
Moulded terracotta, 7,5 x 4,5 cm                       
AO 1245 f
#08021117

Musician playing a kythara. Early 2nd mill.BCE From Eshnunna (Tell Asma...

Model of a chariot.                                    
Period of the Amorite dynasties, 2000-1595 BCE         
Baked clay, 17 x 15 cm                                 
AO 4502
#08021118

Model of a chariot. Period of the Amorite dy...

Golden staff from the temple of Ishtar in Mari,        
Period of the Archaic Dynasties, 3rd mill.BCE          
Gold, L: 18,3 cm                                       
AO 19072
#08021119

Golden staff from the temple of Ishtar in Mari, Period of the Archaic Dy...

Gold pendant, a god wearing a high, cone-shaped crown. 
From Yozgat near Bogazkoy, Turkey.                     
New Hittite Empire, 17th-13th BCE                      
H: 3,9 cm                                              
AO 9647
#08021120

Gold pendant, a god wearing a high, cone-shaped crown. From Yozgat near Bogazko...

Lion (the second is in the museum at Aleppo,Syria).       
From the lion-temple,Mari, reign of Ishtup Ilum,
dedicated to the "King of the land",an as yet unidentified god. 18th or 17th BCE.    
See 08-02-04/39                                        
Copper, 38 x 70 cm       AO 19520/19824
#08021121

Lion (the second is in the museum at Aleppo,Syria). From the lion-temple...