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Head of a bull, copper, from Tello.                    
Mid-3rd mill. BCE                                      
AO 2676
#08021351

Head of a bull, copper, from Tello. Mid-3rd mill. BCE...

Left: bull with human head. Period of king Gudea,      
2140 BCE, from Tello. Chlorite, H:12,1 cm, L:14,9 cm   
AO 2752            See also: 08-02-10/25               
Right: bull with human head, period of king Gudea,     
around 2140 BCE. Steatite,    AO 3146
#08021352

Left: bull with human head. Period of king Gudea, 2140 BCE, from Tello. Ch...

Bull with human head, period of king Gudea,            
around 2140 BCE. Blue-black steatite.                  
AO 3146                                                
See also: 08-02-13/52 (right)
#08021353

Bull with human head, period of king Gudea, around 2140 BCE. Blue-bl...

Bowl with buffalos, bitumen.                           
From Susa, Neo-Sumerian period, 2150-2000 BCE          
Sb 2730
#08021354

Bowl with buffalos, bitumen. From Susa, Neo-Sumerian...

Female harpist; from  Bishapur,Iran.                   
85 x 117 cm                                            
AO 26169
#08021355

Female harpist; from Bishapur,Iran. 85 x 117 cm...

Investiture painting. Investiture of Zimri-Lim, early 2nd Mill BCE.,
during which which the king does homage to the Goddess Ishtar.                             From Tell Hariri , Syria.                                      
Mural painting on white plaster.
175 cm  x 2.50 cm                                         
AO 19826
#08021356

Investiture painting. Investiture of Zimri-Lim, early 2nd Mill BCE., during whi...

Investiture painting. Investiture of Zimri-Lim, early 2nd Mill BCE.,
in which the king does homage to the Goddess Ishtar.                             From Tell Hariri , Syria.                                      
Mural painting on white plaster.
175 cm  x 2.50 cm                                         
AO 19826
#08021357

Investiture painting. Investiture of Zimri-Lim, early 2nd Mill BCE., in which t...

Head of Gudea., King of Lagash, around 2120 BCE.                
Diorite head H:25,2 cm                                   
AO 13
#08021358

Head of Gudea., King of Lagash, around 2120 BCE. Diorite head H...

Foundation document in the form of a clay-roll.        
Neo-Babylonian, 555-539 BCE                            
AO 6444
#08021359

Foundation document in the form of a clay-roll. Neo-Babylonian, 555-539...

Tablet inscribed with the ritual of the daily          
sacrifices at the great temple of the god Anu          
in Uruk. Seleucid period (3rd-1st BCE)                 
AO 6451
#08021360

Tablet inscribed with the ritual of the daily sacrifices at the great...

Tablet inscribed with the New Year's ritual in         
Babylon. Neo-Babylonian or Seleucid, 6th or 3rd BCE    
MNB 1848
#08021361

Tablet inscribed with the New Year's ritual in Babylon. Neo-Babylonian...

Cylinder seal and imprint; harem scene or cultic scene 
before the queen or goddess Anahita.                   
Achaemenid period, 6th-4th BCE                         
Calcedon (quartz)                                      
AO 22359
#08021362

Cylinder seal and imprint; harem scene or cultic scene before the queen or godd...