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Inhabitants of a captured Elamite city on their way    
into exile. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal         
(668-627 BCE) in Niniveh. Upper register of 08-01-02/60
Gypseous alabaster, 163 x 77 cm                        
AO 19904
#08020163

Inhabitants of a captured Elamite city on their way into exile. Bas-relief,...

Tiglath Pileser III, portrait (detail).                
Limestone bas-relief (7th BCE)                         
from Nimrud, Mesopotamia (Iraq).                       
Size 93 x 42 cm                                        
AO 19853
#08020167

Tiglath Pileser III, portrait (detail). Limestone bas-relief (7t...

Couple in a bed. Terracotta model with figurative      
relief. Erotic representation. Precise provenience     
unknown, probably Tello, Iraq                          
11.3 x 5.5 cm                                          
AO 8662
#080202 1

Couple in a bed. Terracotta model with figurative relief. Erotic represent...

Couple.                                                
Terracotta relief (beginning 2nd millenium BCE)        
from Tello, Mesopotamia                                
11.5 x 5.8 cm                                          
AO 15 178
#080202 2

Couple. Terracotta relief (begin...

Couple facing each other.                              
Terracotta relief                                      
from Tello, Mesopotamia                                
11 x 6.4 cm, 1.7 cm thick                              
AO 16 676
#080202 3

Couple facing each other. Terracotta relief...

Terracotta fragment of a female statue.                
Inlaid collier. Alabaster, onyx, pearls,               
turquoise, gilded copper (early 3rd millenium BCE)     
from Tello, Mesopotamia                                
4.4 x 2.8 x 3.9 cm - AO 298
#080202 4

Terracotta fragment of a female statue. Inlaid collier. Alabaste...

Two dancers. Top of a copper pin. Detail.              
Period of Djemet'nasr (30th-29th BCE)                  
Total height 18.2 cm, length 2 cm                      
AO 14 522
#08020249

Two dancers. Top of a copper pin. Detail. Period of Djemet'nasr (3...

Two bronze figurines,                                  
from Byblos, Lebanon.                                  
5.1 x 2.6 cm                                           
AO 14677
#08020250

Two bronze figurines, from Byblos, Lebanon....

Fertility goddesses.                                   
Northern Syrian folk art                               
Baked clay figurines (2nd mill. BCE)
#08020261

Fertility goddesses. Northern Syrian folk art...

A deer (gazelle)                                       
from Susa, Iran.                                       
Plaque with relief, green schist                       
13.5 x 15 x 2.1 cm                                     
Sb 3782
#08020268

A deer (gazelle) from Susa, Iran....

Bronze idol with four figures,                         
from the river Orontes.                                
Size 10.4 cm                                           
AO 2772
#08020269

Bronze idol with four figures, from the river Orontes....

Bronze idol with two figures,                          
from the river Orontes.                                
Size 8 cm                                              
AO 2740
#08020270

Bronze idol with two figures, from the river Orontes....