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Oil-lamps from Jerusalem.                              
Terracotta, H: 3,5 cm                                  
AO 3270
#08021465

Oil-lamps from Jerusalem. Terracotta, H: 3,5 cm...

Kneeling man, bent over a vessel on a tripod.          
Terracotta,H: 6,1 cm                                   
AO 29576
#08021466

Kneeling man, bent over a vessel on a tripod. Terracotta,H: 6,1 cm...

Two boxes in form of ducks, for toilet articles;       
funerary gifts. Late Bronze, from Minet el Beida,      
the port of the city of Ugarit.                        
Hyppopotamus tusk, L: 14,5 cm                          
AO 14779
#08021467

Two boxes in form of ducks, for toilet articles; funerary gifts. Late Bro...

Sphinx, perhaps a fitting for furniture.               
Hippopotamus ivory,H: 8,5 cm                           
Recent Bronze (14th-12th BCE)                          
From Quatna,Syria                                      
AO 20363
#08021468

Sphinx, perhaps a fitting for furniture. Hippopotamus ivory,H: 8,...

Sphinx with human head (Egyptian influence),           
probably decoration of a piece of furniture.The sphinx 
belongs to a group of outstanding ivories found in     
a building near the palace of Arslan Tash, N-Syria.    
Ivory, H: 8,8 cm                     AO 11475
#08021469

Sphinx with human head (Egyptian influence), probably decoration of a...

Sphinx with a human head (Egyptian influence),         
probably decoration of a piece of furniture.The sphinx 
belongs to a group of outstanding ivories found in a   
builiding next to the palace of Arslan-Tash, North     
Syria. Ivory, H: 8,5 cm               AO 11478
#08021470

Sphinx with a human head (Egyptian influence), probably decoration of a...

Votive eye, Kassite Babylonia, 16th-12th BCE.Inscribed 
"To goddess Ninlil, this present Kurigalzu has given". 
Kassite king Kurigalzu, around 1400 BCE,conquered Susa 
and exchanged embassies and presents with pharaoh      
Amenophis III. Agate, 3 cm across.  AO 21377
#080215 1

Votive eye, Kassite Babylonia, 16th-12th BCE.Inscribed "To goddess Ninlil, this...

Votive eye. Kassite Babylonia, 16th BCE.               
Inscribed with the name of Kurigalzu, Kassite king     
around 1400 BCE, who conquered Susa and exchanged      
embassies and presents with Pharaoh Amenophis III.     
Agate, 3,25 cm across.          AO 23994
#080215 2

Votive eye. Kassite Babylonia, 16th BCE. Inscribed with the name...

Agate-eye, period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE).  
H: 4,1 cm                                              
AO 7706
#080215 3

Agate-eye, period of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE). H: 4,1 cm...

Chalcedony, inscribed with the name of king Kurigalzu, 
Kassite king around 1400 BCE, who conquered Susa and   
exchanged presents and embassies with Pharaoh          
Amenophis III. second half 14th BCE.                   
Chalcedony, 1,4 x 2,7 cm
#080215 4

Chalcedony, inscribed with the name of king Kurigalzu, Kassite king around 1400...

Fragment of lapis lazuli with dedication to the goddess
Ninlil, from Kurigalzu, Kassite king who conquered Susa
and exchanged embassies and presents with pharaoh      
Amenophis III.                                         
Lapis lazuli, 8,4 x 3,4 cm         AO 7705
#080215 5

Fragment of lapis lazuli with dedication to the goddess Ninlil, from Kurigalzu,...

Cylinder-seal and imprint, neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE.
Ritual scene before altars with divine symbols.        
Chalcedony, H: 3,4 cm                                  
AO 22358
#080215 6

Cylinder-seal and imprint, neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE. Ritual scene before alta...