back to overview
 
820 photos
Handle of a vessel in the form of a winged ibex,       
feet are  resting on a mask of Silenus.
partially gilded silver,27 x 15 cm.
From a princely tomb in Susa.
Late 4th BCE, Achaemenid period.
AO 2748
#080216 9

Handle of a vessel in the form of a winged ibex, feet are resting on a...

Lion,coloured glazed tiles, from the palace            
in Susa, Iran. 6th-4th BCE, Achaemenid period.         
AOD 489a
#08021610

Lion,coloured glazed tiles, from the palace in Susa, Iran. 6th-4th B...

Winged griffin,coloured glazed tiles, from the palace  
in Susa,Iran. 6th-4th BCE,Achaemenid period.           
Sb 3326
#08021611

Winged griffin,coloured glazed tiles, from the palace in Susa,Iran. 6th-4th BC...

Lion,coloured glazed tiles, from the East-courtyard ,palace            in Susa, Iran. 6th-4th BCE, Achaemenid period,reign of
Darius I ca.510 BCE.          
105 x 217 cm       Sb 3328
#08021612

Lion,coloured glazed tiles, from the East-courtyard ,palace in Susa,...

Winged bull,coloured glazed tiles,from the palace      
in Susa,Iran.6th-4th BCE,Achaemenid period.            
Sb 3327
#08021613

Winged bull,coloured glazed tiles,from the palace in Susa,Iran.6th-4th BCE...

Winged bull,coloured glazed tiles,from the palace      
in Susa,Iran.6th-4th BCE,Achaemenid period.            
Sb 3327
#08021614

Winged bull,coloured glazed tiles,from the palace in Susa,Iran.6th-4th BCE...

Procession of life-size archers.
Glazed tile frieze (515 BCE) from the palace of
Dareios the Great (522-486 BCE), Susa, Iran
475 x 375 cm
AO D 487
#08021615

Procession of life-size archers. Glazed tile frieze (515 BCE) from the palace o...

Frieze of the griffins, Susa, Palace of king Dareios,  
510 BCE. Glazed brick.                                 
Sb 3326-Sb 3327
#08021616

Frieze of the griffins, Susa, Palace of king Dareios, 510 BCE. Glazed brick....

Ramp under a staircase, Susa, Palace of king Dareios,  
510 BCE. Glazed brick.                                 
AOD 490-AOD 491
#08021617

Ramp under a staircase, Susa, Palace of king Dareios, 510 BCE. Glazed brick....

Island of Arvad (today Tyre), top center, on the       
Lebanese coast. Cedar wood transport for the building  
of a palace. Bas-relief from the Palace of King Sargon 
in Khorsabad, Mesopotamia (Iraq). Right panel, for con-
tinuation see 08-02-16/19,20 Gypseous alabaster.
#08021618

Island of Arvad (today Tyre), top center, on the Lebanese coast. Cedar wo...

Island of Arvad (today Tyre), top right, on the        
Lebanese coast. Cedar wood transport for the building  
of a palace. Bas-relief from the Palace of King Sargon 
in Khorsbad, Mesopotamia (Iraq). Center panel, for     
continuation see 08-02-16/18,20 Gypseous alabaster.
#08021619

Island of Arvad (today Tyre), top right, on the Lebanese coast. Cedar wo...

Transport of cedar wood for the construction of a      
palace. Bas-relief from the Palace of King Sargon II   
at Khorsabad, Mesopotamia (Iraq). For continuation     
see 08-02-16/18,19.                                    
AO 19989
#08021620

Transport of cedar wood for the construction of a palace. Bas-relief from...