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Goblet, silver, decorated with fabulous animals.       
From Marlik, northern Iran,                            
Iron Age I.                                            
                                                       
AO 27985
#08021621

Goblet, silver, decorated with fabulous animals. From Marlik, northern Ir...

Unfinished Kudurru, yellow limestone stele, on which   
the text was never engraved; the space for the text    
is marked by a crenellated wall with towers.Top: the   
divine emblems, below a procession of animals and musi-
cians; Marduk's horned snake around the base. Sb 25
#08021622

Unfinished Kudurru, yellow limestone stele, on which the text was never engra...

Worshipper (orant), side view.                         
Copper. Period of the Archaic Dynasties, 2660 BCE      
AO 19523
#08021623

Worshipper (orant), side view. Copper. Period of the Ar...

Worshipper (orant), front view.                        
Copper. Period of the Archaic Dynasties, 2660 BCE      
AO 19523
#08021624

Worshipper (orant), front view. Copper. Period of the Ar...

Fragment of a stele with priest and orant, erected by  
king Gudea of Lagash, who, according to a tablet,      
had seven large steles put up in his temple to the     
god Ningirsu. Around 2150 BCE.                         
Limestone.          AO 10235
#08021625

Fragment of a stele with priest and orant, erected by king Gudea of Lagash, wh...

Head of a warrior, fragment of a stele erected by      
king Gudea of Lagash, who, according to a tablet,      
had seven large steles put up in his temple to the     
god Ningirsu. Around 2150 BCE.                         
Limestone,16,5 x 21 cm          AO 10235
#08021626

Head of a warrior, fragment of a stele erected by king Gudea of Lagash, wh...

Head of a bearded man, fragment of a stele erected by  
king Gudea of Lagash, who, according to a tablet,      
had seven large steles put up in his temple to the     
god Ningirsu. Around 2150 BCE.                         
Limestone,16,5 x 21 cm          AO 10235
#08021627

Head of a bearded man, fragment of a stele erected by king Gudea of Lagash, wh...

Male figure, fragment of a stele erected by            
king Gudea of Lagash, who, according to a tablet,      
had seven large steles put up in his temple to the     
god Ningirsu. Around 2150 BCE.                         
Limestone,16,5 x 21 cm          AO 10235
#08021628

Male figure, fragment of a stele erected by king Gudea of Lagash, wh...

Relief with a male figure with feather-headgear,       
holding a staff. From Tello, around 2750 BCE.          
Limestone, H:18 cm                                     
AO 221
#08021629

Relief with a male figure with feather-headgear, holding a staff. From Te...

Statue of a bearded man, fragment, front-view.         
2255-2040 BCE                                          
Diorite, H: 62 cm      Sb 56
#08021631

Statue of a bearded man, fragment, front-view. 2255-2040 BCE...

Fragment of a relief; liturgical banquet.              
2700-2340 BCE, Susa IV.                                
Alabaster                                              
Sb 42
#08021632

Fragment of a relief; liturgical banquet. 2700-2340 BCE, Susa IV....

Fragment of a victory stele from Tello.                
2300-2250 BCE    See 08-02-16/35                       
AO 2678
#08021633

Fragment of a victory stele from Tello. 2300-2250 BCE See 08-...