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Fragment of a victory stele from Tello.                
2300-2250 BCE   See 08-02-16/34                        
AO 2678
#08021634

Fragment of a victory stele from Tello. 2300-2250 BCE See 08-0...

Victory stele of Sargon I, king of Akkad, showing      
prisoners marching (first register) and armed warriors.
See 08-02-16/37      Around 2300 BCE                   
Diorite,      Sb 1
#08021635

Victory stele of Sargon I, king of Akkad, showing prisoners marching (firs...

Victory stele of Sargon I, king of Akkad, showing      
prisoners marching (first register) and armed warriors.
See 08-02-16/36. Around 2300 BCE                       
Diorite      Sb 1
#08021636

Victory stele of Sargon I, king of Akkad, showing prisoners marching (firs...

An archer. Detail from the procession of archers       
(515 BCE), from the palace of                          
Dareios the Great (522-486 BCE), Susa, Iran            
Enamelled tiles
#08021637

An archer. Detail from the procession of archers (515 BCE), from the pala...

An archer. Detail from the procession of archers       
(515 BCE), from the palace of                          
Dareios the Great (522-486 BCE), Susa, Iran            
Enamelled tiles
#08021638

An archer. Detail from the procession of archers (515 BCE), from the pala...

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria.       
Egyptian-style ornaments; a king adoring a bird-       
headed god;rabbits and a sphinx;hieroglyphs.           
Middle Bronze. Hematite, H: 2 cm                       
AO 22 364
#08021639

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria. Egyptian-style ornaments...

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria.       
Egyptian-style ornaments; a king adoring a bird-       
headed god;rabbits and a sphinx;hieroglyphs.           
Middle Bronze. Hematite, H: 2 cm                       
AO 22 364
#08021640

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria. Egyptian-style ornaments...

Male figure, from Safadi,Negev,Israel.5000-3.500 BCE.  
Hippopotamus ivory, H: 25 cm                           
AO 21406
#08021641

Male figure, from Safadi,Negev,Israel.5000-3.500 BCE. Hippopotamus ivory, H: 2...

So-called Amrit-stele,sandstone.Storm-god or king      
standing on a lion with cudgel in hand;a protective    
bird hovers above. From Tell Hazael (Smyrna,Syria)     
AO 22 247
#08021642

So-called Amrit-stele,sandstone.Storm-god or king standing on a lion with...

Alabaster slab with a border of ram-heads; inscription  
in the Sabaean language is a dedication to the God     
Almaqah, citing five of the gods of the Sabaean        
pantheon, two rulers and two governors.Around 700 BCE. 
From the region of Ma'arib,Yemen.     AO 18
#08021643

Alabaster slab with a border of ram-heads; inscription in the Sabaean languag...

Anthropoid sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II,King of Sidon  
(489-475 BCE).From the royal necropolis of Maqharas,   
Sidon,Lebanon. See also 08-02-09/52                    
Black stone.     AO 4806
#08021644

Anthropoid sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II,King of Sidon (489-475 BCE).From the r...

Anthropoid sarcophagus with the portrait of a man,     
Egyptian style.Found near the sarcophagus of King      
Eshmunazar II in the royal necropolis of Sidon,Lebanon.
Marble                                                 
AO 6802
#08021645

Anthropoid sarcophagus with the portrait of a man, Egyptian style.Found nea...