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Sitting nude in birth-position.                        
Painted terracotta figure                              
Tell Halaf, Northern Syria                             
Size 8.3 cm                                            
AO 21 095
#080203 1

Sitting nude in birth-position. Painted terracotta figur...

Scribe Tarhupia, with writing tools,                   
held like a child on his mother's knees.               
Basalt stele with relief (800-755 or 790-770 BCE)      
from Marash, south-east Turkey. Size 74 x 28.5 cm      
AO 19 222
#080203 5

Scribe Tarhupia, with writing tools, held like a child on his...

Merchant carrying a pair of scales for weighing metals.
Funeral stele from Marash, Northern Syria.             
Neo-Hittite, 8th BCE                                   
Basalt, 49 x 31,5 cm                                   
AO 19221
#080203 6

Merchant carrying a pair of scales for weighing metals. Funeral stele from Maras...

Six orantes.                                           
Terracotta statuettes                                  
from Susa, Iran. Middle-Elamite                        
Height 5 to 8 cm                                       
Sb 2899, 2900, 6592, 6593, 8318, 8321.
#080203 9

Six orantes. Terracotta statuettes...

Man (orante) carrying a young goat.                    
Baked clay figurine (18th BCE)                         
from Susa, Iran. Sukkalmah period.                     
Height 17 cm                                           
Sb 6572
#08020310

Man (orante) carrying a young goat. Baked clay figurine (18t...

Sacrificial platform,Sit Shamsi.High place and altar,  
dedicated by Shilhak-Inshushinak, King of Elam. Two    
priests performing the cremony of the rising sun.      
Detail, bronze model, 1150 BCE, from Susa, Iran.       
60 x 40 cm       Sb 2743                               
See also 08-02-03/12, 08-02-09/22
#08020311

Sacrificial platform,Sit Shamsi.High place and altar, dedicated by Shilhak-In...

Sacrificial platform,Sit Shamsi.High place and altar,  
dedicated by Shilhak-Inshushinak, King of Elam. Two    
priests performing the cremony of the rising sun.      
Detail, bronze model, 1150 BCE, from Susa, Iran.       
60 x 40 cm       Sb 2743                               
See also 08- 20-90/22. 08-02-03/11
#08020312

Sacrificial platform,Sit Shamsi.High place and altar, dedicated by Shilhak-In...

An Elamite with a beard. From Susa.                    
Painted terracotta head,around 1500 BCE                
H:24 cm                                                
Sb 2836
#08020313

An Elamite with a beard. From Susa. Painted terracotta head,...

Woman carrying a child.                                
Terracotta figurine from Cyprus                        
(2000-1600 BCE)                                        
16 x 7.7 cm                                            
AM 1454
#08020315

Woman carrying a child. Terracotta figurine from...

Baby in a bassinet (wicker basket).                    
Painted terracotta figurine from Cyprus                
(2000-1600 BCE)                                        
23 x 5.3 cm                                            
AO 22 223
#08020316

Baby in a bassinet (wicker basket). Painted terracotta figur...

Eight passengers in a boat.                            
Painted terracotta votive boat from Cyprus             
Middle-Bronze, first half 2nd mill.BCE                 
Height 16.7 cm                                         
AM 972
#08020317

Eight passengers in a boat. Painted terracotta votiv...

Man at a weaving loom. Tablet with seal imprint.       
Terracotta relief from Susa, Iran                      
(3300-3000 BCE - Proto-urban Period)                   
3.9 x 6.6 cm                                           
Sb 3048
#08020319

Man at a weaving loom. Tablet with seal imprint. Terracotta relief from S...