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Lid of an anthropoid sarcophagus. Female portrait.     
Marble. From Tortous,Syria                             
AO 1031
#08021646

Lid of an anthropoid sarcophagus. Female portrait. Marble. From Tortous,Syr...

Anthropoid sarcophagus; portrait of a bearded man.     
5th-4th BCE. From the royal necropolis in Sidon,       
Lebanon.                  AO 4804
#08021647

Anthropoid sarcophagus; portrait of a bearded man. 5th-4th BCE. From the ro...

Anthropoid sarcophagus of a woman. From the royal      
necropolis at Sidon, Lebanon. 5th-4th BCE              
Marble.
#08021648

Anthropoid sarcophagus of a woman. From the royal necropolis at Sidon, Leb...

Stele of the God Yehawmilk,around 500 BCE              
Limestone,from Byblos. For detail see also 11-01-06/50 
AO 22368
#08021649

Stele of the God Yehawmilk,around 500 BCE Limestone,from Byblos. F...

Funerary statue of 'Amma'Alay of the Dharah'il-clan.   
Alabaster, from Yemen.                                 
AO 20282
#08021650

Funerary statue of 'Amma'Alay of the Dharah'il-clan. Alabaster, from Yemen....

Funeral stele, alabaster, showing a man riding         
a camel.1st - 3rd CE                                   
From Southern Arabia.                                  
AO 1128
#08021651

Funeral stele, alabaster, showing a man riding a camel.1st - 3rd CE...

Fragment of a relief showing a bird pecking at a       
grape. Alabaster, 1st-2nd CE.                          
From Southern Arabia.  AO 5968                         
The inscription in the top register has been added by  
a forger.
#08021652

Fragment of a relief showing a bird pecking at a grape. Alabaster, 1st-2n...

Funeral stele,limestone, from Southern Aarabia,        
showing a farmer and his team of oxen.Stele of         
Yamud Shufniken Hassad Umali.                          
AO 1548
#08021653

Funeral stele,limestone, from Southern Aarabia, showing a farmer and his...

Funeral stele for a woman, 143 CE; basalt.             
The inscriptions on these monuments usually mention    
name, family and age of the defunct;it is rare that,as 
in this case, an exact date is given:"Obbe,daughter of 
Sachamel,wife of Bassos,year 445"=143 CE.
#08021654

Funeral stele for a woman, 143 CE; basalt. The inscriptions on thes...

Aramaic inscription. Limestone,from Southern Arabia.   
AO 4976
#08021655

Aramaic inscription. Limestone,from Southern Arabia. AO 4976

Head of a Sassanid King,5th-6th CE                     
Bronze from Ladjvard,Mazandaran,Iran (?)               
ACQ 1952
#08021656

Head of a Sassanid King,5th-6th CE Bronze from Ladjvard,Maz...

Votive plaque showing two breasts.Plaque is dedicated  
to Zeus Hypsistos.                                     
From Cyprus                                            
AM 668
#08021657

Votive plaque showing two breasts.Plaque is dedicated to Zeus Hypsistos....