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List of proper names, among them that of a landowner. Limestone tablet with Sumerian pictographic script. The symbol of the hand designates the proprietor. End 4th mill., proto-urban period,from Mesopotamia. Limestone, 5 x 4.2 cm - AO 19936
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List of proper names, among them that of a landowner. Limestone tablet with Su...

Bill of sale of a field and one house paid in silver. Terracotta tablet with Sumerian writing (around 2550 BCE) AO 3766
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Bill of sale of a field and one house paid in silver...

Gift of a house (1 sar 1/2 i.e. 54 m2) and a male slave with list of witnesses on the last three lines. Terracotta tablet, period of king Shurrupak. (2550 BCE) Pre-Sargonic 8 x 8 x 2 cm - AO 3765
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Gift of a house (1 sar 1/2 i.e. 54 m2) and a male slave with list of witne...

Astrological tablet from Warka. Between the cuneiform writing a star, a raven and a woman. Seleucide period (3rd-1st BCE) Clay, 11,5 x 19 cm AO 6448
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Astrological tablet from Warka. Between the cuneiform writing a star, a raven...

Great Sumerian hymn: Lamentation on the ruins of Ur. Inscription on clay 24.5 x 13.6 cm AO 6446
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Great Sumerian hymn: Lamentation on the ruins...

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin Dagan of the Isin Dynasty. Sumerian terracotta tablet (18th BCE) 12.2 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm AO 6020
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Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin...

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin Dagan of the Isin Dynasty. Sumerian terracotta tablet (18th BCE) 12.2 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm AO 6020
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Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin...

Fragmented tablet with Aramaic inscription from the 34th year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor II, 566 BCE. Terracotta 5 x 7 x 2.4 cm AO 21 063
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Fragmented tablet with Aramaic inscription from the 34th year of the reign o...

Table for libations from the Serapeum with Aramaic inscription, bought in Memphis by Mariette. Limestone 29 x 58 x 34 cm - AO 4824
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Table for libations from the Serapeum with Aramaic inscription...

Human figure, pre-pottery Al-Ghazal period, Jordan. On 30 years' loan from the Amman (Jordan) Museum to the Louvre. The head is formed of clay over a human skull. H:90 cm
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Human figure, pre-pottery Al-Ghazal period, Jordan. On 30 years' loan from t...

Sphinx carrying an incense burner, limestone. From a tomb in Marion, Cyprus, Persian period. AM 90
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Sphinx carrying an incense burner, limestone. From a tomb in Marion, C...

Seal of Shebanyahu, "servant (minister) of Osias". Jewish monarchy, 8th BCE
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Seal of Shebanyahu, "servant (minister) of Osias". Jewish monarchy, 8th BCE