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Birth

BIRTH

Father and Child

FATHER AND CHILD

Marriage

MARRIAGE

Mother and Child

MOTHER AND CHILD

1,197 photos
Stele with the family of Arinefer,from his tomb-chapel 
in Deir el-Medina. The entire family, including two    
small children, bring offerings.                       
19th dynasty, 1280-1270 BCE                            
Sandstone, coloured, H: 78 cm       Inv.C 311
#080121 9

Stele with the family of Arinefer,from his tomb-chapel in Deir el-Medina. The e...

Couple in a bed. Terracotta model with figurative      
relief. Erotic representation. Precise provenience     
unknown, probably Tello, Iraq                          
11.3 x 5.5 cm                                          
AO 8662
#080202 1

Couple in a bed. Terracotta model with figurative relief. Erotic represent...

Couple.                                                
Terracotta relief (beginning 2nd millenium BCE)        
from Tello, Mesopotamia                                
11.5 x 5.8 cm                                          
AO 15 178
#080202 2

Couple. Terracotta relief (begin...

Couple facing each other.                              
Terracotta relief                                      
from Tello, Mesopotamia                                
11 x 6.4 cm, 1.7 cm thick                              
AO 16 676
#080202 3

Couple facing each other. Terracotta relief...

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...

A family of deportees with two children. Detail        
from the campaign of king Ashurbanipal against Elam    
(645 BCE). From the palace of theking in Ninveh.       
Detail of the lower register.                          
Gypseous alabaster        AO 19913
#08020566

A family of deportees with two children. Detail from the campaign of kin...

A cow and a stable constructed of wickerwork           
with sculpted columns in the background.               
Fragment of a cult vase of alabaster (era of           
Djemet-Nasr), from Uruk, Mesopotamia (Iraq).           
Limestone, 16 x 22,5 cm - AO 8842
#08020570

A cow and a stable constructed of wickerwork with sculpted columns in...

Couple on a votive bed. Fertility rite.                
Hierogamus, from Susa, Persia.                         
Terracotta (mid 2nd millennium)                        
7.1 x 4.9 cm                                           
Sb 6562
#08020712

Couple on a votive bed. Fertility rite. Hierogamus, from Susa, P...

Couple embracing in a votive bed. Fertility rite.      
Hierogamus, from Susa, Persia.                         
Terracotta (mid 2nd millenium)                         
9,5 x 5,7 cm                                           
Sb 5888
#08020713

Couple embracing in a votive bed. Fertility rite. Hierogamus, from Susa, P...

Tomb-stele, woman with distaff, child.                 
Basalt, H: 100 cm                                      
Late Hittite, 8th-7th BCE                              
Inv. 1756
#08020935

Tomb-stele, woman with distaff, child. Basalt, H: 100 cm...

Perforated votive tablet of Ur-Nanshe, king of the city-state of Lagash. 
From Tello, Period of Archaic Dynasties II.            
Ur-Nanshe carries a basket with bricks; his wife and   
sons are with him.Lower register: Ur-Nanshe during a   
banquet.   Limestone, 39 x 46,5 cm        AO 2344
#08021031

Perforated votive tablet of Ur-Nanshe, king of the city-state of Lagash. From...

Hierogamus, bed and couple.                            
Period of the Amorite dynasties, early 2nd mill.BCE    
Baked clay, H: 11,3 cm                                 
AO 8662
#08021112

Hierogamus, bed and couple. Period of the Amorite dy...