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Personalities, Aristocracy, Politics and Portraits, Rulers, Emperors and Kings, Crowds and Demonstrations.



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Aristocracy

ARISTOCRACY

Family

FAMILY

Old Age

OLD AGE

Politicians

POLITICIANS

Poverty

POVERTY

Youth

YOUTH

627 photos
Bearded dignitary in long fleece coat with axe.        
Carbonized wood, probably part of furniture found      
in the area of Palace G, Ebla, Syria
#08020242

Bearded dignitary in long fleece coat with axe. Carbonized wood, probabl...

A sovereign. Carbonized wood figure                    
heavily damaged,                                       
probably a furniture decoration                        
found in the area of Palace G, Ebla, Syria
#08020243

A sovereign. Carbonized wood figure heavily damaged,...

Silver rhyton with a bull's head.                      
(5th-4th BCE)                                          
28.6 x 27.5 cm                                         
AO 3093
#08020326

Silver rhyton with a bull's head. (5th-4th BCE)...

Two bulls' heads.Capital and pillar,grey limestone,760 cm.    
From a column from the Apadana in Susa,Iran.           
Period of Darius I, around 510 BCE.                    
AO D1
#08020328

Two bulls' heads.Capital and pillar,grey limestone,760 cm. From a column fr...

Fragment of a statue dedicated to king Naram-Sin       
(2340-2150 BCE), by the scribe Sharish-tekal.          
From the necropolis in Susa.                           
Diorite, H:19 cm                                       
Sb 53
#08020345

Fragment of a statue dedicated to king Naram-Sin (2340-2150 BCE), by the...

Stele of the Vultures:King Eannatum, with wig-like     
helmet,leads his army on foot into the battle against  
the town of Umma. At their feet the bodies of slain    
enemies. Around 2450 BCE.See 08-02-04/2-9,08-02-14/36. 
Overall size 180 x 130 cm - AO 20, AO 2346-2348
#080204 5

Stele of the Vultures:King Eannatum, with wig-like helmet,leads his army on...

Gudea, King of Lagash.                                 
Diorite figure (2120 BCE)                              
Height 105 cm                                          
AO 20 164
#08020412

Gudea, King of Lagash. Diorite figure (2120 BCE...

Head of Gudea., King of Lagash, around 2120 BCE.                
Diorite head H:25,2 cm                                   
AO 13
#08020413

Head of Gudea., King of Lagash, around 2120 BCE. Diorite head H...

Ur-Ningirsu, Prince of Lagash, son of Gudea, King      
of Lagash.The head of the figure is in the Metropolitan
Museum in New York. For detail see 08-02-04/11         
Alabaster figure (about 2100 BCE)                      
H:55 cm - AO 9504
#08020414

Ur-Ningirsu, Prince of Lagash, son of Gudea, King of Lagash.The head of th...

Gudea, King of Lagash, sitting. From Tello (Lagash)    
Diorite figure (2120 BCE)                              
46 x 33 x 22.5 cm                                      
AO 3293                                                
AO 4108
#08020415

Gudea, King of Lagash, sitting. From Tello (Lagash) Diorite figure (2120 BCE...

Ishtup-Ilum,                                           
Governor-Prince of Mari.                               
Basalt figure, Archaic Dynasties                       
Detail of 08-02-04/22
#08020419

Ishtup-Ilum, Governor-Prince of Mari....

Ishtup-Ilum, Governor-Prince of Mari                   
Basalt figure, Archaic Dynasties
#08020421

Ishtup-Ilum, Governor-Prince of Mari Basalt figure, Archaic D...