Society


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



6 subcategories
Aristocracy

ARISTOCRACY

Family

FAMILY

Old Age

OLD AGE

Politicians

POLITICIANS

Poverty

POVERTY

Youth

YOUTH

627 photos
Head of a gateway guardian, Demon.                     
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Nineveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Cat. 118781
#08020657

Head of a gateway guardian, Demon. Period of Sennacherib (7...

Demon and warrior. Bronze figurines                    
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Cat. 115509
#08020658

Demon and warrior. Bronze figurines Period of Sennacherib (7...

Man on crouching camel. Bronze figurine.               
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
#08020659

Man on crouching camel. Bronze figurine. Period of Sennacherib (7...

Bearded man with a long staff.                         
Clay figurine                                          
Period of Sennacherib (704-681 BCE)                    
from Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq)                       
Cat. 90996
#08020660

Bearded man with a long staff. Clay figurine...

Procession of prisoners.                               
Fragment of a diorite victory stele from the           
acropolis of Susa (2340-2320 BCE)                      
Era of King Sargon of Akkad.                           
Overall dimensions: 46.2 x 35 cm - Sb 3
#080207 2

Procession of prisoners. Fragment of a diorite vi...

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...

Sassanid king hunting.                                 
Silver plate with gold decoration.
#08020750

Sassanid king hunting. Silver plate with gold d...

Nude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands.
Cast and chased silver statuette from the Oxus Treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th BCE.
The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan.

















Treasure.
Achaemenid period (700-330 BCE)
Cat. 123 905
#08020758

Nude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands. Cast and chased silver s...

Antiochos IV Kyrrhos, King of Commagene                
(38-72 CE)                                             
Cat. 132 307
#08020769

Antiochos IV Kyrrhos, King of Commagene (38-72 CE)...

Iku-Shamagan, King of Mari, praying.                   
Staetite statuette (2650 BCE)                          
Early dynastic period II,                              
from the temple of Ishtar, Mari, Syria                 
Height 114 cm
#080208 8

Iku-Shamagan, King of Mari, praying. Staetite statuette (2650...

Iku-shamagan, King of Mari. Detail of 08-02-08/8.      
Steatit statuette (2650 BCE)                           
Early dynastic period II,                              
from the temple of Ishtar at Mari, Syria
#080208 9

Iku-shamagan, King of Mari. Detail of 08-02-08/8. Steatit statuette (2650...