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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
Headless statuette of Idi-Ilum, of the first dynasty of Babylon, 2000-1595 BCE. Steatite AO 19486
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Headless statuette of Idi-Ilum, of the first dynasty of Babylon, 2000-1595 BC...

Fragment of a stele with bust of the goddess Ba'u. Period of king Gudea, around 2100 BCE. From Tello. Limestone, H: 16,2 cm AO 4572
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Fragment of a stele with bust of the goddess Ba'u. Period of king Gudea, ar...

Fragment of a stele showing a god with a crown of horns Period of king Gudea,around 2100 BCE. From Tello. Limestone, H: 13 cm AO 4571
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Fragment of a stele showing a god with a crown of horns Period of king Gudea,aro...

Bilingual cone commemorating the construction, by king Hammurabi, of the enclosure wall of the town of Sippar. First half 18th BCE Baked clay, 9,5 x 6 cm AO 3277
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Bilingual cone commemorating the construction, by king Hammurabi, of th...

Left: bull with human head. Period of king Gudea, 2140 BCE, from Tello. Chlorite, H:12,1 cm, L:14,9 cm AO 2752 See also: 08-02-10/25 Right: bull with human head, period of king Gudea, around 2140 BCE. Steatite, AO 3146
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Left: bull with human head. Period of king Gudea, 2140 BCE, from Tello. Ch...

Bull with human head, period of king Gudea, around 2140 BCE. Blue-black steatite. AO 3146 See also: 08-02-13/52 (right)
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Bull with human head, period of king Gudea, around 2140 BCE. Blue-bl...

King-priests in ritual nudity. Proto-urban period, 4th mill.BCE Limestone, H: 25 cm, 24 cm AO 5718, 5719
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King-priests in ritual nudity. Proto-urban period, 4th...

Drummer; fragment of a stele, from Tello. Period of King Gudea (around 2100 BCE. Limestone, 30,5 x 36,5 cm AO 4578
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Drummer; fragment of a stele, from Tello. Period of King Gudea (ar...

So-called Amrit-stele,sandstone.Storm-god or king standing on a lion with cudgel in hand;a protective bird hovers above. From Tell Hazael (Smyrna,Syria) AO 22 247
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So-called Amrit-stele,sandstone.Storm-god or king standing on a lion with...

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

Statue of King Yerah'Azar "son of Zakir, son of Sanipu" Sanipu is the king of the Ammonites who submitted to Tiglat Pileser in 733 BCE.The pose,right fist clenched, left holding a lotus flower,is that of royalty in Egypt and Syria. Limestone with traces of red paint.
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Statue of King Yerah'Azar "son of Zakir, son of Sanipu" Sanipu is the king of t...

Statue of a king of Ammun,showing Egyptian and Persian influence. Basalt, Iron II,8th-7th BCE
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Statue of a king of Ammun,showing Egyptian and Persian influence. Basalt, Iron...