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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...

Seated woman. Steatite statuette                       
Early dynastic period II, Ur I (2645-2460 BCE)         
from the temple of Ishtar at Mari, Syria               
Height 34.4 cm
#08020811

Seated woman. Steatite statuette Early dynastic period II...

Woman wearing a polos hat.                             
Alabaster statuette (2645-2460 BCE)                    
Early dynastic period II, Ur I                         
from the temple of Ishtar, layer A, Mari, Syria
#08020812

Woman wearing a polos hat. Alabaster statuette (264...

Bearded male bust.                                     
Steatite inlay figure from a frieze (fragment)         
Early dynastic period I, time of Fara (2900-2685 BCE)  
from the pre-sargonic palace at Mari, Syria            
Height 7.7 cm
#08020814

Bearded male bust. Steatite inlay figure fr...

Man tending to a small plant next to a palm tree.      
Staetite relief (fragment of a vessel)                 
Early dynastic period I (3200-2685 BCE)                
from the temple of Shamash at Mari, Syria              
20 cm2
#08020816

Man tending to a small plant next to a palm tree. Staetite relief (fragmen...

Wig of a monumental figure.                            
Various materials, dark grey green stone               
Early dynastic period II, Akkade Period (2645-2415 BCE)
from Palace G, Ebla, Syria                             
Height 30.3 cm
#08020817

Wig of a monumental figure. Various materials, dark...

Priest guiding a sacrificial bull.                     
Part of a long cortege,                                
fragment of a mural painting                           
Early old-Syrian, Larsa Period (2040-1870 BCE)         
from the palace of Zimri-Lin, Mari, Syria
#08020820

Priest guiding a sacrificial bull. Part of a long cortege,...

A house. Terracotta model                              
Early dynastic, Akkade period (2900-2290 BCE)          
from Salamiyya near Hama, Syria                        
54 x 27 x 42 cm
#08020821

A house. Terracotta model Early dynastic, Akkade p...

Weight, dedicated to the god Nanna, with an inscription
of king Shulgi. From Mesopotamia.                      
Dark diorite, 6,2 x 4,5 cm                             
AO 22187
#08020822

Weight, dedicated to the god Nanna, with an inscription of king Shulgi. From Mes...

Standing god. Bronze statuette. The god, a storm-god,  
wears the kaunakes, the traditional garment of gods    
and kings since Akkadian times.                        
Middle Syrian period, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra),Syria.  
Bronze, H: 13,7 cm
#08020836

Standing god. Bronze statuette. The god, a storm-god, wears the kaunakes, the...

Three men banquetting, small animal in foreground.     
Terracotta group (6th-5th BCE)                         
from Amrit, Northern Syria                             
9.7 x 21.5 x 10.5 cm                                   
AO 25 987
#08020840

Three men banquetting, small animal in foreground. Terracotta group (6th-5t...

Woman holding her breasts (head missing).              
Bone statuette (6th-5th BCE)                           
21.8 x 5.8 cm                                          
AO 24 010
#08020842

Woman holding her breasts (head missing). Bone statuette (6th-5th...