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Agriculture

AGRICULTURE

Clothing and Textiles

CLOTHING AND TEXTILES

Furniture

FURNITURE

Illness and Diseases

ILLNESS AND DISEASES

Industry

INDUSTRY

Leisure

LEISURE

Work

WORK

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Male figure, fragment of a stele erected by            
king Gudea of Lagash, who, according to a tablet,      
had seven large steles put up in his temple to the     
god Ningirsu. Around 2150 BCE.                         
Limestone,16,5 x 21 cm          AO 10235
#08021628

Male figure, fragment of a stele erected by king Gudea of Lagash, wh...

Relief with a male figure with feather-headgear,       
holding a staff. From Tello, around 2750 BCE.          
Limestone, H:18 cm                                     
AO 221
#08021629

Relief with a male figure with feather-headgear, holding a staff. From Te...

Water-Goddess with vase                                
and water spouting from the vase.                      
Stone statue,detail. Archaic Dynasties                 
See also 08-02-04/25 and 26                            
Early 2nd millennium BCE
#08021630

Water-Goddess with vase and water spouting from...

Statue of a bearded man, fragment, front-view.         
2255-2040 BCE                                          
Diorite, H: 62 cm      Sb 56
#08021631

Statue of a bearded man, fragment, front-view. 2255-2040 BCE...

Fragment of a relief; liturgical banquet.              
2700-2340 BCE, Susa IV.                                
Alabaster                                              
Sb 42
#08021632

Fragment of a relief; liturgical banquet. 2700-2340 BCE, Susa IV....

Fragment of a victory stele from Tello.                
2300-2250 BCE    See 08-02-16/35                       
AO 2678
#08021633

Fragment of a victory stele from Tello. 2300-2250 BCE See 08-...

Fragment of a victory stele from Tello.                
2300-2250 BCE   See 08-02-16/34                        
AO 2678
#08021634

Fragment of a victory stele from Tello. 2300-2250 BCE See 08-0...

Stele of the God Yehawmilk,around 500 BCE              
Limestone,from Byblos. For detail see also 11-01-06/50 
AO 22368
#08021649

Stele of the God Yehawmilk,around 500 BCE Limestone,from Byblos. F...

Funerary statue of 'Amma'Alay of the Dharah'il-clan.   
Alabaster, from Yemen.                                 
AO 20282
#08021650

Funerary statue of 'Amma'Alay of the Dharah'il-clan. Alabaster, from Yemen....

Funeral stele, alabaster, showing a man riding         
a camel.1st - 3rd CE                                   
From Southern Arabia.                                  
AO 1128
#08021651

Funeral stele, alabaster, showing a man riding a camel.1st - 3rd CE...

Funeral stele,limestone, from Southern Aarabia,        
showing a farmer and his team of oxen.Stele of         
Yamud Shufniken Hassad Umali.                          
AO 1548
#08021653

Funeral stele,limestone, from Southern Aarabia, showing a farmer and his...

Funeral stele for a woman, 143 CE; basalt.             
The inscriptions on these monuments usually mention    
name, family and age of the defunct;it is rare that,as 
in this case, an exact date is given:"Obbe,daughter of 
Sachamel,wife of Bassos,year 445"=143 CE.
#08021654

Funeral stele for a woman, 143 CE; basalt. The inscriptions on thes...