Landscapes


Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes, etc.



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King or ruler in his role of priest seated             
before an offering table consecrates bread.            
Banquet scene. Relief on the long side of a            
basalt sacrificial basin from Temple B1,               
Tel Mardikh (Middle Bronze Age).
#08020224

King or ruler in his role of priest seated before an offering table...

Soldiers tread with lances and sticks over             
four crouching lions . Relief on the short             
side of a basalt sacrificial basin,                    
from Temple B1, Tel Mardikh, Syria                     
(Middle Bronze Age), found 1955
#08020225

Soldiers tread with lances and sticks over four crouching lions . R...

King or ruler in his role of priest seated             
before an offering table consecrates bread.            
Relief on the long side of a sacrificial               
basin from Temple B1, Tel Mardikh, Syria               
(Middle Bronze Age)
#08020226

King or ruler in his role of priest seated before an offering table...

Three pairs of warriors embracing to seal peace treaty.
Relief (17th BCE) on the long side of a basalt         
sacrificial basin from Temple N, Tel Mardikh, Syria    
(Middle Bronze Age)
#08020227

Three pairs of warriors embracing to seal peace treaty. Relief (17th BCE) on the...

Two warriors embrace before a deity with horned        
crown and a stern face. Relief (17th BCE) from         
the long side of a basalt sacrificial basin.           
See also 08-02-02/27                                   
From Temple N, Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age)
#08020228

Two warriors embrace before a deity with horned crown and a stern face....

Two local deities with horned crown and stern face.    
Relief (17th BCE) on the long side of basalt           
sacrificial basin. Close-up of 08-02-02/27.            
From Temple n, Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age).
#08020229

Two local deities with horned crown and stern face. Relief (17th BCE) on the...

Banquet scene with flocks of sheep and goats beneath,  
one of the main sources of Ebla's riches.              
Relief (17th BCE) from the long side of a ritual       
limestone basin from the great Temple D,               
Acropolis of Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age).
#08020230

Banquet scene with flocks of sheep and goats beneath, one of the main sources...

Dragon spurting. Hunting scene. Mythological figures   
from a relief on a white limestone ritual basin        
(17th BCE) from the great Temple D, Acropolis          
of Ebla, Syria (Middle Bronze Age).
#08020231

Dragon spurting. Hunting scene. Mythological figures from a relief on a white...

Rampant leopard.                                       
Ivory figurine (17th BCE)                              
from Ebla, Syria                                       
(Middle Bronze Age)
#08020232

Rampant leopard. Ivory figurine (17th BCE...

King or governor receives an ankh (symbol of life)     
from god Hadad. Imprint of a cylinder seal             
on the neck of a vase (17th BCE, Middle Bronze Age)    
found 1965 in the Temple B1, area of Ebla, Syria.
#08020233

King or governor receives an ankh (symbol of life) from god Hadad. Imprint...

Alabaster lid of a vase with the name of Chiops I      
(2300-2250 BCE, 6th Dynasty). Gift to the king of      
Ebla from Egypt suggesting good relations
#08020234

Alabaster lid of a vase with the name of Chiops I (2300-2250 BCE, 6th Dyna...

Lance head with the name of a scribe.                  
Bronze (Middle Bronze Age, around 17th BCE)            
found 1971 in the Fortress M of Ebla, Syria
#08020235

Lance head with the name of a scribe. Bronze (Middle Bronze Ag...