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A Stamped Mud Brick, Borsippa
Stamped mud brick from the temple and ziggurat of God Nabu. Borsippa, Mesopotamia, Iraq.
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Assyrian Military Campaign in Southern Mesopotamia
The Assyrian king in a chariot watches as prisoners are brought in and heads and booty are piled-up in a palm grove. Neo-Assyrian era, 640-620 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. From Nineveh, south-west palace, court XIX, panels 10-12. (The British...
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Coin Depicting Roman Emperor Aurelian
A gold coin depicting the Roman emperor Aurelian (r. 270-275 CE).
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Coin Depicting Roman Emperor Tetricus
A Roman coin depicting emperor Tetricus (r. 270-273 CE).
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Victorinus
A bronze coin depicting the Roman emperor Victorinus (r. 268-270 CE).
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Coin Depicting Roman Emperor Postumus
A gold aureus coin depicting the Roman emperor Postumus (r. 259-268 CE)
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Constantine I
The colossal bronze head from a statue of Constantine I, 4th century CE. The head is 1.77 m high. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).
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Ruins of the North Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylon
Reign of king Nebuchadnezzar II, neo-Babylonian era, 605–562 BCE. Ancient Babylon (modern Babel governorate), Iraq.
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Alabaster Relief of an Assyrian Royal Attendant
Alabaster work relief of an Assyrian royal attendant, from the northwest palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 883-859 BCE, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia. (The Burrell Collection, Glasgow).
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Gold Olive wreath
4th century BCE gold Olive wreath from Macedonia, both a religious symbol and indicator of social position and power (Archaeological Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece)
