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Vessel from Tell Al-Namil
This small pottery vessel was found at Tell Al-Namil (Arabic: تل النمل), Saladin province, Iraq. The rim and the surface of the vessel were painted and decorated with different shapes. Jemdet Nasr period, 3000-2900 BCE. On display at the...
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Cylinder Seal of Menkaure
On this basalt cylinder seal, the name of the Egyptian pharaoh Menkaure (2532 - c. 2500 BCE) appears within a cartouche. From Egypt, precise provenance is unknown. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of Menkaure, 2539-2511 BCE. On display at...
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Relief Showing Pepi II's Pyramid Text
The hieroglyphic signs on this painted limestone fragment show parts of spells 354 and 225 of the pyramid texts of the Egyptian Pharaoh Pepi II (2284 - c. 2216 BCE). Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2279-2219 BCE. From Saqqara, Egypt. On display...
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Jar of Pepi II
This calcite-alabaster jar (probably was a container for cosmetic oil) is inscribed with four royal titulary names of the Egyptian Pharaoh Pepi II (2284 - c. 2216 BCE). On the left is the nomen (birth name) of Pepi II. On the right is the...
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Jar of Pepi I
The hieroglyphic signs on this calcite-alabaster ovoid jar mention the name the Egyptian pharaoh Pepi I and his Sed festival, in addition to naming the pyramid complex of Pepi I (r. 2335-2285 BCE) at Memphis, the capital of the Old Kingdom...
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Relief of Deities from the Funerary Temple of Sahure
Limestone relief showing a procession of deities. Painted. From the funerary temple at the pyramid complex of Sahure in Abusir, Egypt. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, 2496-2483 BCE. On display at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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Relief of Niuserre Ini from Abusir
The Egyptian pharaoh Niuserre Ini (Nyuserre Ini, Neuserre Ini) sits on a throne and receives life from Anubis. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, second half of the 25th century BCE. From the mortuary temple of Niuserre at Abusir, Egypt. On display...
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Pair of Horsemen on the Parthenon Marbles
Marble relief (Block II) from the West frieze of the Parthenon. The frieze shows the procession of the Panathenaic festival, the commemoration of the birthday of the goddess Athena. Here two horsemen are shown reining back their horses...
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Incense Burner from Tell Bazmusian
This pottery incense burner/container was found at Tell Bazmusian, Lake Dukan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. A wild goat is topped by a 2-story house model with a chimney. Hurrian period, mid-2nd century BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad...
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Babylonian Statue of Enki
A statue of Ea, the Akkadian god of water (related to the Sumerian god Enki). Ea is enthroned and holds a cup in his left hand, the right hand has been lost to time. He is accompanied by two creatures (half human and half fish) reclining...
