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Shield-Shaped Anatolian Idol

The figurine is flat and slightly rounded. The shield-shaped outline, typical of these idols known as “schematic”, probably represents the silhouette of a seated human body, but without any volume.

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Egyptian Alabaster Globular Jar

This jar, whose typology is attested in Egypt but also largely documented in the Near Eastern world, has a simple, perfectly globular shape. The body is provided with a small neck and a thick lip.

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Near Eastern Elliptical Bowl

This vessel was carved from a granite pebble with black and white mottling. The elliptical shape of this miniature bowl is unusual and technically hard to achieve.

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White-glazed Egyptian Faience Ushabti (Dynasty 21-22)

This ushabti represents a male figure with a short false beard and a rounded wig, only painted on the front part of the statuette.

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Violin-Shaped Anatolian Idol with a Side Tuft

This statuette, whose accurate outline is clearly marked, is almost flat although slightly rounded. No element enables us to distinguish one side from the other, or to determine the gender of the figurine.

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Small Mycenaean Pear-Shaped Jar

Skillfully wheel-made vessel provided with three handles that were modeled separately and applied to the shoulder before the firing process.

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Sumerian Spouted Vessel

This vessel was carved from a granite pebble with black and white mottling. It is almost conical in shape, with a rounded bottom that does not provide stability.

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Sumerian Miniature Jar

This small jar is more elaborate in shape than most other contemporary stone vessels. The perfectly globular body stands on its own despite the absence of base.

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Globular Jar

This jars is in the shape of a drop; the regular, rounded profile of the body is only interrupted in the upper part by a sharp, thick ridge on the neck.

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Roman Statuette of a Reclining Man

This statuette represents an adult, though beardless man with youthful features.

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Hemispherical Syrian Marble Seal with Animals

This seal was carved from a whitish limestone with darker undulated veins that give the impression of an artificial decoration, although it is perfectly natural.

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Sumerian Marble Seal representing a Dog

This animal, which can certainly be identified as a canid is seated with its legs folded under its body, its head raised and directed towards the viewer.

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