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Statuette of a Wild Sheep or a Ram

This Statuette of a Wild Sheep or a Ram was carved from a thin stone pebble, which is still partially translucent, despite the current dark and worn appearance of the surface.

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Statuette of a Human-Headed Bull

This statuette represents a very popular mythological hybrid figure that was largely widespread in Near Eastern iconography from the Sumerian period.

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Pyxis with Bird-Shaped Lid

Bactrian Stone Pyxis made of Serpentine / Steatite with Bird-Shaped Lid.

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Horse-Shaped Ryhton

Byzantine Terracotta Horse-Shaped Ryhton from the 5th-6th century B.C.

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Earring representing a Bird

Islamic Earring representing a Bird.

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Seal in the Shape of a Lion’s Head

The Seal in the Shape of a Lion’s Head, modeled in the shape of a stylized leonine protome, was carved from a cream-colored limestone veined with red.

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Statuette of an Elephant

Carved from a small limestone monolith, this statuette is certainly one of the first three-dimensional images of elephant in Near Eastern art; moreover, these large mammals were rarely represented in the rich animal iconography of this prominent culture.

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Statuette of two seated young bulls

This small, beautiful object is composed of two elements: a parallelepiped that serves as a base for two statuettes of young bulls, whose bodies are merged together and placed head to toe.

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Byzantine stone animal: double-headed

Carved from two fragments of dark green stone mottled with light patches (steatite probably), these two objects represent animals with highly stylized and abstract shapes.

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Seal in the shape of a Pig

This seal, modeled in the shape of a stylized pig was carved from a cream-colored limestone.

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Anepigraphic Scarab

The scarab is placed on a flat, elliptical base; the bottom has no inscription. Characterized by stylized, though complete and accurate shapes, this beetle shows elegant features that indicate the details of the anatomy.

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Vessel Decorated with a Hare

A circular vessel with a rounded profile, an inwardly rolled edge and a small disk-shaped, low foot. The medallion, with its brown background, is decorated in the “champlevé” technique. The animal represented in the tondo is a hare.

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