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Female and Child Figurine, 1500-1200 BCE. Tyre, Lebanon.
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Ancient Mesopotamia. Capital Column in the form of a Man Bull, Achaemenid period, reign of Xerxes (486-465), excaveted at Persepolis (Iran)
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Assyrian Relief. Art Institute, Chicago
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Ancient Assyrian soldier
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Ancient Middle East. Akkadian sculpture, Mesopotamia, 2350 to 2000 BCE
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Ancient Middle-East. Copper alloy vase from Susa, Iran 1200 BC, Louvre Museum
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Ancient Babylon. Babylonian Ceramic Head, ca. late 8th–early 7th century B.C.
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Gold cup decorated with Wild Goats. Gilan, Marlik Tepe, Amlash art, 10th-8th century BCE, Ancient Iran.
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Ancient Mesopotamia. Hammurabi Babylonian Law code, c. 1750 BC
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Babylonian terracotta brick stamp, Inscribed “Shar-kali-sharri, king of Akkade, builder of Enlil’s temple.” Nipur, Iraq
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Christ as "The Land of the Living", Byzantine Mosaic, Chora Church, near Istanbul, Turkey
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Bird-shaped vessel XII century Saljuq period Brass inlaid with copper, glass bead; case, incised and chased, probably Iran
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Black basalt rectangular-sided monument recording Assyrian king Esarhaddon’s restoration of Babylon, 670BC (via British Museum)