Art & Images

Syro Hittite Idol

Syro-Hittite; 2000 - 1700 B.C. Clay Elam, Susiana, Elamite 2000 B.C. Clay Summam...

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Palace Complex: Structures, Reliefs, and Inscriptions

PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN, Multiple images (with high resolution photos) Oriental Institute, University of Chicago http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/IRAN/PAAI/PAAI_Palace_Darius.html...

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The Harem of Xerxes

PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN, Multiple images (with high resolution photos) Oriental Institute, University of Chicago http://www-oi.uchicago.edu...

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Vase

8th-7th century B.C.; Mesopotamian, Neo-Assyrian period; Glazed earthenware. The use of colorful glazes extended to the ornamentation of ceramic vessels. Perhaps the most characteristic shape was an ovoid vase with high rimmed neck and pointed, rounded base, its shoulder defined by a row of pendant petals. Text and images courtesy The Detroit Insti...

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Cuneiform Cylinder of Nabopolassar

Cuneiform Cylinder of Nabopolassar Recording Repair of the City Wall of Babylon; Mesopotamia, Babylon. Neo-Babylonian Period, Reign of Nabopolassar, 625 - 605 B.C. Clay....

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Master-of-Animals Standard Finial

Master-of-Animals Standard Finial Western Iran, Luristan 8th - 7th centuries B.C. Bronze. An important industry in bronze and copper artifacts flourished in the region of Luristan, western Iran, between about 1400 and 600 B.C.E. This object is one of the most typical Luristan bronzes: a finial, or ornamental pole top, which was originally mounted o...

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The Apadana

PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN, Multiple images (with high resolution photos) Oriental Institute, University of Chicago http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/IRAN/PAAI/PAAI_Palace_Darius.html...

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Miscellaneous Structures at Persepolis

PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN, Multiple images (with high resolution photos) Oriental Institute, University of Chicago http://www-oi.uchicago.edu...

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Seals and Seal Impressions

PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN, Multiple images (with high resolution photos) Oriental Institute, University of Chicago http://www-oi.uchicago.edu...

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The Sasanian Rock Reliefs: Naqsh-i-Rustam and Naqsh-i-Rajab

PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN, Multiple images (with high resolution photos) Oriental Institute, University of Chicago http://www-oi.uchicago.edu...

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