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Département des Antiquités orientales,
© RMN-GP (mdL) / Christian Larrieu
© RMN-GP (mdL) / Franck Raux
© 2015 mdL / Thierry Ollivier
© 2011 mdL / Raphaël Chipault
© RMN-GP (mdL) / Hervé Lewandowski
Collections & departments Department of Near Eastern Antiquities
The historical and geographical context of our collection spans a nine-thousand year period from prehistory to the early Islamic Period, and encompasses an area stretching from North Africa to the Indus Valley and Central Asia, and from the Black Sea (Anatolia) to the Arabian peninsula (as far as the Indian Ocean).
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Near Eastern Antiquities
A grimacing mask
Late 7th century-early 6th century BC
Carthage, Tunisia
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Near Eastern Antiquities
A Hurrian foundation deposit known...
Fin du IIIe millénaire avant J.-C.
Bassin du Habur
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Near Eastern Antiquities
A perforated bas-relief decorated...
Vers 2700 - 2650 avant J.-C.
Mésopotamie
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Near Eastern Antiquities
A prism of the Assyrian king...
Empire néo-assyrien, règne d'Assurbanipal (646 ou...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Amarna letter: to the pharaoh from...
Milieu du XIVe siècle avant J.-C.
El-Amarna (Egypte)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Anthropoid sarcophagus with lid
Vers 470 avant J.-C.
Aux environs de Tripoli (Liban)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Archaic writing tablets
Époque d'Uruk III, fin du IVe millénaire avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Axe inscribed with the name of...
Vers 1340 - 1300 avant J.-C.
Temple de Kiririsha
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bas-relief
IIe siècle - IIIe siècle après J.-C.
Masdjid-e Suleiman, temple d'Heraclès
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Base for a ritual offering, carved...