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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
Tablet: mask of the demon Humbaba
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bushel with ibex motifs
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Frieze of Archers
Epoque achéménideRègne de Darius Ier, vers 510 avant J.-C.
Suse, Palais de Darius Ier
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Statuettes of little dogs wearing...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Frieze of Lions
Epoque achéménideRègne de Darius Ier, vers 510 avant J.-C.
Suse, cour orientale du Palais de Darius Ier
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bead necklace
Achaemenid period, c. 350 BC
Acropolis, Susa
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Dagger chape
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The Spinner
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Man carrying a kid goat and...
Epoque achéménide, Ve siècle avant J.-C.
Persépolis
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Foundation charter of the palace...
Règne de Darius Ier (522 - 486 avant J.-C.)
Suse, Palais de Darius Ier (découverte sous...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Goblet decorated with winged,...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Trumpet with a swelling decorated...
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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
Standing nude statuette of a...
Parthian period, 143 BC-224 AD
Necropolis of Hillah, Babylon, Mesopotamia
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bottle decorated with figures of...
Ve siècle - VIe siècle après J.-C.
Reshy, Dailaman (Iran) ?
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Rhyton
IIe - IIIe siècle après J.-C.
Iran ?
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Head of a bearded man
1st century AD
Royal City of Susa
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Mosaic of a woman playing the harp
Vers 260 après J.-C.
Iran, Bishapur, "palais" de Shapur...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Figurine of a seated woman
Mid-6th millennium BC
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Hunting scene with chariot
Neo-Hittite period, 9th century BC
Malatya, Turkey
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Stela of Tarhunpiyas
Epoque néo-hittite, fin du VIIIe siècle avant J.-C.
Sans doute Marash, ancienne Gurgum
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Statuette of a warrior god
13th century BC
Found in Latakia, northern Syria
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Rhyton in the form of a lion
Epoque des Comptoirs assyriens, XIXè-XVIIIè s. av. J.-C
Kültepe, ancienne Kanesh
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Letter from the king of the...
Vers 1250 - 1220 avant J.-C.
Ras-Shamra, ancienne Ugarit, Syrie
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Figurine of a Hittite god
14th-13th century BC
Yozgat
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The Yehawmilk Stele
Vers 450 avant J.-C.
Byblos, ancienne Gbeil (Liban)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Eye Idol
Chalcolithique (vers 3500 avant J.-C.)
Syrie du Nord
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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
Bust of Ummayat, daughter of Yarhai
Second half of 2nd century AD
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Male figure
Chalcolithic period (5000-3500 BC)
Safadi, Negev
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Woman carrying a child in a cradle
Middle Bronze Age (2000-1600 BC)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Lid of a pyxis with mistress of...
Vers 1250 avant J.-C.
Minet el Beida, port d'Ougarit, tombe 3
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Worshipper
Cypro-Classical (second quarter of 5th century BC)
Idalium
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The Hunt Patera
XIVe - XIIIe siècles avant J.-C.
Ras Shamra-Ougarit, Acropole près du temple...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Fragment of the lid of an...
Fin VIe siècle avant J.-C.
Entre Tartous et Amrit (Syrie)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Gilded bullock known as the Golden...
Bronze Moyen (2000 - 1600 avant J.-C.)
Byblos (région des temples)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Goddess
Chypro-archaïque II (milieu du VIe siècle avant J.-C.)
Trikomo
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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
Head of a bearded man
4th-3rd century BC
Carthage, Tunisia
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The Divine Triad
1ère moitié Ier siècle après J.-C. ?
Provient d'un sanctuaire de Palmyrène...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Vase from Amathus
Chypro-archaïque (VII siècle - Ve siècle avant J.-C.)
Amathonte
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Gold band with sphinxes and...
Late Bronze Age II (1400-1230 BC)
Tomb 2, Enkomi
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bust of a woman
2nd-3rd century AD
Room F, Temple of Artemis Salhiye (ancient...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Statuette of a seated god
Middle Bronze Age, c. 1600 BC
Tell el-Mishrife (ancient Qatna), Syria?
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Model boat with figures
Middle Bronze Age (2000-1600 BC)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Head of a god
Late Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600 BC)
Jabul (southeast of Aleppo)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Seated figure holding a cup
Bronze Récent III (1230 - 1050 avant J.-C.)
Enkomi, bâtiment 18
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Goblet decorated with the face of...
XIVe siècle avant J.-C.
Minet el Beida, port d'Ougarit, tombe 6
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, king...
Premier quart du Ve siècle avant J.-C.
Nécropole de Magharat Tablun (caverne...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Stela Depicting the Storm God Baal
15th-13th century BC
Acropolis, Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit)