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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
Stele of music
Second dynasty of Lagash, reign of Gudea, c. 2120 BC
Tello (ancient Girsu)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Mace head of King Mesilim
Dynasties archaïques III, vers 2550 avant J.-C.
Tello, ancienne Girsu
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Seated statue of a Mesopotamian...
Fin du IIIe - début du IIe millénaire avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
King Ashurbanipal on his Chariot...
Vers 645 avant J.-C.
Ninive, palais d'Assurbanipal, salle...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Plaque of King Esarhaddon and the...
681-669 BC
Babylon?
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The Statuette of Iddi-Ilum
Shakkanakku period, c. 2090 BC
Palace of King Zimri-Lim, Mari
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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
Cone of Enmetena, king of Lagash
Vers 2400 avant J.-C.
Tello, ancienne Girsu
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Stele of vultures
Early Dynastic period, c. 2450 BC
Tello (ancient Girsu)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Perforated relief of King Ur-Nanshe
Early Dynastic period III, c. 2550-2500 BC
Tello (ancient Girsu)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Mask
Early Dynasty III, c. 2400 BC
Mesopotamia
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Stela with the storm god Adad...
Reign of Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC)
Arslan Tash (ancient Hadatu)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Frieze of the Transportation of...
Façade nord de la cour d'honneur (n)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Winged human-headed bull
Epoque néo-assyrienne, règne de Sargon II (721-705)
Façade m, porte k, Khorsabad, antique...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Lament for the destruction of Ur
Vers 1800 avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Statue of a lion
Early 2nd millennium BC
"Temple of the Lions", Mari
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Plaque for protection against the...
Époque néo-assyrienne
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The Birth of Horus
VIIIe siècle avant J.-C.
Arslan Tash (Syrie)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The Storm God Tarhunda
Neo-Hittite period, c. 900 BC
Tell Ahma (ancient Til-Barsip)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cylinders of Gudea
Vers 2120 avant J.-C.
Tello, ancienne Girsu
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Recumbent bull with man's head
Neo-Sumerian period
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The Hero Overpowering a Lion
Façade de la salle du trône (n)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Perforated plaque of Dudu
C. 2400 BC
Tello (ancient Girsu)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Obelisk
Époque d'Akkad, vers 2270 avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Stele representing the goddess...
8th century BC
Til Barsip, renamed Kar Salmanasar in the...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Frieze of a mosaic panel
Vers 2500 - 2400 avant J.-C.
Mari, temple d'Ishtar
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Rein ring decorated with a bull...
Dynasties archaïques II, vers 2650 - 2600 avant J.-C.
Mésopotamie
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Genius holding a poppy flower
Isolated building
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Two Servants Carrying a Bench
Façade L
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Near Eastern Antiquities
The statue of Ebih-Il, nu-banda
Epoque des dynasties archaïques, vers 2400 av. J.-C.
Mari, temple d'Ishtar
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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 Hurrian foundation deposit known...
Fin du IIIe millénaire avant J.-C.
Bassin du Habur