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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...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bead necklace
Achaemenid period, c. 350 BC
Acropolis, Susa
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Blessing genius
Porte de la ville n°3
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Board game, the so-called...
Tombe 217
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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
Box in the shape of a duck
XIIIe siècle avant J.-C.
Minet el Beida, port d'Ougarit, actuelle...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bracelet decorated with incrusted...
Achaemenid period, c. 350 BC
Acropolis, Susa
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bull-shaped cosmetic flask
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bushel with ibex motifs
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bust of a praying figure statue...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bust of a woman
2nd-3rd century AD
Room F, Temple of Artemis Salhiye (ancient...