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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
King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC)...
C. 865 BC
Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Dynastic list of the kings of Awan...
Environ 1800 - 1600 avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Statue of the Goddess Narundi
Reign of Puzur-Inshushinak, c. 2100 BC
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bust of a praying figure statue...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Hammer decorated with heads of two...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Stele of the priest Si Gabbor
Début du VIIe siècle avant J.-C.
Neirab
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Funerary stele
C. 7th century BC
Neirab or Tell Afis
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Stele with warrior god
Late Bronze Age or Iron Age? (c. 1200 or 800 BC)
Redjom el-A'abed (Diban region)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Base for a ritual offering, carved...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Axe inscribed with the name of...
Vers 1340 - 1300 avant J.-C.
Temple de Kiririsha