| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The head of King Shalmaneser from a statue found by the city walls of Nimrud.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Platform of the throne of King Shalmaneser.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The King Shalmaneser throne platform has reliefs around the base.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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King Shalmaneser (sheltered by a parasol) meeting a delegation from Urartu (from modern Eastern Turkey).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Urartu bringing the king of Assyria gifts.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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People bringing gifts to the king.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bringing food items to the king.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The king's warriors.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bringing sacks full of grain.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bringing gifts to the king.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Soldiers.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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A variety of gifts.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Urartu bringing horses to the king.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Parts of the Ishtar Gate from Babylon, one of the most important cities in Mesopotamia.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Mushussu is a creature with the body of a fish, the tail of a snake, the forepaws of a lion, the hind legs of an eagle, wings and the head of a dragon.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the dragon head of the Mushussu. The creature represents the god Marduk who killed it and made it his servant.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Lion foreclaws and eagle hind legs of the Mushussu.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Auroch. The animal that was domesticated into modern cattle.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Head of the Auroch, an animal that represents the deity, Adad.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The lion. The Ishtar Gate is made from glazed bricks (New Babylonian Period, 612 - 539 BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The lion represents the goddess, Ishtar (a forerunner of Aphrodite and Venus).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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A collection of terracotta pieces from the New Babylonian Period (626 - 539 BCE) found in Nippur, Babylon and Uruk.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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A collection of pottery found in Babylon (626 - 539 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bronze animals from Babylon.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bronze lion from Babylon.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Conical cuneiform texts remembering the life and works of Babylonian kings Nebuchadnezzar II (604 - 561 BCE) and Nabu Naid (555 - 539 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Alabaster statuette from Al Mugur from the New Babylon Period (626 - 539 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Example of a brick from the Neo Babylonian period (627 - 539 BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Bronze bird deity, Bazuzu thought to protect children from demons (Babylon).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Clay tablet inscribed with the Epic of Atrahasis which includes an account of a flood (Sippar, 627 - 539 BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Glazed pot from Babylon (626 - 539 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Clay tablet inscribed with a Babylonian omen text (Sippar, 627 - 539 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Ivories Hall.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Ivory Hall contains ivory artefacts.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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A restored slab of ivory showing the god, Assur from Nimrud (Neo Assyrian Period, 911 - 612 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory panel from Nimrud.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving of an Egyptian sphynx with a woman's face (Nimrud).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carvings of two female heads (Nimrud).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory statue of a man praying (Nimrud, 911 - 612 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory animal from Nimrud.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Delicately carved ivory from Nimrud (911 - 612 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving of a female praying.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving of a cow with calf.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory decoration for furniture in the form of palm leaves.
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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King Sargon ivory carving.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving of an angel used as furniture covering.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Carved ivory depicting the Egyptian goddess Hathor (Nimrud).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of Hathor.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory angel inlaid with semi precious material.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Part of an ivory carved deer.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory items used for covering horses eyes.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving of Egyptian figures from Nimrud (911 - 612 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory head with eyes inlaid with semi precious stones and wearing a collar of roses.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory comb handles.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving of hunting.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving showing Egyptians and Assyrians.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving with Egyptian features (c720 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivories from Nimrud.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving of a winged lion with a human head.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving of a king.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Ivory carving featuring a boat and Egyptian motifs.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Furniture panels.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pieces made from bone and ivory used as dolls, spindles and hair pins found in Babylon from the Seleucid period (312 BCE - 139).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pieces made from bone and ivory from the Parthian period (139 BCE - 226).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Hatra Room.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Hatra is an ancient city in Northern Iraq from the Greek Period.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Hatra dates from the Greek period after Alexander The Great.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Limestone statue of a military leader of Hatra from the Hellenistic Period (312 - 139 BCE).
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2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The military leader is holding a statue of a deity (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The head is bearded and has a mustache. Many Hatra statues resemble Spanish Conquisterdors.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Panel from Hatra showing figures with Greek influence.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Figure with a war standard (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Figure holding a dagger to a ram with a snake behind (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The goddess, Al Lat next to a god stabbing a snake. Found in a temple in Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The goddess Al Lat sitting on a lion and holding a staff (Hatra, 312 - 139 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Man with a stabbed snake (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Woman on a camel.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Limestone statue of King Sinutruk of Hatra holding a palm leaf (symbol of royalty). Found in a temple (312 - 139 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Head of King Sinutruk (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Alabaster statue of a prince (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of clothing worn by a prince (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Head of a prince of Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Alabaster statue of Princess Abu Bint Jablo.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The upper part of Princes Abu Bint Jablo showing the Greek influence in the clothing.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Alabaster statue of a commander in the army of Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Statue of a naked Hercules holding a mace and a lion skin. Dated from the Hellenistic Period, 312 - 139 BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Model of a temple with two figures (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Alabaster statue of a prince of Hatra with Aramaic writing (312 - 139 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Large bowl decorated with grapes from Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Money box made of marble from Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Figure with a halo from the Greek period (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Slab written in Aramaic and mentioning Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Highlight of the Hatra Room are the cornices.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The cornices feature a feast for the wedding of the king.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Musicians.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Statues from Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Statue of a knight with trousars, shirt and cloak.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Two seated deities from Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Hatra high priest, Nasru Mirria, on a sofa.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Typical statues of priests in front of a temple entrance from Hatra.
|
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.