Ancient Near East - Writing media - Special - Photo gallery
Image database with photographs of ancient art and antiquities
Our image database provides photographs of ancient art and antiquities for press releases as well as for private use. All artefacts sold in our gallery are documented through professional photographs. The resulting image library contains numerous ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities as well as ancient coins. The time span from Stone Age, over Bronze Age and Classical Antiquity until Late Antiquity is covered.The photo gallery aims at providing a vast visual archive equipped with filters and search tools. You are most welcome to search the constantly growing number of artefacts in the image library. We are also happy to authorize hyperlinks from your webpage / forum to the objects depicted in our gallery. For this purpose, please send us a short notification prior to placing a hyperlink. For almost every object high definition photographs are available and can be provided e.g. to document your collection or for scientific papers or popular science articles. If you are interested in using pictures for publications, print media or other purposes, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
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Fragment einer Keilschrifttafel aus der Sammlung von Prof. H. BroschAutor historischer Fachpublikationen, Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes.Großes Fragment einer Tafel mit gut erhaltener akkadischer Schrift.
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Elamitischer Ziegel mit königlicher InschriftTonziegel des Tempelturms von Tschogha Zanbil, mit bekannter, königlicher Inschrift. 1260 bis 1235 v. Chr., Regierungszeit des elamitischen Königs Untas-Napirisa.
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Keilschrifttafel aus der Zeit Nebukadnezars II.Rechteckige babylonische Keilschrifttafel, wahrscheinlich des Königs Nebukadnezar II. Begutachtet durch Professor Wilfred George Lambert.
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Tafel mit assyrischem Gesetzestext in Keilschrift aus alter deutscher SammlungFragment einer Tontafel mit altassyrischem Verwaltungs- oder Gesetzestext. Mitte bis Ende des 2. Jt. v. Chr.
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Keilschrifttafel aus der Ur III ZeitMesopotamische Tontafel aus Ur mit administrativem Text in Keilschrift. Die Tafel datiert in die Zeit des Königs Shu-Suen (auch Shi-sin), der während der 3. Dynastie von Ur in Sumer und Akkad regierte. Der Text hält die Ausgabe von Essensrationen fest, namentlich die Menge eines Getreideeintopfes, die an 15 weibliche Mehlmahlerinnen ausgegeben werden soll. Jede von Ihnen hat 6 Quart zu erhalten, wobei die Gesamtmenge 90 Quart zu betragen hat.
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Schrifttafel des Nebukadnezar II.Keilschrifttafel, bezeugt Wiederaufbau des Tempels von Schamasch in Larsa. Übersetzt und begutachtet durch Professor Wilfred George Lambert.
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Levantinischer StempelWürfelförmiges Siegel aus hellem Stein. Schriftzeichen auf einer Fläche des Würfels.
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Cuneiform tablet from UmmaRecord of beer and bread rations for laborers. Probably from the Bronze Age city of Umma. The cuneiform tablet was studied and conserved at Yale University.
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Clay tablet with cuneiform scriptSmall tablet with well preserved cuneiform engravings. Interesting Bronze Age document from Mesopotamia.
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Sumerian cuneiform clay tabletSmall tablet with drill hole. Cuneiform receipt for bricks or pottery. Very well preserved piece from the late 3rd millenium BC.
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Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletVery nicely preserved clay tablet with cuneiform legal text from Old Babylonian times.
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Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletVery nicely preserved clay tablet with cuneiform administrative text from Old Babylonian times.
Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletInteresting small clay tablet with cuneiform legal text from Old Babylonian times.
Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletLarge clay tablet with cuneiform administrative text from Ur III to Old Babylonian times.
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Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletClay tablet with cuneiform administrative or legal text. Dating to the reign of Ammi-Ditana, a king of the first dynasty of Babylon.
Clay tablet with cuneiform textSmall cuneiform writing tablet with well preserved text on both sides.
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Sumerian foundation cone from UrukSmall conoid clay nail with cuneiform inscription. From the main temple of Uruk, that is also mentioned in the Epos of Gilgamesh. Circa 3rd Millenium BC.
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Mesopotamian cuneiform tabletSmall clay tablet with well preserved Sumerian cuneiform writing. From Mesopotamia, probably from Uruk.
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Sumerian cuneiform tabletThe clay tablet is a receipt of sheep and goats from the Sumerian city of Puzrish-Dagan. It was made during the reign of King Shu-Sin, 2037 to 2029 BC. From the Yale University Collection.
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