EditorialSword, before 1419, European, Steel, wood, L. 43 11/16 in. (111 cm); L. of blade 34 1/8 in. (86.7 cm); W. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 10 oz. (1644 g), Swords, The Arabic inscription engraved on the blade of this sword indicates that it was part of ...
EditorialWooden cubes. On the left, bucket of yew wood with brass rings, decorated with a Buddha figure of enamel sitting in the lotus position. On the right, small bucket made of yew wood with brass rings and handles. Probably part of a booty captured during a...
EditorialAssyrian soldiers carrying booty and escorting prisoners from the captured city of Lachish (701 BCE). Part of a relief from the palace of King Sennacherib in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq). H: 165 cm.
EditorialKing Hadad-Ezer of Damascus. Part of booty carried away by King Adad-Nirari III. Carved ivory plaque (809-782 BCE) Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem.
EditorialKudurru with Gula, goddess of medicine. Kassite period, 1595-1200 BCE Brought as booty from Babylon to Susa in the 12th BCE. Limestone, H: 36 cm Sb 27.
EditorialWarriors under palm trees carrying booty. Ashurbanipal triumphs over the allies of his brother Shamasheshun-Ulcin. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .
EditorialView from San Marco towards the Libreria Marciana. One of the Greek bronze horses, sculptures of the 3rd or 4th BCE, brought as booty from Constantinople in 1204.
EditorialArab world. War booty. Group of women taken prisoner for the harem. Drawing by Dionisio Baixeras (1862-1943). Chromolithography. La Civilizacion (The Civilization),volume III, 1882.
EditorialHorse frontlet carved in relief with a female figure flanked by lions, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 6.38 x 2.6 in. (16.21 x 6.6 cm), Ivory/Bone-Equestrian, Over two hundred ivory and gyps...
EditorialThe four horses of the facade of St. Mark's Basilica (these are the originals, the ones on the Basilica are copies). Gilded copper, Greek sculptures of the 3rd or 4th BCE, a booty the Venetians brought back from Constantinople in 1204. See 15-04-04 / 4...
EditorialThe four horses of the facade of St. Mark's Basilica (these are the originals, the ones on the Basilica are copies). Gilded copper, Greek sculptures of the 3rd or 4th BCE, a booty the Venetians brought back from Constantinople in 1204. See 15-04-04 / 4...
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