EditorialStriding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots, Proto-Elamite, ca. 3000 B.C., Mesopotamia or Iran, Proto-Elamite, Copper alloy, H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) W. 5.4 cm ( 2 1/8 in.), Metalwork-Sculpture, This sol...
EditorialGanjnameh. Ancient inscription carved in granite in Alvand Mountain, ordered by Darius the Great (521-485 BC) (left) and by Xerxes the Great (485-465 BC) (right) in three languages, Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite. Near Hamedan. Islamic Rep...
EditorialAchaemenid Empire. Ganjnameh. Ancient inscription carved in granite in 3 languages: Old Persian, Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Elamite, written by order of the sovereigns Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC). Cuneiform alphabets. Nea...
EditorialKing Ashurbanipal's campaign against Elam (653 BCE) Conquest of the Elamite city of Din-Sharri. Gypseuous alabaster relief from the palace in Niniveh. AO 19905.
EditorialElamite fugitives hide in the swampland. Detail Ashurbanipal's battle against the King of Elam. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .
EditorialElamite prisoners led into exile by an Assyrian soldier Detail of a bas-relief from the palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE), illustrating the campaign against the kingdom of Elam, 645 BCE. See 08-02-01 / 56,60-63 Gypseous alabaster, 163 x 77 cm-AO 199...
EditorialInhabitants of a captured Elamite city on their way into exile. Bas-relief, palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) in Niniveh. Upper register of 08-01-02 / 60 Gypseous alabaster, 163 x 77 cm AO 19904.
EditorialElamite warriors marching into battle against Ashurbanipal at the battle of Til Tuba. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace of Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .
EditorialInventory of three different types of equines (horse-family). Terracotta tablet with cuneiform writing; from Susa, Iran (2900 BCE, Proto-Elamite) 13.4 x 9 cm Sb 6910.