EditorialManifestation contre le chantier de l'autoroute A 69 et les usines bitume. Demonstration against the A69 freeway construction site and bitumen factories
EditorialCuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the construction of the outer city wall of Babylon, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 604?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylon (?), Babylonian, Clay, 48.62 x 2.75 x 2.87 in. (12.35 x 7 x 7.3 cm), Clay-Tablets...
EditorialType: 4, small earthenware, struck bottom, bitumen on the inside, not complete, crockery, earthenware, H 14 cm, D bottom 9 cm, D border 31 cm, Uruk Period 3800-3100 BC, Syria.
EditorialA large rectangular brick with a cuneiform text on two of the long sides. Remains of bitumen are visible on at least three sides. On the brick is the name of the Assyrian king Salmaneser III, who reigned from 858-824 BC. In addition to the name and num...
EditorialType: 34, very large earthenware, green stock spot, with bitumen net (harness), complete, crockery, earthenware, H 78 cm, D max 70 cm, D edge 26 cm, Uruk Period 3800-3100 BC ., Syria.
EditorialType: 23, medium-sized earthenware, bitumen traces on the outside, not complete, crockery, earthenware, H 22.3 cm, D bottom 6.5 cm, D max 18 cm, D edge 11.1 cm, Uruk Period 3800-3100 BC ., Syria.
EditorialAn earthenware model of a (battle) car with two separate wheels. The object has a high decorated front, three bands with incised herringbone pattern (irregular and flat). Bitumen remains are still preserved on the edge of the front., Toys, pottery, H 7...
Editorialdeath book, vignettes, Hor, mother name Nanefersachmet, A) Means of framing: pasted on paper, once folded into a cardboard folder, B) Layout, 1. number of columns: 5 columns, I) 15 lines, II) 8 lines with large brown bitumen - (?) - place, III) 6 lines...
EditorialCarinated bowl sherd, Middle Bronze Age, Date ca. early 2nd millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Tell Taya, Ceramic, bitumen (?), 2.72 x 3.5 in. (6.91 x 8.89 cm), Ceramics-Vessels.
EditorialFurniture element: ram with bitumen-lined socket, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIa, Date ca. 26002500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, bitumen, 2.2 x 1.5 x 3.78 in. (5.59 x 3.81 x 9.6 cm), Stone-Sculpture.
EditorialTripod dish with moufflons. From Susa, Iran. Simashki-dynasty, early 2nd mill. BCE Bitumen, shells, lapis lazuli, H: 18,5 cm, 28 cm across Sb 2737.
EditorialHelmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Middle Elamite, ca. 1500?1100 B.C., Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, H. 16.5 cm, W. 22.1 cm, Metalwork-Implements, This example of military headgear is elabor...
EditorialFurniture element: ram with bitumen-lined socket, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600?2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, bitumen, 2.2 x 1.5 x 3.78 in. (5.59 x 3.81 x 9.6 cm), Stone-Sculpture,.
EditorialHelmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Middle Elamite, ca. 1500?1100 B.C., Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, H. 16.5 cm, W. 22.1 cm, Metalwork-Implements, This example of military headgear is elabor...
EditorialDouble vessel with duck-shaped supports, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600?2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, shell inlay, bitumen, 4 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (11 x 6.2 x 10.5 cm), Stone-Vessels,.
EditorialCuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the construction of the outer city wall of Babylon, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 604?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylon (?), Babylonian, Clay, 48.62 x 2.75 x 2.87 in. (12.35 x 7 x 7.3 cm), Clay-Tablets...
EditorialDecorative boss, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Shell, silver, bitumen (?), 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This curved object, carved from a thick piece of shell and decorated with a guilloche...
EditorialFood Case Probably Containing a Preserved Duck, New Kingdom, Early Dynasty 18, ca. 1550?1479 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Meketre Valley, Burial of Prince Amenemhat, Cliff Tomb (), inside or near entrance, 1918?19, Wood, plas...
EditorialFood Case Probably Containing a Preserved Pigeon, New Kingdom, Early Dynasty 18, ca. 1550?1479 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Meketre Valley, Burial of Prince Amenemhat, Cliff Tomb (), inside or near entrance, 1918?19, Wood, pl...
EditorialToy animals, hedgehog and lion on wheels. From the deposit of the temple of Inshushinak, Susa, middle-Elamite period, Period of the Shutrukides dynasty. Limestone and bitumen compound, L: 7,5 cm Sb 2908,2905.
EditorialShell plaque from Ur, showing two rams. From the grave of Pu-Abi, see 03-03-01 / 8. Presumably the decoration of a lyre or harp. Shell was one of the most popular ways of decorating objects in Sumer. Bitumen was used as a glue. Here, animal scenes are ...