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The cuneiform inscription on the base of this headless states that the statue belongs to the king of "E-Kizal-Ki" (region or district), whose name was "Il-La", and who has dedicated this own statue to the god Ningishzida. Early Dynastic period...

The cuneiform inscriptions on this basalt statue mention that this is the god Kidudu, the guardian of the walls of Ashur city. It was erected by King Shalmaneser III. Neo-Assyrian era, 835 BCE. From Ashur, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The British...

This basalt stela of the storm god Hadad of Aleppo was brought to the palace museum of King Nebuchadnezzar II as war booty. From Babylon, modern-day Iraq. Late Hittite period, 9th century BCE. (Istanbul Archaeological Museums/Ancient Orient...

On this stone stele made around c. 1150 BCE, one can see Ramesses III (r. 1186–1155 BCE) making an offering the god Amun. Ramesses III is considered by many historians and archaeologists to be the last great ruler of Egypt from the New Kingdom...

Quartzite head of god Sopdu (Sopedu or Septu). From modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1950-1900 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Small statue of Osiris. Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (State Museum of Egyptian Art), Munich.

The temple to Nabu at Borsippa was destroyed in 484 BCE during the suppression of a revolt against the Achaemenid king Xerxes. Modern Biris Namrud, Babil Governorate, Iraq.

Marble slab carved in raised relief, originally set into a base of an object with Aramaic inscription. It shows a winged and bearded male deity holding a dagger in his right hand and is about to slaughter a goat; he holds the right horn of...

The upper halves of terracotta plaques, depicting a male figure (on the left, who has a long beard) and a female figure (on the right, with bare breast) wearing a horned headdress (symbol of divinity) and appearing to hold a long bar in both...

Helios (also Helius) was the god of the Sun in Greek mythology. Helios rode a golden chariot which brought the Sun across the skies each day from the east (Ethiopia) to the west (Hesperides). Helios was famously the subject of the Colossus...