Stone Collection (#68)

A protective Assyrian genie, from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Stela with hebrew script commemorating a successful revolt, 9th century BC
A stela with hebrew script, commemorating the successful revolt of Mesha, King of Moab, against Ahab, King of Israel (see 2 Kings III). From Diban in Moab

Relief showing the head of Akhenaten, 14th century BC
Relief showing the head of Akhenaten (ruled 1353-1336 BC)

Egyptian relief of Akhenaten and Nefertiti holding their daughters, 14th century BC
Egyptian relief of Akhenaten (reigned 1353-1336 BC) and Nefertiti holding their daughters, under the rays of the sun-god Aten, 14th century BC

Egyptian stele showing Anubis preparing a mummy
Egyptian stele showing the jackal-headed Anubis preparing a mummy for burial, from the Vatican Museums collection

Egyptian relief of a woman suckling a child, 14th century BC

Egyptian relief showing shoemakers, 14th century BC
Egyptian relief from a tomb showing shoemakers at work, 14th century BC

Egyptian relief showing vase painters, 14th century BC
Egyptian relief from a tomb showing vase painters at work, 14th century BC

Egyptian relief of scribes

Detail of Egyptian obelisk
Detail of granite Egyptian obelisk in the Boboli Gardens, florence, Italy

Egyptian hieroglyphs on a funerary stele
Egyptian hieroglyphs on a limestone funerary stele, from the Vatican Museums collection

Glazed Brick relief of a bull on the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC
Glazed Brick relief of a bull on the walls of the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC

Scythian depiction of an archer on horseback, from the British Museums collection

Early Sumerian stone tables, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols
Early Sumerian stone tablets, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols, and one of the earliest examples of Sumerian writing. From the British Museums collection

Tablet telling the legend of Etana, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. The story told on this tablet centres on Etana

Assyrian Winged Bull detail at the Pergamom Museum, Berlin

The Dying Lion, a stone panel from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC
The Dying Lion, stone panel from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC. Wall panel showing a lion struck by one of the kings arrows. It has long been acclaimed as a masterpiece

Sumerian stone plaque showing ritual offerings to a King, now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Memorial stone of Kilamuwa, King of Sam al. The language is Aramaic, the script similar to Hittite. Currently in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Neo-hittite Stone Lion at the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul

A Babylonian tablet requesting an oracle from the Sun God Shamnon as to whether the Assyrian army led by Nabu-shar-usur will retake the fortress taken by the Manncans

Stone tablet from North Babylonia, recording how King Nablu-apla-iddim, then twenty, confirmed a gift of land

Stone lions head, Neo-Assyrian, about 680-670 BC, from Sippar, southern Iraq
Stone lions head, Neo-Assyrian, about 680-670 BC, From Sippar, southern Iraq. This lions head of white limestone comes from the Temple of Shamash

Neolithic stone axes
Neolithic polished stone axes from Finland, from the National Museums collection in Helsinki

Bone and stone Neolithic necklace
A necklace from a Neolithic Village in Scara Brae, Orkney, made of bone and stone. From the Tankernges House Museum on Orkney

Roman relief of an oculist at work: a doctor inspecting the eye of a woman. From a Roman home near Naux in France

Fossil shells in limestone

Fossil palm and fishes from Wyoming, USA

Bust of the Greek philosopher Plato, 4th century BC
A Roman copy of a Greek original bust of Plato (424/3-348/7 BC) of the mid 4th century BC, from the Louvres collection, 4th century BC

Greek relief of servants carrying food, from the British Musuem

Votive relief for the goddess Artemis, 4th century BC
A Greek votive relief for the goddess Artemis Bendis - Bendis was a Thracian goddess identified with Artemis, 4th century BC

Egyptian relief of men moving a stone lintel, currently in Bologna

Carved Jellinge style Viking grave-slab from York
Carved magnesian limestone Viking grave-slab from York made in the Jellinge style

Roman Multangular temple, 3rd century
Roman Multangular temple in York, 3rd century

Roman tombstone of a Smith, pictured with his tools
Roman tombstone of a Smith with hammer, tongs and anvil, from Dringhouses, York. In the collection of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society Museum, York

The Folkton Drums, found in East Yorkshire, England, Late Neolithic period, 2600-2000 BC
One of the three Folkton Drums, found in East Yorkshire, England, Late Neolithic period, 2600-2000 BC. These objects were found in a child burial in a round barrow excavated by William Greenwell in

Celtic Stone Votive Figure of a Child
A Celtic stone votive figure of a child, from the sources of the Seine, France, from the Daton Musems collection

Fossil Archaeopterix with traces of feathers
A fossil Archaeopterix from Germany. On this fossil, traces of the feathers can be seen

Detail of a Pictish Stone with biblical scenes, 9th century
A pictish stone with possible biblical references, i.e Judges 15.16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men

Neolithic quern for grinding corn
A neolithic quern/pestle and mortar for grinding corn, discovered at Lemea Neolithic settlement near Paphos on Cyprus

Paleolithic Polishing-Stone
Paleolithic polishing-stone for sharpening bone harpoons from the Dordogne region, France

Early Christian depiction of Jonah and the Whale on a sarcophagus, 4th century
Image of Jonah and the Whale, from an early marble Christian sarcophagus from Rome, 4th Century. Currently in the Vatican Museum

Early Christian Nativity Scene, 4th Century
Nativity scene detail of an early Christian Sarcophagus. It shows Jesus as the good Shepherd. Part of the Vatican Museums collection

Roman relief of gladiators fighting wild beasts
Roman relief of gladiators fighting lions

Celtic stone head, Salzburg, Austria, 1st century BC - 1st century

Celtic stone head, Heidelberg, Germany, c5th - 4th century BC

Celtic stone Janus-figure, Holzgerlin, Wurttemburg, Germany, 6th - 4th century BC

Epona, Celtic Goddess, Roman period. Epona is associated with the horse

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