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Historical Archive: Musée du Louvre: Stone other than gemstones


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orant holding vase, alabaster, late Uruk c.3300 BCE, Louvre Sb 71
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orant holding vase, Louvre Sb 71, oblique from front
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orant holding vase, Louvre Sb 71, oblique from back
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Superintendent Ebih-Il, from temple of Ishtar, Mari, Syria: gypsum, lapis lazuli, shell, c.2340 BCE, Louvre AO 17551. This work has its own page.
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eyes prob. from a guardian lion at Mari, Syria, temple of the lions, limestone and schist, late 3rd millennium BCE, Louvre AO 19504, SO 19505
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Stele of Naram-Sin, pink limestone, 2254-2218 BCE, Louvre SB 4
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Stele of Naram-Sin, Louvre SB 4, with person for scale
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Stele of Naram-Sin, Louvre SB 4: ruler
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Stele of Naram-Sin, Louvre SB 4: soldiers
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Gudea with overflowing vase, dolerite, c.2120 BCE, Louvre AO 2212, which has its own page.
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Gudea dedicated to Ningishzida from Tello (Girsu), diorite, c.2120 BCE, Louvre AO 3293, AO 4108
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Ur-Ningirsu (son of Gudea), gypsiferous alabaster, c.2110 BCE, Tello (Girsu), Louvre AO 9504 and Met (head). This work has its own page.
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Code of Hammurabi, basalt, 1792-1750 BCE, Louvre, Near Eastern Antiquities, Sb 8. This work has its own page.
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limestone game board with bulls from Balawat (Imgur Enlil; Iraq), early 1st millennium BCE, Louvre AO 14049 bis
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woman spinning from Susa, bitumen, 8th-mid 6th c. BCE, Louvre Sb 2834
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Victory carrying a trophy from Apollonia (Epirus), Greece, marble, late 1st c. BCE, Louvre Ma 1432
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Victory carrying a trophy, Louvre Ma 1432, back
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Messalina with the infant Britannicus from Rome, marble, c.45 CE, Louvre MR 280
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marble funerary altar of Julia Victorina from Rome, 75-100 CE, Louvre MA 1443
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Roman vase: Eagle of Suger, porphyry/silver gilt, Île-de-France bef. 1147, Louvre MR 422, which has its own page
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Mithras relief from Fiano Romano: Mithras and the Bull, 2nd or 3rd c., marble, Louvre MND 1911
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Mithras relief, Louvre MND 1911, reverse: Mithras banqueting with Sol
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Mithras relief, Louvre MND 1911, reverse: Mithras, Sol
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Mithras relief, Louvre MND 1911, side
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sarcophagus from the Mausoleum of the Anicii under St Peter's, Rome: Old Testament and Christian scenes, marble, c.390-400, Louvre MR 688, 753, 806. This work has its own page.
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columns from La Daurade, Toulouse, 5th-6th c. marble, Louvre R.F. 2305, 2306
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columns from La Daurade, Louvre R.F. 2305, 2306: vines
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columns from La Daurade, Louvre R.F. 2305, 2306: capital
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pilaster capital: prepared throne with dove and angels, marble, 5th to 6th c., Louvre Ma 3679
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pilaster capital, Louvre Ma 3679, throne/angel
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marble capital from St-Geneviève, Paris, acanthus 6th c., Louvre R.F. 457, which has its own page.
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"Tombeau du Ladre", Carolingian? marble chancel slab reused at St-Denis with 12th-c. inscription, Louvre MNB 3270
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"Tombeau du Ladre", Louvre MNB 3270, central relief
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"Tombeau du Ladre", Louvre MNB 3270, inscription
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capital from St-Geneviève, Paris: Daniel in the lions' den 12th c., Louvre R.F. 457, which has its own page.
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St. Michael and dragon from chapel of Michael, Notre-Dame de Nevers, limestone, c.1125-50, Louvre R.F.1427
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limestone Elder of the Apocalypse from center portal, west façade of St-Denis, c.1140, Louvre R.F. 554
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Elder, Louvre R.F. 554, oblique from front/left
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Elder, Louvre R.F. 554, profile slightly oblique from front
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columns from Coulombs abbey (Eure-et-Loire), limestone, mid 12th c., Louvre R.F. 1376, 1375
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columns from Coulombs, Louvre R.F. 1376, 1375, oblique fr right
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columns from Coulombs, Louvre R.F. 1376, 1375, single column
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columns from Coulombs, Louvre R.F. 1376, 1375, twisted shaft
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Abraham and Isaac capital from Notre-Dame-de-la-Couldre, Parthenay, limestone, mid 12th c., Louvre R.F. 1848
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Abraham and Isaac, Louvre R.F. 1848, from front/right
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Judgment of Solomon capital: substitution of infant, marble c.1150-75, from cloister of St. Ruf, Valence, Louvre R.F. 4214. This work has its own page.
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Apocalyptic woman attacked by dragon, from St. Rieul, Senlis; limestone, c.1150-1200; Louvre R.F. 3657
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Apocalyptic woman, Louvre R.F. 3657, frontal
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prince of Lusignan dynasty, marble prob from funerary marker, Cyprus c.1325-50, Louvre R.F. 1219
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prince, Louvre R.F. 1219, full
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Resurrection of a young girl, alabaster from shrine of St. Elzear de Sabran, Apt, c. 1370-73, Louvre R.F. 1676
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Resurrection of a young girl, Louvre R.F. 1676, young girl
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Resurrection of a young girl, Louvre R.F. 1676, oblique from back
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Charles V (Charles the Wise, reg. 1364/65-80) and Jeanne de Bourbon (d.1378), c.1375, prob. fr. Louvre ext.; Louvre, Charles R.F. 1377; Jeanne R.F. 1378. This work has its own page.
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St. George and the dragon, marble, Tours 1509-10, Michel Colombe (c.1430-c.1512/15); frame probably Jerome Pacherot, Jean Chersalle, and Bertrand de Meynal. Louvre MR 1645. This work has its own page.
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Death, alabaster c.1530, from the Cemetery of the Innocents, Paris; Louvre R.F. 2625. Arms restored by Louis Pierre Deseine (1749-1822). 120 x 55 x 27 cm. This work has its own page.
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Head from Porte des Valois, St-Denis, 19th c., Louvre R.F. 521
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Head, Louvre R.F. 521, crown
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Head, Louvre R.F. 521, oblique from left/front
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Head, Louvre R.F. 521, near profile from right