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Mace head
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Standing male worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE

Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion
Hurrian
ca. 2200–2100 BCE

Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu
Sumerian
2900–2700 BCE

Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE

Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief
ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. 2nd–1st century BCE

Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE

Panel with striding lion
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene
Akkadian
ca. 2250–2150 BCE

Head of a ram
ca. 3500–3100 BCE

Figure of a reclining woman
Parthian
ca. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE

Headdress
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard
Kassite
ca. mid-2nd millennium BCE

Cylinder seal with cultic scene
Assyrian
late 9th–early 8th century BCE

Pendants and beads
Babylonian
ca. 18th–17th century BCE

Brick fragment with the head of an ibex
Assyrian
ca. 9th century BCE

Stele of the protective goddess Lama
Kassite
ca. 1307–1282 BCE

Relief fragment: cavalrymen along a stream in mountainous terrain
Assyrian
ca. 704–681 BCE

Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh
Sasanian
ca. 5th century CE

Sickle sword
Assyrian
ca. 1307–1275 BCE

Standing female worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3000 BCE

Stamp seal and modern impression: geometric pattern
Halaf
ca. 5600–5000 BCE

Panels of a writing board
Assyrian
ca. 721–705 BCE

Head of a ruler
ca. 2300–2000 BCE

Necklace beads
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Relief fragment: cavalryman leading his horse beside a stream
Assyrian
ca. 704–681 BCE

Mastiff
Kassite
ca. mid-2nd millennium BCE

Apkallu figure: male with a fish-skin hood
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: three "pigtailed ladies" with double-handled vessels
ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: administrative account with entries concerning malt and barley groats
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: Old Babylonian balag to the mother goddess Aruru
Babylonian
ca. 19th–16th century BCE

Inscribed brick
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2095 BCE

Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea: dedicated when Gudea built the Eninnu temple for the god Ningirsu
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE

Jar
Sasanian
ca. 6th–7th century CE

Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Lipit-Eshtar
Isin-Larsa
ca. 1934–1924 BCE

Cylinder seal and modern impression: seated "pigtailed ladies" and pots
ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Seal amulet in the form of a seated female and modern impression
ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: collection of ershemmas (nos. 45, 59, 53)
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. late 4th century BCE–early 3rd century CE