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Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh, Silver, mercury gilding, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. 5th century CE
Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, Clay, Sumerian
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene, Chert, Akkadian
Akkadian
ca. 2250–2150 BCE
Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion, Ivory, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Beaker with birds and animals, Silver
ca. 4th century BCE
Eye idol, Gypsum alabaster
ca. 3700–3500 BCE
Standing male worshiper, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, Sumerian
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots, Copper alloy, shell, Proto-Elamite
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3000 BCE
Cylinder seal with cultic scene
, Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz), Assyrian
Assyrian
late 9th–early 8th century BCE
Panel with the god Zeus/Serapis/Ohrmazd and worshiper, Terracotta, gouache, Kushan
Kushan
ca. 3rd century CE
Openwork furniture plaque with a grazing oryx in a forest of fronds, Ivory, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Silver, Proto-Elamite
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon, Silver, gold foil, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Head of a ruler, Copper alloy
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu, Gypsum alabaster, Sumerian
Sumerian
2900–2700 BCE
Pendants and beads, Gold, Babylonian
Babylonian
ca. 18th–17th century BCE
Cup with a frieze of gazelles, Gold, Iran
Iran
ca. early 1st millennium BCE
Figure of a reclining woman, Alabaster (gypsum), Parthian
Parthian
ca. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE
Vessel with six animal friezes, Bronze, Iran
Iran
ca. 10th–8th century BCE
Sword and scabbard, Blade: iron; scabbard and hilt: gold over wood, garnets, glass-paste; guard: gilt-bronze, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. 7th century CE
Funerary relief, Limestone
ca. 2nd–3rd century CE
Textile fragment: walking ram with a neckband and fluttering ribbons, Wool, cotton, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. 7th century CE
Open bowl, Ceramic, paint, Nabataean
Nabataean
ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Reclining mouflon, Marble, Indus
Indus
ca. 2600–1900 BCE
Enthroned deity, Bronze, gold foil, Canaanite
Canaanite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, Ivory (Hippopotamus), gold foil, Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Old Assyrian Trading Colony
ca. 18th century BCE
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, Silver, mercury gilding, Parthian
Parthian
ca. 1st century BCE
Standing male figure, Alabaster (calcite)
ca. late 1st millennium BCE
Kaftan, Silk, linen, fur, Alanic
Alanic
ca. 7th–9th century CE
Spout in the form of a man's head, Ceramic, glaze, Parthian
Parthian
ca. 1st–2nd century CE
Bowl with wheel-cut facets, Glass; yellow-green, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. 6th–7th century CE
Seated female, Steatite or chlorite, alabaster, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Storage jar decorated with mountain goats, Ceramic, paint
ca. 4000–3600 BCE
Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, Elamite
Elamite
ca. 1500–1100 BCE
Cult vessel in the form of a tower with cylinder seal impressions near the top, Ceramic
ca. 19th century BCE
Sickle sword, Bronze, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 1307–1275 BCE
Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees, Chlorite
ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium BCE
Belt adornment with an eagle and its prey, Gold, turquoise inlay, Parthian or Kushan
Parthian or Kushan
ca.1st–2nd century CE
Belt clasp, Bronze
ca. 1st–2nd century CE
Human-headed winged bull (lamassu), Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE