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Beaker with birds and animals, Silver — Beaker with birds and animals
ca. 4th century BCE

Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion, Ivory, Assyrian — Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Standing male worshiper, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, Sumerian — Standing male worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE

Eye idol, Gypsum alabaster — Eye idol
ca. 3700–3500 BCE

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 — 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

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

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

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

Textile fragment: walking ram with a neckband and fluttering ribbons, Wool, cotton, Sasanian — Textile fragment: walking ram with a neckband and fluttering ribbons
Sasanian
ca. 7th century CE

Reclining mouflon, Marble, Indus — Reclining mouflon
Indus
ca. 2600–1900 BCE

Enthroned deity, Bronze, gold foil, Canaanite — Enthroned deity
Canaanite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE

Head of a ram, Ceramic — Head of a ram
ca. 3500–3100 BCE

Relief: two servants bearing food and drink, Limestone, Achaemenid — Relief: two servants bearing food and drink
Achaemenid
ca. 358–338 BCE

Beaker with birds on the rim, Electrum, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex — Beaker with birds on the rim
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE

Panel with the god Zeus/Serapis/Ohrmazd and worshiper, Terracotta, gouache, Kushan — Panel with the god Zeus/Serapis/Ohrmazd and worshiper
Kushan
ca. 3rd century CE

Dress ornament, Gold, Scythian — Dress ornament
Scythian
ca. 5th century BCE

Openwork furniture plaque with a grazing oryx in a forest of fronds, Ivory, Assyrian — Openwork furniture plaque with a grazing oryx in a forest of fronds
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Storage jar decorated with mountain goats, Ceramic, paint — Storage jar decorated with mountain goats
ca. 4000–3600 BCE

Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, Elamite — Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings
Elamite
ca. 1500–1100 BCE

Funerary relief, Limestone — Funerary relief
ca. 2nd–3rd century CE

Sickle sword, Bronze, Assyrian — Sickle sword
Assyrian
ca. 1307–1275 BCE

Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees, Chlorite — Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees
ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium BCE

Belt adornment with an eagle and its prey, Gold, turquoise inlay, Parthian or Kushan — Belt adornment with an eagle and its prey
Parthian or Kushan
ca.1st–2nd century CE

Belt clasp, Bronze — Belt clasp
ca. 1st–2nd century CE

Open bowl, Ceramic, paint, Nabataean — Open bowl
Nabataean
ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, Ivory (Hippopotamus), gold foil, Old Assyrian Trading Colony — Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls
Old Assyrian Trading Colony
ca. 18th century BCE

Headdress, Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, Sumerian — Headdress
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Standing male figure, Alabaster (calcite) — Standing male figure
ca. late 1st millennium BCE

Nude female figure, Ceramic, Israelite — Nude female figure
Israelite
ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Seated female, Ceramic, paint, Halaf — Seated female
Halaf
ca. 5600–5000 BCE

Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag, Silver, gold inlay, Hittite — Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag
Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE

Seated goddess with a child, Gold, Hittite — Seated goddess with a child
Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE

Cylinder seal with cultic scene
, Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz), Assyrian — Cylinder seal with cultic scene
Assyrian
late 9th–early 8th century BCE

Kaftan, Silk, linen, fur, Alanic — Kaftan
Alanic
ca. 7th–9th century CE

Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene, Basalt, Hittite — Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene
Hittite
ca. 10th−9th century BCE

Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief, Steatite with chlorite — Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief
ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Plaque with horned lion-griffins, Gold, Achaemenid — Plaque with horned lion-griffins
Achaemenid
ca. 6th–4th century BCE

Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature, Gold, Achaemenid — Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature
Achaemenid
ca. 5th century BCE

Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Silver, Proto-Elamite — Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3100–2900 BCE

Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon, Silver, gold foil, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex — Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE