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Seated female, Ceramic, paint, Halaf
Halaf
ca. 5600–5000 BCE
Bowl Emulating Chinese Stoneware, Earthenware; painted in blue on opaque white glaze
9th century
Figure of a reclining woman, Alabaster (gypsum), Parthian
Parthian
ca. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE
Sickle sword, Bronze, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 1307–1275 BCE
Panel with striding lion, Ceramic, glaze, Babylonian
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Human-headed winged bull (lamassu), Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE
Human-headed winged lion (lamassu), Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE
Relief panel, Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 883–859 BCE
Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, Limestone, Parthian
Parthian
ca. 2nd–early 3rd century CE
Headdress, Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, Sumerian
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Standing male worshiper, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, Sumerian
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief, Steatite with chlorite
ca. 3300–2900 BCE
Openwork furniture plaque with a grazing oryx in a forest of fronds, Ivory, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin, Ivory, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE
Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion, Ivory, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Head of a ram, Ceramic
ca. 3500–3100 BCE
Weight in shape of frog, Diorite or andesite, Babylonian
Babylonian
ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Cylinder seal with cultic scene
, Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz), Assyrian
Assyrian
late 9th–early 8th century BCE
Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”, Diorite, Neo-Sumerian
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 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
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
Pendants and beads, Gold, Babylonian
Babylonian
ca. 18th–17th century BCE
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Calligrapher Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri
Illuminator Muhammad ibn Aibak ibn 'Abdallah
dated 707 AH/1307–8 CE
"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides, 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl , Bagdad, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl
dated 621 AH/1224 CE
"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl , Baghdad, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl
dated 621 AH/1224 CE
Candlestick with Enthronement Scene, Brass; engraved, incised, inlaid with silver
second quarter 13th century
Luster Bowl with Two Running Hares, Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze
10th century
Ewer with Molded Inscription, Glass, greenish; mold blown, applied handle
9th century
Ruby Luster Bowl with Large Palmette
, Earthenware; glazed, polychrome luster-painted
9th century
Polychrome Luster Tile Fragment, Earthenware; polychrome luster-painted on opaque white glaze
9th century
Cast of a Dado Panel, Plaster; cast (Stucco; molded, carved)
20th century
Casts of Dado Panels in the 'Beveled Style', Plaster; cast (stucco; molded, carved)
20th century
Bowl with Green Splashes, Earthenware; 'splash-painted' on opaque white glaze
9th century
<Tiraz> Textile Fragments, Linen; plain weave, embroidered in silk
dated 320 AH/932–33 CE
Tiraz Textile Fragment, Linen; plain weave, embroidered in silk
dated 390 AH/999–1000 CE
Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style', Wood (teak); carved
9th century
Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style', Wood (teak); carved
9th century
Pair of Doors, Wood (teak); frames with carved panels
9th century
Pair of Doors, Wood (teak); carved
9th century
Jar with Four Lug Handles, Earthenware; painted in blue on opaque white glaze
9th century

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