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Ritual vessel or stand
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Awl
ca. 3100–2900 BCE (?)

Shell
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Inlay
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2350 BCE

Inlay: animal leg
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Spouted jar
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2700 BCE

Rod
4th millennium BCE

Arm fragment
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Inscribed brick
Isin-Larsa
ca. 1895–1874 BCE

Lentoid seal
ca. 4500–3600 BCE

Cuneiform tablet impressed with two stamp seals: promissory note for dates
Achaemenid
ca. 423 BCE (?)

Pendant
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Foundation peg
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Foundation peg
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Shell fragment
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2350 BCE

Base and feet of a worshipper
Sumerian
ca. 2500–2350 BCE

Dish
4th millennium BCE

Shell
ca. 2900–2350 BCE

Stylus or bone point
3rd–2nd millennium BCE

Whorl
4th millennium BCE

Shell fragment
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2350 BCE

Figurine
Parthian
ca. 150 BCE

Inlay
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: fragment concerning canals (Sum.e)
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Vessel
Sumerian
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: genre uncertain
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Figurine
Parthian
ca. 150 BCE

Beveled rim bowl
ca. 3300–3100 BCE

Figurine
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Inlay
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Bead
n.d.a.

Inlay
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2350 BCE

Inlay: leg and foot
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Unidentified object
ca. late 4th millennium BCE

Sealing
4th millennium BCE

Cuneiform tablet: receipt of metals
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2004 BCE

Scallop shell
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Bed model
Isin-Larsa–Old Babylonian
ca. 1900–1600 BCE

Spindle whorl
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE

Fragmentary head of a worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE