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Shell
ca. 2900–2350 BCE

Inscribed brick
Isin-Larsa
ca. 1895–1874 BCE

Calf amulet
Sumerian
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Fruit stand
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Duck amulet
Sumerian
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Sealing
4th millennium BCE

Cup
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Flattened pebble seal
ca. 3500–2900 BCE

Furniture element: ram with bitumen-lined socket
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

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

Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshiper pouring a libation before a seated god
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2004 BCE

Axe head
Ubaid
ca. 4000 BCE

Necklace of beads
Parthian
ca. 150 BCE

Inscribed brick
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2094–2047 BCE

Inlay: male torso
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Unidentified object
Sumerian
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Foundation peg
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Stopper
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2700 BCE

Nail
n.d.a.

Female figure wearing jewelry
ca. 2100–1750 BCE

Ram amulet
Sumerian
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Brick with inscription of Ashurbanipal describing building work on Ekur, the temple of the god Enlil at Nippur
Assyrian
ca. 668–631 BCE

Pendant
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Shell
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Inlay: dancing man
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Spouted jar
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2700 BCE

Dog figure
n.d.a.

Cuneiform tablet: distribution of copper knives
ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Spouted jar
4th millennium BCE

Inscribed brick: dedicatory inscription of Adad-shuma-usur
Kassite
ca. 1216–1187 BCE

Spouted jar
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2700 BCE

Disc: die or gaming piece (?)
3rd–2nd millennium BCE

Relief plaque with a banquet scene
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: Sumerian dedicatory(?) inscription from Ekur, the temple of the god Enlil
Kassite
ca. 16th–15th century BCE

Inlay
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE

Bowl
Parthian
ca. 150 BCE

Stand
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2004 BCE

Figurine
4th–1st Millennium BC

Inscribed brick
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2095 BCE

Model of a "plano-convex" brick
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2004 BCE