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Helmet, Bronze, silver, iron, Mesopotamian or Iranian
Mesopotamian or Iranian
5th century
Jacob arrives in Mesopotamia, Anonymous, Engraving
Anonymous
François Boucher
18th century
Standing male worshiper, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, Sumerian
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Drinking Cup, Glassy faience, gold
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Bottle, Glass, colorless with yellowish tinge; blown, cut
9th–10th century
Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar, Clay, Seleucid or Parthian
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. 2nd–1st century BCE
Bronze figure of a boy in Eastern dress, Bronze, Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman
Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman
mid-late 1st century BCE
Apron, cotton, British
British
1760–70
Ewer with Inscription, Horsemen, and Vegetal Decoration, `Umar ibn al-Hajji Jaldak, Brass; inlaid with silver and black compound
`Umar ibn al-Hajji Jaldak
dated 623 AH/1226 CE
Mosaic Tesserae, Glass, green and blue
9th century
Seated goddess with a child, Gold, Hittite
Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Gold cylinder mounting, Gold, Cypriot
Cypriot
ca. 1600–1200 BCE
Bricks with a palmette motif, Ceramic, glaze, Achaemenid
Achaemenid
ca. 6th–4th century BCE
Figure of a reclining woman, Alabaster (gypsum), Parthian
Parthian
ca. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE
Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Silver, Proto-Elamite
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Roman
ca. 100–225 CE
Head of a ram, Ceramic
ca. 3500–3100 BCE
Stone vessel fragment, Alabaster, Iran
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE
Inscribed brick, Ceramic, glaze, Neo-Sumerian
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2112–2095 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: collection of ershemmas (nos. 45, 59, 53), Clay, Seleucid or Parthian
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. late 4th century BCE–early 3rd century CE
Cuneiform tablet: collection of ershemmas (nos. 45, 59, 53), Clay, Seleucid or Parthian
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. late 4th century BCE–early 3rd century CE
Mosque lamp, Glass, colorless with brownish tinge; free blown; enameled with red, blue, white, yellow, and green; gilded; six loops for suspension and foot attached.
14th century
Headdress, Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, Sumerian
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Bracelet, Copper, Iran
Iran
ca. 2800 BCE