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

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

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

Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, Limestone, Parthian — Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf
Parthian
ca. 2nd–early 3rd century CE

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

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

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

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

Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, Silver, mercury gilding, Parthian — Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat
Parthian
ca. 1st century BCE

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

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

Weight in shape of frog, Diorite or andesite, Babylonian — Weight in shape of frog
Babylonian
ca. 2000–1600 BCE

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

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

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

Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”, Diorite, Neo-Sumerian — Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE

Seated female, Steatite or chlorite, alabaster, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex — Seated female
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium 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

Bowl with wheel-cut facets, Glass; yellow-green, Sasanian — Bowl with wheel-cut facets
Sasanian
ca. 6th–7th century CE

Sword and scabbard, Blade: iron; scabbard and hilt: gold over wood, garnets, glass-paste; guard: gilt-bronze, Sasanian — Sword and scabbard
Sasanian
ca. 7th 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

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

Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshiper, Silver, gold foil, Urartian — Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshiper
Urartian
ca. 8th–7th century 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

Head of a ruler, Copper alloy — Head of a ruler
ca. 2300–2000 BCE

Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion, Copper alloy, Hurrian — Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion
Hurrian
ca. 2200–2100 BCE

Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu, Gypsum alabaster, Sumerian — Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu
Sumerian
2900–2700 BCE