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Furniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion, Ivory, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Standing male worshiper, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, Sumerian
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 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
Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots, Copper alloy, shell, Proto-Elamite
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3000 BCE
Eye idol, Gypsum alabaster
ca. 3700–3500 BCE
Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh, Silver, mercury gilding, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. 5th century CE
Beaker with birds and animals, Silver
ca. 4th century BCE
Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene, Chert, Akkadian
Akkadian
ca. 2250–2150 BCE
Cup with a frieze of gazelles, Gold, Iran
Iran
ca. early 1st millennium BCE
Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, Elamite
Elamite
ca. 1500–1100 BCE
Sword and scabbard, Blade: iron; scabbard and hilt: gold over wood, garnets, glass-paste; guard: gilt-bronze, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. 7th century CE
Textile fragment: walking ram with a neckband and fluttering ribbons, Wool, cotton, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. 7th century CE
Funerary relief, Limestone
ca. 2nd–3rd century CE
Sickle sword, Bronze, Assyrian
Assyrian
ca. 1307–1275 BCE
Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees, Chlorite
ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium BCE
Standing male figure, Alabaster (calcite)
ca. late 1st millennium BCE
Enthroned deity, Bronze, gold foil, Canaanite
Canaanite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, Ivory (Hippopotamus), gold foil, Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Old Assyrian Trading Colony
ca. 18th century BCE
Headdress, Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, Sumerian
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Relief: two servants bearing food and drink, Limestone, Achaemenid
Achaemenid
ca. 358–338 BCE
Kaftan, Silk, linen, fur, Alanic
Alanic
ca. 7th–9th century CE
Top for standard, Bronze, Iran
Iran
ca. 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
Seated female, Steatite or chlorite, alabaster, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Silver, Proto-Elamite
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon, Silver, gold foil, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion, Copper alloy, Hurrian
Hurrian
ca. 2200–2100 BCE
Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu, Gypsum alabaster, Sumerian
Sumerian
2900–2700 BCE
Spout in the form of a man's head, Ceramic, glaze, Parthian
Parthian
ca. 1st–2nd century CE
Vessel with six animal friezes, Bronze, Iran
Iran
ca. 10th–8th century BCE
Cult vessel in the form of a tower with cylinder seal impressions near the top, Ceramic
ca. 19th century BCE
Open bowl, Ceramic, paint, Nabataean
Nabataean
ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, Silver, mercury gilding, Parthian
Parthian
ca. 1st century BCE
Panel with striding lion, Ceramic, glaze, Babylonian
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, Limestone, Parthian
Parthian
ca. 2nd–early 3rd century CE
Weight in shape of frog, Diorite or andesite, Babylonian
Babylonian
ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag, Silver, gold inlay, Hittite
Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Seated goddess with a child, Gold, Hittite
Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Beaker with birds on the rim, Electrum, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Cylinder seal with cultic scene
, Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz), Assyrian
Assyrian
late 9th–early 8th century BCE