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2nd century B.C. Discoid mirror with recess to obverse and reverse, each with a looped handle attached to two domed lugs, concentric rings and ste...

Circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Carved with thick rim to each end, ogee above the base and double band beneath the mouth; two facing lion ...

1st-2nd century A.D. Discoid with fluted rim, central raised gorgoneion within scrolled tendrils. Cf. Appels, A. & Laycock, S., Roman Buckles and ...

Late 2nd century A.D. Modelled with arms held behind the back, legs astride and left knee bent, head angled upwards over the right shoulder; the t...

2nd century A.D. Carved in the half-round, showing a mature female with rounded facial features and hair drawn back in a chignon; band and ridged ...

6th century A.D. Piriform in profile with two thick lug handles to the shoulder, obverse with low-relief facing figure holding a large cross and o...

Circa 7th century A.D. Bifacial lead plaque with figurative decoration: obverse with Saint George, nimbate, on his horse killing a fallen foe with...

8th century A.D. Comprising a D-shaped plate with acanthus-leaf motif in low-relief, beaded wire band above the hinge, kidney-shaped rectangular-s...

Circa 14th-15th century A.D. and later. Drum-shaped body with narrow base, two vertical flanges running from the rim and between them two D-shaped...

CIRCA 2100 B.C. From the temple of Ningirsu at Tello (Girsu) during the Second Dynasty of Lagash; inscribed with columns of cuneiform text:'For Ni...

Uruk III, c. 3200-3000 B.C. Terracotta pillow-shaped tablet with grid to each broad face, each cell with an impressed image and a corresponding nu...

3rd Dynasty of Ur, circa 2036 B.C. Pillow-shaped tablet with columns of pictograms to two broad faces and one edge. 27.6 grams, 40 mm (1 1/2 in.)...

Circa 604-562 B.C. A rectangular section with fourteen columns of cuneiform text mentioning the foundation of a temple by Nebuchadnezzar II, trans...

Uruk III, c. 3200-3000 B.C. Terracotta pillow-shaped tablet with grid to each broad face, each cell with an impressed image and a corresponding nu...

END OF AMAR-SIN'S REIGN, 2047-2038 B.C. Pillow-shaped clay tablet with dense rows of cuneiform text in two columns to each face, (79 lines in tota...

2nd millennium B.C. Dark green agate with contest scene comprising two rampant animals each being stabbed by a standing male with facing bearded b...

Late 2nd-1st millennium B.C. With frieze depicting a hunting scene with a lion leaping to attack a kilted hero with a kopis supported by a small f...

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Haematite with frieze depicting a male and female figure surrounded by birds and mythical beasts beside a single male. ...

Circa 1900-1600 B.C. With three standing figures; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyri...

1st millennium B.C. With pointillé design of two birds one above the other, a scorpion and a tulip. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinde...

1st millennium B.C. With frieze depicting three scorpions, four fishes and other items in themed groups; supplied with a museum-quality impression...

Circa 900-600 B.C. With bearded male between winged horses; accompanied by an old scholarly note, written and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Profess...

Circa 2550-2350 B.C. Haematite cylinder seal featuring two horizontal registers with worshipping parades comprising long-robed male priests wearin...

Circa 2000 B.C. Plano-convex in section with broad face, incuse profile image of a lamassu (winged bull with a human head) with pellets and object...

1300-1200 B.C. With tapering square-section body, bulbous finial formed as two addorsed male masks, loop handle to each lateral face, trumpet-shap...

2nd-8th century A.D. Tightly coiled sheet lead scroll with incised Aramaic script text to one face; unopened. 131 grams, 58 mm (2 1/4 in.). From ...

3rd millennium B.C. Discoid in plan with U-shaped handle, the obverse divided into cells forming an image of a standing figure within a meandering...

1st millennium B.C. Squat in profile with broad foot, carinated rim with notched edge, band of impressed rosettes and inset shell studs to the sho...

2nd millennium B.C. Hemispherical mortar with rounded rim and underside, reserved locust motifs carved in high relief beneath the rim. 890 grams,...

Azerbaijan, 1st millennium B.C. Hollow-formed figure of a donkey laden with packs on a heater-shaped base; vents to each side to accept axles, hol...

4th-5th century A.D. Plano-convex seal with transverse piercing; underside with three figures advancing to the right, one with a staff; scorpion a...

4th-5th century A.D. Plano-convex seal with intaglio crouching Gopatshah bull with a man's head, crowned, and small wing to his shoulder; Pahlavi ...

4th-5th century A.D. Plano-convex pierced seal with advancing winged horse, Pahlavi inscription 'l'sty rast' ('just'); supplied with a museum-qual...

Persia, 9th-10th century A.D. Of carinated profile with reserved orange shapes on a field of white pellets on black, roundels with legends; intact...

14th-10th century B.C. Of triangular shape with projecting midribs with vertical grooves alongside, long folded socketted shaft with eighteen hori...

Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C. The hilt with conical openwork hollow-cast pommel, grip decorated with horizontal grooves and twisted zig-zag p...

1st millennium B.C. With broad lobed pommel, balustered grip and narrow guard; lentoid-section triangular blade; extremely rare and unusual. 83 g...

Late 2nd millennium B.C. With solid cast hilt with penannular guard and a horizontally ribbed grip; a conical stone mushroom pommel and a multi-fu...

3rd-4th century A.D. A spatha with double-edged blade of Osterburken-Kemathen Type, fullers with damask pattern (rosette damask technique B.II.I.2...

2nd-3rd century A.D. Comprising a pair of curved iron bars linked at the centre, loop at each outer end attached to a substantial flat-section rin...

Circa 12th-11th century B.C. With incised text to the midrib on one face, less well-defined characters to the reverse. Cf. Röllig, W., ‘Onomastic ...

6th-5th century B.C. Two panels from a scale armour coat composed of more than two hundred overlapping bronze scales, each mounted onto a custom-m...

Jin Dynasty, early 13th century A.D. A complete suite of rectangular iron plates to form a protective coat; the plates provided with a series of h...

Circa 10th-11th century A.D. With three-lobe pommel and decorated guard; the blade 45mm wide at the upper end, gently tapering with fuller to both...

10th-11th century A.D. Double-edged cutting sword of Petersen Type S or T variant with tapering blade bearing some deep battle scars; boat-shaped ...

Circa 10th-11th century A.D. With pattern-welded double-edged blade, showing well-defined shallow fullers and wide cutting edges, the fullers occu...

5th-7th century A.D. Comprising a double-edged parallel-sided blade showing battle nicks on both cutting edges, medium length tapering tang; lento...

5th-6th century A.D. A spatha with a double-edged parallel-sided blade, battle nicks to both cutting edges; long tang with a fastening rivet in si...

Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C. Mixed group including leaf-shaped, barbed and barbed-and-tanged types, each with inked collector's...

Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. Highly polished with slightly convex cutting edge, body tapering to a narrow square butt. Cf. MacG...

Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.C. With broad rounded butt, D-shaped in section, some cortex in place; old inked '3' beneath a natural cavity...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, 480,000-250,000 B.C. Irregular ovate form with cortex remaining, broad knapped edge. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquiti...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, 600,000-400,000 years B.P. Substantial flint pointed tool with much cortex remaining. 1.12 kg, 20 cm (7 7/8 in.). Foun...

Late Neolithic Period, circa 2000-1700 B.C. With lentoid-section shank, leaf-shaped blade. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and th...

Neolithic Period, 4,000-3,500 B.C. Of teardrop shape in polished greenstone with broad curving cutting edge, lentoid-section body and narrow round...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P. In light-pink stone with wide butt; inked collection inscriptions to one side 'S'Laikia', 'R...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P. In light brown stone, of rounded profile with thickened butt; inked collection inscription t...

Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C. With slightly convex cutting edge, second edge to butt. Cf. Evans, Sir J., Ancient Stone Implements of G...

2nd millennium B.C. Long leaf-shaped blade, lentoid in section with two cutting edges and shallow tip; flared shoulders with recesses to accept mo...