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Total number of records: 67
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cylinder seal and impressions
c.1800 BCE
A cylinder seal with a hole through it is slightly chipped. It is boxed with a white impression, which had been broken in two pieces and later joined together. A separate pink impression is loose. ...
cylinder seal and impressions
c. 2000 -1800 BCE
A cylinder seal of hematite with a hole through it. It is boxed with a white impression. A separate pink impression is loose. The label reads "Hematite in modern gold setting. The weather god (Amu...
specimens of goldwork
c. 2000 BCE
Six specimens of goldsmith's work, said to be from Ur: a bead consisting of ring of six spheres, a round gold bead, a pointed end piece with a flat back and ridges, a linear group of six spheres which...
gold beater's hammer
c. 2000 BCE
A small gold beater's hammer for 'fine work', said to be from Ur of the Chaldees.
cylinder seals (broken)
c. 3000-1500 BCE
Four cylinder seals attached to white plastic by wires. A loose handwritten label states these are "Broken cylinder seals from Ur 4000 years old.". The first and fourth seals are broken sections of...
cuneiform tablet
c. 1000 BCE
A cuneiform tablet, also described as a 'miniature brick book'. Described in a note as from Nebuchadnezzar's Library.
index tally
c.1500
An oval stone tally with a hole through the top part. Described as "Late Babylonian, about 6th century B.C., referring to gold. " Described in a note as from Nebuchadnezzar's Library, but now not tho...
Denomination: coins of Alexander the Great / Alexander I Balas
Date(s): c.336-145 BCE
Material: silver
amulets and tear bottle
c.1700 - 1300 BCE
Five amulets and a glass 'tear' bottle believed to be from Egypt. The amulets are a Wadj Sceptre, an Eye of Horus, and three gods (believed to be Anubis, Taweret, and Maahes or Sekhmet). Either lapi...