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Total number of records: 53
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cuneiform tablet
c. 1000 BCE
A cuneiform tablet, also described as a 'miniature brick book'. Described in a note as from Nebuchadnezzar's Library.
Denomination: coins of Alexander the Great / Alexander I Balas
Date(s): c.336-145 BCE
Material: silver
section of hieroglyphs
No date
A section of plaster with Egyptian Hieroglyphs, referenced as from Karnak, Ancient Thebes. Hieroglyphs include birds, and are set between lined borders. There is a semi-circle decoration on the lowe...
clay cones
No date
A box of 30 long cone shapes in white clay of various thicknesses, without marks. These were thought to be used in wall mosaics with flat ends displayed.
pottery urn
No date
A small pottery urn with a splayed rim, narrow neck and tapering body. This may have been made as a grave good.
bead necklace with Eye of Horus
No date
A necklace of small flat beads in whites, blues, greens and browns, with a loose woven brown fabric fragment attached (possibly added later) and an Eye of Horus, or udjat, in turquoise ceramic or faie...
plaster casts and silver casts of small objects.
No date
Casts of 6 small objects or amulets, each having been cast in plaster and silver. Library records suggest these were for use as pin or brooch heads.
seal impression
No date
A white seal impression from a cylinder seal, showing a royal chariotieer, palm tree and rampant lion. It is possibly depicting Darius I.