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Start Over Date range 3000 BCE to 2001 BCE Data provider Metropolitan Museum of Art

2. Adze head 5 x 2 in. (12.7 x 5.08 cm)

Date:
-2300 - -2000
ca. 2300–2000 B.C.
Extent:
5 x 2 in. (12.7 x 5.08 cm)
Medium:
Bronze
Geographic region:
Central Anatolia
Time period:
Early Bronze Age III

3. Adze head 7.88 x 2.5 in. (20.02 x 6.35 cm)

Date:
-2300 - -2000
ca. 2300–2000 B.C.
Extent:
7.88 x 2.5 in. (20.02 x 6.35 cm)
Medium:
Bronze
Geographic region:
Central Anatolia
Time period:
Early Bronze Age III

4. Amulet 0.5 x 0.5 in. (1.27 x 1.27 cm)

Date:
-2600 - -2350
ca. 2600–2350 B.C.
Extent:
0.5 x 0.5 in. (1.27 x 1.27 cm)
Medium:
Shell
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia
Time period:
Early Dynastic III

5. Amulet 0.16 x 0.83 x 2.13 in. (0.41 x 2.11 x 5.41 cm)

Date:
-5000 - -2000
5th–3rd millennium B.C.
Extent:
0.16 x 0.83 x 2.13 in. (0.41 x 2.11 x 5.41 cm)
Medium:
Stone
Geographic region:
Iran
Nishapur
Time period:
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age

6. Amulet 0.24 in. (0.61 cm)

Date:
-5000 - -2000
5th–3rd millennium B.C.
Extent:
0.24 in. (0.61 cm)
Medium:
Ceramic
Geographic region:
Iran
Nishapur
Time period:
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age

7. Amulet 0.59 x 0.24 x 0.91 in. (1.5 x 0.61 x 2.31 cm)

Date:
-2700 - -2600
ca. 2700–2600 B.C.
Extent:
0.59 x 0.24 x 0.91 in. (1.5 x 0.61 x 2.31 cm)
Medium:
Limestone (?)
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia
Nippur
Time period:
Early Dynastic II

8. Amulet 0.62 x 1 in. (1.57 x 2.54 cm)

Date:
-4000 - -3000
4th millennium B.C.
Extent:
0.62 x 1 in. (1.57 x 2.54 cm)
Medium:
Lapis lazuli, shell
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia

9. Amulet 0.63 x 0.79 in. (1.6 x 2.01 cm)

Date:
-3000 - -3000
ca. 3000 B.C.
Extent:
0.63 x 0.79 in. (1.6 x 2.01 cm)
Medium:
Stone
Geographic region:
Syria
Time period:
Early Bronze Age

10. Amulet 0.75 x 1.12 in. (1.91 x 2.84 cm)

Date:
-3000 - -3000
ca. 3000 B.C.
Extent:
0.75 x 1.12 in. (1.91 x 2.84 cm)
Medium:
Gypsum alabaster
Geographic region:
Iran

11. Amulet 0.75 x 1.25 in. (1.91 x 3.18 cm)

Date:
-3000 - -2000
3rd millennium B.C.
Extent:
0.75 x 1.25 in. (1.91 x 3.18 cm)
Medium:
Stone, white
Geographic region:
Iran
Time period:
Early Bronze Age

12. Amulet 1.26 x 1.3 in. (3.2 x 3.3 cm)

Date:
-2900 - -2700
ca. 2900–2700 B.C.
Extent:
1.26 x 1.3 in. (3.2 x 3.3 cm)
Medium:
Stone
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Time period:
Early Dynastic I

15. Amulet of a lion H. 1.6 cm x W. 1.1 cm x D. 2.6 cm

Date:
-3300 - -2900
ca. 3300–2900 B.C.
Extent:
H. 1.6 cm x W. 1.1 cm x D. 2.6 cm
Medium:
Lapis lazuli
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia
Time period:
Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr

16. Antelope pendant 4.02 in. (10.21 cm)

Date:
-3100 - -2900
ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Extent:
4.02 in. (10.21 cm)
Medium:
Silver
Geographic region:
Southwestern Iran
Time period:
Proto-Elamite

17. Awl 2.24 in. (5.69 cm)

Date:
-5000 - -2000
5th–3rd millennium B.C.
Extent:
2.24 in. (5.69 cm)
Medium:
Copper
Geographic region:
Iran
Nishapur
Time period:
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age

18. Awl 3.35 in. (8.51 cm)

Date:
-2300 - -1700
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C.
Extent:
3.35 in. (8.51 cm)
Medium:
Copper alloy
Geographic region:
Bactria-Margiana
Time period:
Bronze Age

19. Awl 3.78 in. (9.6 cm)

Date:
-3100 - -2900
ca. 3100–2900 B.C. (?)
Extent:
3.78 in. (9.6 cm)
Medium:
Bone
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia
Nippur
Time period:
Jemdet Nasr (?)

20. Axe 2.25 x 4 in. (5.72 x 10.16 cm)

Date:
-2300 - -2000
ca. 2300–2000 B.C.
Extent:
2.25 x 4 in. (5.72 x 10.16 cm)
Medium:
Bronze
Geographic region:
Central Anatolia
Time period:
Early Bronze Age III