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1. "Worm" bowl 2.6 in. (6.6 cm)

Date:
-1400 - -1100
ca. 14th–12th century BC
Extent:
2.6 in. (6.6 cm)
Medium:
Ceramic
Geographic region:
Iran
Dinkha Tepe
Time period:
Iron Age I

2. Adze 6.46 in. (16.41 cm)

Date:
-1250 - -800
ca. 1250–900/800 B.C.
Extent:
6.46 in. (16.41 cm)
Medium:
Bronze
Geographic region:
Iran, probably from Luristan
Time period:
Iron Age

4. Adze head 1.54 x 5.91 in. (3.91 x 15.01 cm)

Date:
-2000 - -1000
2nd millennium B.C.
Extent:
1.54 x 5.91 in. (3.91 x 15.01 cm)
Medium:
Bronze
Geographic region:
Levant
Time period:
Middle–Late Bronze Age

6. 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

7. 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

8. Alabastron 15.5 in. (39.37 cm)

Date:
-2 - -2
ca. 2nd century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
Extent:
15.5 in. (39.37 cm)
Medium:
Alabaster
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia
said to be from Ctesiphon
Time period:
Parthian

9. Alabastron 4.72 in. (11.99 cm)

Date:
-500 - -500
ca. mid-1st millennium B.C.
Extent:
4.72 in. (11.99 cm)
Medium:
Glass
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia

10. Alabastron 5.31 in. (13.49 cm)

Date:
-500 - -500
ca. mid-1st millennium B.C.
Extent:
5.31 in. (13.49 cm)
Medium:
Glass
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia