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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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Amulet 0.56 x 0.87 in. (1.42 x 2.21 cm)

Date:
-4200 - -4200
ca. 4200 B.C.
Extent:
0.56 x 0.87 in. (1.42 x 2.21 cm)
Medium:
Limestone
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia
Tell al-Shibba (near Tell Afar)
Time period:
Halaf

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Amulet 0.83 x 0.59 in. (2.11 x 1.5 cm)

Date:
-800 - -700
ca. 8th century B.C.
Extent:
0.83 x 0.59 in. (2.11 x 1.5 cm)
Medium:
Black steatite
Geographic region:
Mesopotamia
Time period:
Neo-Assyrian