1. Bar-shaped rectangular plaque seal Seal Face: 3.44 x 1.86 cm Height: 0.9 cm

Date:

-3000 - -2000
3rd millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Indus Valley

Time period:

Mature Harappan

Medium:

Steatite, light brown

Extent:

Seal Face: 3.44 x 1.86 cm Height: 0.9 cm

2. Cup 4.04 in. (10.26 cm)

Date:

-3000 - -2000
3rd Millennium BC (?)

Geographic region:

Syria

Time period:

Early Bronze Age (?)

Medium:

Silver

Extent:

4.04 in. (10.26 cm)

3. Cup fragment 2.52 x 2.13 in. (6.4 x 5.41 cm)

Date:

-3000 - -2600
ca. early to mid-3rd millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Indus Region
Damb Sadaat (Mian Ghundai)

Time period:

Early Harappan

Medium:

Alabaster

Extent:

2.52 x 2.13 in. (6.4 x 5.41 cm)

4. Cylinder seal 0.51 in. (1.3 cm)

Date:

-3000 - -500
n.d.a.

Geographic region:

Egypt (?)

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.51 in. (1.3 cm)

5. Low hemispheroid seal with later inscription Seal Face: 3.2 x 3.6 cm Height: 1.29 cm String Hole: 0.6 x 0.5 cm

Date:

-5000 - 1000
5th millennium B.C., inscription ca. 10th century A.D.

Geographic region:

Western Iran (?)

Time period:

Chalcolithic, early Islamic

Medium:

Steatite, black

Extent:

Seal Face: 3.2 x 3.6 cm Height: 1.29 cm String Hole: 0.6 x 0.5 cm

6. Vessel 4.61 in. (11.71 cm)

Date:

-2700 - -2350
ca. 2700–2350 B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nippur

Time period:

Early Dynastic II-III

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

4.61 in. (11.71 cm)