1. 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 - 10005th 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
2. Stamp seal 0.31 x 0.75 in. (0.79 x 1.91 cm) Date: -300 - 300ca. 3rd century B.C.–3rd century A.D. Geographic region: Iran Time period: Parthian Medium: Chalcedony (?), red Extent: 0.31 x 0.75 in. (0.79 x 1.91 cm)
3. Cuneiform tablet: collection of ershemmas (nos. 45, 59, 53) 0.55 x 0.51 x 0.91 in. (1.4 x 1.3 x 2.31 cm) Date: -330 - 220ca. late 4th century B.C.–early 3rd century A.D. Geographic region: Mesopotamiaprobably from Babylon (modern Hilah) Time period: Seleucid or Parthian Medium: Clay Extent: 0.55 x 0.51 x 0.91 in. (1.4 x 1.3 x 2.31 cm)
4. Cuneiform tablet: collection of ershemmas (nos. 45, 59, 53) 3.33 x 1.88 in. (8.46 x 4.78 cm) Date: -330 - 220ca. late 4th century B.C.–early 3rd century A.D. Geographic region: Mesopotamiaprobably from Babylon (modern Hillah) Time period: Seleucid or Parthian Medium: Clay Extent: 3.33 x 1.88 in. (8.46 x 4.78 cm)
5. Cuneiform tablet: measurements of the interior of the E-sagil temple 4 x 3 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (10.1 x 8.9 x 3.5 cm) Date: -320 - 220ca. late 4th century B.C.–early 3rd century A.D. Geographic region: Mesopotamia Time period: Seleucid or Parthian Medium: Clay Extent: 4 x 3 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (10.1 x 8.9 x 3.5 cm)
6. Cuneiform tablet: hymn to Marduk 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9 x 9.8 x 2.9 cm) Date: -1000 - 11st millennium B.C. Geographic region: Mesopotamia Time period: Neo-Babylonian (?) Medium: Clay Extent: 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9 x 9.8 x 2.9 cm)
7. Cuneiform tablet 3.54 x 4.53 in. (8.99 x 11.51 cm) Date: -1000 - -11st millennium B.C. Geographic region: Western Iran Time period: Iron Age Medium: Bronze Extent: 3.54 x 4.53 in. (8.99 x 11.51 cm)
8. Cuneiform tablet: Emesal prayer 2 5/8 x 3 x 1 1/8 in. (6.7 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm) Date: -200 - -1ca. 2nd–1st century B.C. Geographic region: Mesopotamiaprobably from Babylon (modern Hillah) Time period: Seleucid or Parthian Medium: Clay Extent: 2 5/8 x 3 x 1 1/8 in. (6.7 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm)
9. Cuneiform tablet: Enuma Anu Enlil, tablets 26 and 27 2 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 in. (6 x 7.2 x 2.4 cm) Date: -1000 - -1ca. late 1st millennium B.C. Geographic region: Mesopotamia Medium: Clay Extent: 2 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 in. (6 x 7.2 x 2.4 cm)
10. Cuneiform tablet: Gula incantation 2 x 2.5 in. (5.08 x 6.35 cm) Date: -500 - -1ca. mid- to late 1st millennium B.C. Geographic region: Mesopotamiaprobably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba) Time period: Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid Medium: Clay Extent: 2 x 2.5 in. (5.08 x 6.35 cm)
11. Cuneiform tablet: Late Babylonian grammatical text 3 3/16 × 2 9/16 × 7/8 in. (8.1 × 6.5 × 2.2 cm) Date: -500 - -1ca. late 1st millennium B.C. Geographic region: Mesopotamiaprobably from Babylon (modern Hillah) Medium: Clay Extent: 3 3/16 × 2 9/16 × 7/8 in. (8.1 × 6.5 × 2.2 cm)
12. Cuneiform tablet: Shumma alu, tablet 17 1 3/4 x 2 x 1 in. (4.4 x 5.1 x 2.4 cm) Date: -1000 - -1ca. late 1st millennium B.C. Geographic region: Mesopotamia Medium: Clay Extent: 1 3/4 x 2 x 1 in. (4.4 x 5.1 x 2.4 cm)