1. Bulla Max. Diam. 2.9 cm x max. D. 1.1 cm

Date:

-330 - -280
late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran
Pasargadae

Medium:

Unbaked clay

Extent:

Max. Diam. 2.9 cm x max. D. 1.1 cm

2. Bulla: inventory of the contents of a container (?) 1.3 x 1.65 x 0.61 in. (3.3 x 4.19 x 1.55 cm)

Date:

-1000 - -1
1st millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nippur

Time period:

Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid (?)

Medium:

Clay

Extent:

1.3 x 1.65 x 0.61 in. (3.3 x 4.19 x 1.55 cm)

3. Conoid stamp seal: king mastering two rearing lion-griffins, star and reversed crescent with sun-disc 1.06 in. (2.69 cm)

Date:

-600 - -300
ca. 6th–4th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Achaemenid

Medium:

Glass, green

Extent:

1.06 in. (2.69 cm)

4. Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal: account of payments to hired workers 1.87 x 2.18 x .89 in. (4.75 x 5.54 x 2.25 cm)

Date:

-700 - -300
ca. 7th–4th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
probably from Babylon (modern Hillah)

Time period:

Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid

Medium:

Clay

Extent:

1.87 x 2.18 x .89 in. (4.75 x 5.54 x 2.25 cm)

5. Cylinder Seal
Impression

Date:

395-170 BC
-395
-170

Geographic region:

Jordan
Tall as-Sa'idiyya

Time period:

Sa'idiyya II
Hellenistic Period

Medium:

Calcite

6. Cylinder seal 0.7 in. (1.78 cm)

Date:

-2000 - -1
2nd–1st millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Late Bronze Age

Medium:

Limestone (?)

Extent:

0.7 in. (1.78 cm)

7. Cylinder seal 0.55 in. (1.4 cm)

Date:

-1000 - -1
1st millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Iron Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.55 in. (1.4 cm)

8. Cylinder seal 0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

Date:

-1000 - -1
1st millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Iron Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

9. Cylinder seal 0.71 in. (1.8 cm)

Date:

-1000 - -1
1st millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Iron Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.71 in. (1.8 cm)

10. Cylinder seal 0.83 in. (2.11 cm)

Date:

-600 - -300
ca. 6th–4th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Achaemenid

Medium:

Limestone

Extent:

0.83 in. (2.11 cm)

11. Cylinder seal 0.87 in. (2.21 cm)

Date:

-600 - -300
ca. 6th–4th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Achaemenid

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.87 in. (2.21 cm)

12. Cylinder seal 0.88 in. (2.24 cm)

Date:

-500 - -200
ca. 5th–3rd century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Achaemenid

Medium:

Stone, gray

Extent:

0.88 in. (2.24 cm)