1. Arrowhead 1.18 in. (3 cm)

Date:

1 - 200
ca. 1st–2nd century A.D

Geographic region:

Iran
Yarim Tepe

Time period:

Parthian

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

1.18 in. (3 cm)

2. Bowl with bands of striding bulls and two inscriptions H. 2.28 in. (5.79 cm) Diam. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)

Date:

-800 - -600
ca. 8th–7th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Syria or Levant

Time period:

North Syrian

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

H. 2.28 in. (5.79 cm) Diam. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)

3. Coin 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

Date:

7 - 7
ca. 7th–8th century A.D.

Geographic region:

Iran
Qasr-i Abu Nasr

Time period:

early Islamic

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

4. Coin 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

Date:

691 - 692
A.D. 691–692 (?)/72 A.H. (?)

Geographic region:

Iran
Qasr-i Abu Nasr

Time period:

early Islamic

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

5. Coin 13/16 in. (2 cm)

Date:

7 - 7
ca. 7th–8th century A.D.

Geographic region:

Iran
Qasr-i Abu Nasr

Time period:

early Islamic

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

13/16 in. (2 cm)

6. Coin, 1/6 unit 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

Date:

224 - 241
ca. A.D. 224–41

Geographic region:

Iran
Qasr-i Abu Nasr

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

7. Coin, 1/6 unit 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

Date:

224 - 241
ca. A.D. 224–41

Geographic region:

Iran
Qasr-i Abu Nasr

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

8. Cuneiform tablet 3.54 x 4.53 in. (8.99 x 11.51 cm)

Date:

-1000 - -1
1st 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)

9. Fals 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

Date:

762 - 763
A.D. 762–763/145 A.H.

Geographic region:

Iran
Qasr-i Abu Nasr

Time period:

early Islamic

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

10. Plaque fragment with chariot scenes inscribed with the Urartian royal name Argishti 2.72 x 6 in. (6.91 x 15.24 cm)

Date:

-713 - -679
ca. 713–679 B.C.

Geographic region:

Urartu

Time period:

Iron Age III

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

2.72 x 6 in. (6.91 x 15.24 cm)

11. Seal ring: horned animals flanking a tree 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Date:

-1000 - -700
ca. 10th–8th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran, Luristan
Surkh Dum

Time period:

Iron Age II

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

1 in. (2.5 cm)

12. Sickle sword L. 54.3 cm

Date:

-1307 - -1307
ca. 1307–1275 B.C.

Geographic region:

Northern Mesopotamia

Time period:

Middle Assyrian

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

L. 54.3 cm