1. Alabastron with duck handles 3.46 x 1.3 in. (8.79 x 3.3 cm)

Date:

-1000 - 1000
1st millennium B.C.–A.D.1st millennium

Geographic region:

Aegean or eastern Mediterranean

Medium:

Glass

Extent:

3.46 x 1.3 in. (8.79 x 3.3 cm)

2. Altar

Date:

305 B.C.E.-395 C.E.

Geographic region:

Syria
Egypt

Time period:

Late Ptolemaic Period or Roman Period

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

5 11/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (14.5 x 8 x 8 cm)

3. Altar 20 7/16 × 8 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (52 × 21 × 13.3 cm)

Date:

232 - 232
ca. 232

Geographic region:

Syria
probably from Palmyra

Medium:

Limestone

Extent:

20 7/16 × 8 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (52 × 21 × 13.3 cm)

4. Altar or Censer of Late Type

Date:

3rd-5th century C.E.

Medium:

Bronze

Extent:

3 7/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/16 in. (9.8 x 5.3 x 5.6 cm)

5. Amphora

Date:

3rd-4th century C.E.

Time period:

Roman Period

Medium:

Clay, slip

Extent:

11 13/16 x Diam. 6 1/8 in. (30 x 15.5 cm)

6. Amphora

Creator:

Roman

Date:

1st century B.C.E.-4th century C.E.

Time period:

late Ptolemaic Period to early Roman Period

Medium:

Glass

Extent:

9 5/8 x width at top 3 3/8 x diam. 3 5/16 in. (24.5 x 8.6 x 8.4 cm)

7. Amphora-like Bottle of Blown Glass

Creator:

Roman

Date:

1st-5th century C.E.

Time period:

Roman Period to early Late Antique Period

Medium:

Glass

Extent:

3 1/16 x 1 1/2 in. (7.8 x 3.8 cm)

8. Amulet

Date:

100 BC-AD 300
-100
300

Geographic region:

Egypt
Nubia
Karanog Cemetery

Medium:

Faience

9. Amulet Representing the Lunar Disk

Date:

30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.

Time period:

Roman Period (probably)

Medium:

Chalcedony

10. Amulet case 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) (shortest) 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) (longest)

Date:

200 - 699
ca. mid-1st millennium A.D.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Bronze, copper, bitumen

Extent:

1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) (shortest) 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) (longest)

11. Amulet case 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) (shortest) 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) (longest)

Date:

200 - 699
ca. mid-1st millennium A.D.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Bronze, copper, bitumen

Extent:

1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) (shortest) 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) (longest)

12. Amulet case 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) (shortest) 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) (longest)

Date:

200 - 699
ca. mid-1st millennium A.D.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Bronze, copper, bitumen

Extent:

1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) (shortest) 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) (longest)