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Helmet
Mesopotamian or Iranian
5th century
Jacob arrives in Mesopotamia
Anonymous
18th century
"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Mace head
ca. 2700–2600 BCE
Drinking Cup
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Standing male worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion
Hurrian
ca. 2200–2100 BCE
Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu
Sumerian
2900–2700 BCE
Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief
ca. 3300–2900 BCE
Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress
Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman
mid-late 1st century BCE
Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. 2nd–1st century BCE
Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Bottle
9th–10th century
Ewer with Inscription, Horsemen, and Vegetal Decoration
`Umar ibn al-Hajji Jaldak
dated 623 AH/1226 CE
Glass Bowl in Millefiori Technique
9th century
Panel with striding lion
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene
Akkadian
ca. 2250–2150 BCE
Head of a ram
ca. 3500–3100 BCE
Figure of a reclining woman
Parthian
ca. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE
Headdress
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard
Kassite
ca. mid-2nd millennium BCE
Cylinder seal with cultic scene
Assyrian
late 9th–early 8th century BCE
Pendants and beads
Babylonian
ca. 18th–17th century BCE
Brick fragment with the head of an ibex
Assyrian
ca. 9th century BCE
Stele of the protective goddess Lama
Kassite
ca. 1307–1282 BCE
Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh
Sasanian
ca. 5th century CE
Relief fragment: cavalrymen along a stream in mountainous terrain
Assyrian
ca. 704–681 BCE
Sickle sword
Assyrian
ca. 1307–1275 BCE
Standing female worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots
Proto-Elamite
ca. 3000 BCE
Stamp seal and modern impression: geometric pattern
Halaf
ca. 5600–5000 BCE
Panels of a writing board
Assyrian
ca. 721–705 BCE
Head of a ruler
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Necklace beads
Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE