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c.12th century B.C. A marble figure modelled in the round as a hedgehog with stump legs, square hatched spines, circular eyes and snub snout; two ...

3rd millennium B.C. A large serpentine amulet in the shape of a stylised boar, incised eye and nose detail, lentoid-section body with lug emerging...

c.1st millennium B.C. A serpentine figure modelled as a couchant bear with stylised anatomical features on an integral rectangular plinth. 38.2 g...

1st millennium B.C. A carved agate tubular bead with each terminal formed as a stylised phallus, a single pair of testicles in raised relief betwe...

12th-13th century A.D. A bifacial figurative horse carved from serpentine, punched ring-and-dot detailing to neck and body, roundels containing st...

Late 2nd-early 1st century B.C. A Syrian black basalt figure with stylised oval-section torso, head with semi-naturalistic detailing, short hair c...

Jemdet Nasr Period, 3100-2900 B.C. A carved limestone ritual vessel with broad mouth and base, decorated in relief by emphasised lions attacking b...

3rd millennium B.C. A limestone bowl with vertical walls carved with two registers of stylised entwined snakes with scale detailing, all four head...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved limestone disc with trumpet-shaped hub to the centre and perforation above, to the rim two ram's heads modelled in...

Oxus Culture, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A round-section shale sceptre or staff with rounded tip and polished surface. 5.7 kg, 1.08 m long (42 1/2 in...

Mainly 1st millennium B.C. A restrung necklace composed of graduated carnelian and banded agate beads of mainly spherical, facetted and biconical ...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. A restrung designer necklace composed of carnelian and agate beads of various types and a banded agate central 'elbow' bea...

 8TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. A copper-alloy attachment or protome in the form of a Water Buffalo or Gazelle's head with outstretched neck, semi-naturalis...

13th-6th century B.C. A bronze basin leg modelled as the forequarters of a standing ibex or goat, hooves resting on a tiered rectangular foot, sty...

c.8th-7th century B.C. A bronze terminal formed as a ram's head, modelled in the round with short horns curled to the rear of the head, circular e...

c.8th-7th century B.C. A bifacial bronze sceptre head formed as a Master of Animals atop a slightly later collared tubular stem with flared foot, ...

6th-5th century B.C. A substantial openwork vessel handle with curved profile, rectangular in form with facing winged bulls standing back-to-back,...

15th-6th century B.C. A bronze zoomorphic vessel representing a bird, composed of a squat carinated body, flared rim, D-section handle, elongated ...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. A pair of bronze model rhyton vessels or whetstone handles of different sizes, each formed with a tapering round-section b...

c.1st-2nd century A.D. A possible Kushan copper-alloy leaping lion gryphon figure with small wings and curved horns. 160 grams, 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in...

1550-1200 B.C. A group of two possibly related artefacts comprising: a dagger which has been ritually broken and bent; bowl with D-section wall an...

13th-6th century B.C. A roughly hemispherical bronze bowl decorated with three circumferential engraved bands to the outer face, the upper and low...

8th-10th century A.D. A bronze vessel with carinated body, short neck, vertical rim, tapering spout with flanged rim above a decoratively notched ...

6th-4th century B.C. A bronze horse figure modelled couchant in the round with stylised detailing to the head, face, ears, legs and tail, mane cro...

23rd-20th century B.C. A bronze compartmented seal in the form of a horned quadruped, with bulge to the chest, large eye and short tail, strip han...

3rd millennium B.C.-17th century A.D. A mixed group of six bronze stamp seals including four accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G...

Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C. A group of ten bronze stamp seals including six accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert,...

23rd-20th century B.C. A group of ten bronze stamp seals including six accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor o...

2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D. A group of ten rings including seven accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor o...

3rd millennium B.C. A collection of five bronze stamp seals comprising mainly openwork designs: one with a scalloped circumference framing stylise...

1st millennium B.C. A sheet-gold tree ornament or finial comprising a central stem with three graduated tiers of sheet-gold flowers each with radi...

1st millennium B.C. A sheet-gold tree ornament or finial comprising a central stem with two graduated tiers of sheet-gold flowers, each with radia...

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2nd millennium B.C. A sheet-gold cup pendant of conical form with inverted rim, set with a blue-glazed composition insert with central hole, enclo...

Early 1st millennium A.D. A gold discoid pendant ornamented with alternating bands of applied pellets and ropework, raised central cell set with a...

c.1st century A.D. A gold pendant formed as a lotus flower, four raised cells to the body set with turquoise stones, beaded border around, suspens...

c.5th century B.C. A hollow-formed gold spiral hair ornament of carinated profile with tapering ends. 14.59 grams, 31 mm (1 1/4 in). UK private a...

c.5th century B.C. A hollow-formed sheet gold penannular hair ornament with crimped circumferential band above each end. 11.27 grams, 36 mm (1 3/...

c.5th century B.C. A hollow-formed penannular hair ornament with repoussé lattice to the hoop, one end pierced to accept a fixing pin. 4.11 grams...

2nd century A.D. A gold child's ring composed of a D-section hoop and oval bezel with profile head right, inscribed text to either side in South A...

Early 2nd millennium A.D. A gold ring composed of a carinated hoop, sitting birds modelled in the round to the shoulders, heads facing the cushion...

8th-10th century A.D. A gold ring composed of a tapering D-section hoop and rectangular bezel, cruciform pyxis above, bezel set with a replacement...

Early 1st millennium A.D. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a round-section penannular scroll with looped terminals and two pearl beads, pelle...

2nd millennium B.C. A restrung designer necklace composed of elongated carnelian and short steatite or shell cylindrical beads with eight silver-g...

2nd millennium B.C. A restrung necklace composed of carnelian, lapis lazuli and sheet-gold beads of spool, tubular and carinated type, five sheet-...

2nd millennium B.C. A restrung necklace composed of silver tubular beads, some with pellets, carnelian beads and five bifacial pendants shaped as ...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. A silver child's bracelet composed of a slender round-section hoop with hook-and-eye closure, four free-running pendants f...

4th-3rd millennium B.C. A silver idol composed of bifurcated body with each arm tapering to a coiled terminal, splayed head with suspension loop, ...

3rd-7th century A.D. A silver bowl with squat, D-section wall, two felines- possibly a lion and lioness- within a circle of annulets to the interi...

6th century A.D. A silver elliptical-shaped bowl with thickened chamfered rim, the centre engraved with a later gilt standing guinea fowl showing ...

3rd-7th century A.D. A silver boat-shaped bowl with U-section body and rounded base. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 135700, for an example ...

5th-4th century B.C. A silver child's bracelet of penannular form with stylised ram-head finials, each ram with large curving horns. 6.6 grams, 4...

6th-7th century A.D. A conical opaque glass cup with decorative wheel-cut facets. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 59.34, for similar...

c.13th century A.D. A glass vessel composed of a rounded body with medial ribs and rounded base, manganese body marvered and trailed in white. 97...

10th-12th century A.D. A glass bottle with globular body, broad shoulder, tapering cylindrical neck and pontil to base, applied trail to base of n...

9th-10th century A.D. A green glass bottle with squat piriform body and tapering cylindrical neck, applied trail to the neck base, honeycomb decor...

3rd millennium B.C. A composition rectangular plaque bearing figural scene composed of two figures beside a table, a seated figure behind them; pi...

4th-3rd millennium B.C. A ceramic idol standing in a carriage or wagon, raised stylised animals in relief to the outer face of the parapet, standi...

2nd millennium B.C. A stylised standing horse figure attached to a D-shaped shaft, carriage of shallow box form with splayed perimeter and tall pa...

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic fertility goddess idol modelled in the half round as a female figure with exaggerated hour-glass shape, hands cl...