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Bronze spearhead with a long socket. There is a round hole near the end of the socket, likely to be original.

Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription has not been translated.

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Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription has not been translated.

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Iron shortsword. Seems to be made entirely of iron, both blade and handle. Small V-shaped cross guard. Butt of the handle is roughly oval shaped and extends further out than the handle.

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Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription has not been translated.

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Cylinder of bone or ivory that tapers off at one end, which ends with an egg shape. Pointed at the opposite end for the purposes of writing.

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Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription has not been translated.

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Two wood tablets, joined by a string, with a wax writing surface and a metal stylus.

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A small terracotta bust of the Greek god Helios. His left shoulder and pectoral is missing, and his right shoulder is cut off at the armpit. Helios features his characteristic rays of light behind his head, represented by six channels carved into the…

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Rectangular papyrus from Roman Egypt with Greek script, written in the 13th year of Trajan (109-110 CE). Contains 37-38 lines of text written in Greek. Document is probably an application for a lease.

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A wide and flat piece of marble with an drawing etched into a face.

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Rectangular relief depicting a nude, beardless Herakles wrestling the hind of Keryneia. The material is yellowed and textured to imitate the original marble. Herakles's left hand is grabbing the deer's mouth, his right hand is holding a horn, and his…

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A small statuette of a female. She is wearing an archaic dress and holding an object of unclear description possibly with both hands. The back of the statuette is flat and plain.

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Ceramic disc with engraved symbols in a spiral pattern, made to replicate the Phaistos disc exhibited at the Heraklion museum (https://www.heraklionmuseum.gr/en/collections/#collections, accession number Π-Ν1358). Unlike the original, which is brown,…

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A bilobate bronze arrowhead. Leaf shaped tip.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

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Rectangular papyrus from Roman Egypt with Hieratic text. The exact date in unknown however the Hieratic script stopped being used in the 3rd century CE. It is safe to assume that the Papyrus is not more recent than that date. The papyrus contains 2…

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Leaf shaped javelin point bearing a Greek inscription. Short tang.

A marble tondo (or patera) of the Greek goddess Hygieia. The background is round with a beaded border, with a bust of the goddess in the center wearing a cloak and chiton buttoned at her right shoulder, holding a scallop shell in her left hand which…

Fragment of a lanx dish. Broken on three sides, with one side having an intact rim of the bowl. Outward facing side of the bowl fragment has a relief of a running rabbit, and the head of another animal.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

Irregularly shaped chunk of mortar and stone, inlaid with mosaic stones. Mostly white, some red and black, forming a leaf and stem pattern. The leaves are formed by 5 red stones, with 2-3 black stones at the base of each leaf. At the edge of the…

Black painted plaster, rectangular with one rounded side. There is a hole in the back for hanging. Cuneiform script. Translation: "To the goddess Inanna, the mistress of Eanna, his mistress, Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, the king of Ur, king of Sumer and…

Bronze arrowhead with two barbs/spurs on the end facing away from the arrow tip, which has been broken off. Round base with a socket.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.
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