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A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Six tesserae present, One black-ish, one white, three beige and one brown.

A bilobate bronze arrowhead. Leaf shaped tip.

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…

Fragment of a lanx. Broken on three sides, with one side having an intact rim. Outward facing side has a relief of a running lion, and a part of another figure.

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

Bicone shaped lead sling bullets. One end of each is rounded, and one has an inscription.

Front section of a hollow figurine depicting the Artemis of Ephesus. The figure is without a head or arms, and wears a necklace with a stylized head. The torso is covered in nine globules. The back of the figurine in open and hollow.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Six tesserae present.

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

Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription, provided by the Yale Babylonian Collection: "5 quarts of good beer, 3 quarts of bread, 2 sheqel oil, 2 sheqel alkali, 1 fish, 1 bushel onions (for) Shu-Sin. 6 quarts of beer, 4…

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

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

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.

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…

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Seven tesserae present.

Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription, provided by the Yale Babylonian Collection: ""1 mana gold, 2 metal bowls, the votive offering of the king. 14 sheqel and 1/3 golden goods, the votive offerings of the month of…

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 a triangular blade and long shaft.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Four tesserae present, two beige two black-ish.

Small dagger with bronze handle, iron blade, and a decorated guard.

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

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

Red polished ware formed by hand, with a red slipped surface polished to a medium-high lustre. Small lug protrudes from the belly of the juglet, sometimes referred to as a ‘nipple projection’, and possibly associated with fertility. Incised with…

Off white with brown and reddish-brown circls

One clay Villanovan spot.
Material: clay
Colour: dark grey
Shape: open mouth vessel with flared rim.
Slightly flared neckleads to a sharply rounded body that drastically narrows inwards to end at a flay base.
Double ribbed handles on either…