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

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…

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.

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

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…

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.

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,…

A bilobate bronze arrowhead. Leaf shaped tip.

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…

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

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

Bronze arrowhead with a triangular blade and long shaft.

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.

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

A small clay cylinder with a hollow middle for attachment to a necklace or bracelet. Engraved with a design along the surface for the purposes of rolling onto fresh clay in order to create a seal. Slightly greenish-beige in colour.

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 lion, and a part of another figure.

Bronze spearhead with a leaf-shaped blade and a prominent cross-section midrib. The tang is long and curved at the end. Faint decorative engravings around the neck of the blade near the beginning of the tang.

Black base with metal stand supporting a limestone monolith that contains an inscription and a large symbol at the precipice. The stone is trapezoidal in shape.

A small clay cylinder with a hollow middle for attachment to a necklace or bracelet. Engraved with a design along the surface for the purposes of rolling onto fresh clay in order to create a seal. Light blue in colour, with a deeper blue present in…

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

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

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.

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) GORDIANVS PIVS FEL(ix) AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Gordianus dutiful and fortunate Augustus; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. Reverse legend: IOVIS STATOR ex S(enatus)-C(onsulto), translation:…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) DOMIT(ianus) AVG(ustus) GERM(anicus) CO(n)[S(ul) XI], translation: Imperator Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Consul Eleven Times; draped bust of Apollo facing right, to right a branch of laurel. Reverse exergue: (ex)…

Obverse legend: D(ominus) N(oster) VALENTINI - ANVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: Our Lord, Valentinianus, the dutiful and fortunate Augustus; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. Reverse legend: SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE,…