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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.

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. Black in colour with brown spots due to wear.

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…

White plaster block shaped in an oval, with an impression of a closed-body lamp in the middle. The decorated rim has concentric, geometric designs, and the discus features a bird and a vessel.

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.

An elongated oval lamp made of red terracotta, with a perforated handle on one end and a short, wide nozzle on the other end. The decorative shoulder has a band of slanting incisions running along the edge. The discus motif displays a bird, likely a…

Cylindrical shape with tapered and painted ends; green colouring. Possibly used to apply eyeliner or as an eyebrow pencil.

Circular, closed bracelet; etched pattern around exterior of band; with four indentations (1.5 cm long) equally spaced around band.

Round body; clay with ocre-reddish colour. Eros with torch in right hand and indeterminate object in left hand. Slightly projecting heart shaped nozzle with rounded termination. Underside of the nozzle is decorated with a single band of tongues…

Colour: Dark orange clay. Moldmade. Elongated round-tipped volute-nozzle; plain unadorned shoulder. One wick hole; one filling hole located at the lower right corner of the discus, near the ridge; two incised rings around discus.
Discus…

Colour: Red with black (slipped or/and burnt). Round-tipped nozzle; one wick hole; curved unpierced handle. A worn leaf pattern decorates the shoulder.
Discus iconography: Artemis standing with bow in her left hand; her head is depicted in profile,…

Colour: orange-brown. Miniature lamp; two round-tipped nozzles; one central filling-hole; incised ring surrounding the filling-hole.
Discuss iconography: a series of petal-like shapes radiates from the incised ring surrounding the filling-hole.…

Obverse legend: CONSTANTINVS IVN(ior) NOB(ilissimus) C(aesar), translation: Constantinus the Youth, Most Noble Caesar; draped, cuirassed, and laureate bust of Constantine II facing right. Reverse legend: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, translation: of our…

Obverse legend: MAXIMINVS NOB(ilissimus) CAES(ar), translation: Most Noble Caesar Maximinus; laureate head of Maximinus II facing right. Reverse legend: SAC(ra) MON(eta) VRB(is) AVGG(=Augustorum) ET CAESS(=Caesarum) NN(=Nostrorum), translation: The…

Loosely triangular in section; the sides taper into sharp points at both ends.

Terracotta oil lamp; reddish buff fabric with traces of red slip. Discus iconography: Artemis on stag facing right; she wears a short tunic (her right breast is bared) and holds a spear. Behind her is a filling-hole; a smaller filling (?) hole is…

Colour: reddish brown with slip. Pegasus (winged horse) facing left. The composition is defined by two concentric ridges. The top of the nozzle is defined by two spiral elements on each side, with three dots in between. There is a filling hole…

Light pinkish brown clay with light slip; pierced lug handle; flat nozzle with rounded termination, defined by two ridges at base;; recessed discus surrounded by two concentric grooves, followed by a pattern of short bars set perpendicular to the…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) CAES(ar) M(arcus) AVR(elius) ANTONINVS AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus; Draped bust of Elagabalus wearing a radiate crown, facing right. Reverse legend: VICTOR(ia) ANTONINI…

Obverse legend: ANTONINVS AVG(ustus) PIVS P(ater) P(atriae) TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) XXIIII, translation: Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of the country, with tribunician power for the twenty-fourth time; laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right.…

Obverse legend: HADRIANVS AVG(ustus) COS(=consul) III [P](ater) [P](atriae), translation: Augustus Hadrian, consul three times, father of the country; laureate bust of Hadrian facing right. Reverse legend: IVST[ITIA] AVG(usti), translation: Justice…

Obverse legend (retrograde): DOMITIANVS AVG(ustus) IMP(arator) CAESAR, translation: Domitian Augustus Imperator Caesar; laureate head of Domitian facing right. Reverse legend: TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) CO(n)S(ul) VII, translation: Consul with…

Obverse legend: D(ominus) N(oster) VALENTINI-ANVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(=Augustus), translation: Our Lord Valentinian II, Dutiful Fortunate/Successful Augustus; draped, pearl diademed bust of Valentinian II facing right.
Reverse legend: REPARATIO…

Obverse legend: FL(avius) CL(audius) IVLIANVS P(er) P(etuus) AVG(ustus), translation: Flavius Claudius Julianus, eternal Augustus; pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Julian the Apostate (also known as Julian II) facing right. Reverse…