Objects

Clay cuneiform tablet still partly in its envelope, beginning of the 2nd millennium B.C.

Baked clay foundation cone with cuneiform writing, end of the 3rd millennium B.C.

Stone cylinder seal, beginning of the 2nd millennium B.C., Musée du Louvre

Stone stamp seals, Jamdat Naser period, about 3000 B.C., Iraq Museum

Stone stamp seals in the shape of animals and their impression, about 3000 B.C.

Ivory plaque from Nimrud, beginning of the 1st millennium B.C. (IM 60555)

Marble headless kore (young woman), Cyrene, Greek period (last quarter of the 6th c. BC), H 1.20 m.

Stone figurines from Tell es-Sawwan, beginning of the 6th millennium B.C.

Stone Sumerian statue, about 2400 B.C. (IM 55204)

Sumerian alabaster statue from Ur, about 2400 B.C., Iraq Museum