Objects

Gold earring with pearls, garnet and glass, 8th c. AD, 9 x 2.5 cm and 8.2-8.4 g.

Stone and shell necklace, southern Iraq, Parthian era (125 BC – AD 240).

Batch of pierced shells, Aguateca, Guatemala, 600-900 AD, average 6.5 x 2.5 cm.

Shell pendant and ear ornaments, Dos Pilas, Guatemala, 250-900 AD, ear ornaments: 5.5 x 1.9 cm; pendant: diameter 5 cm.

Bone musical instruments: flute, Iximché, Guatemala, 900-1500 AD, 21 x 4 cm; rasp, Altar de Sacrificios, Guatemala, 600-900 AD, 14.3 x 4.5 cm.

Maya carved bone, Petén, Guatemala, 550-900 AD, 14 x 6 cm.

Hematite cylinder seal and impression, Ugarit, ca. 2000 – 1190 BC, 3 x 2 cm.

Gilded glass tile with cross-shaped motifs, Maarat al-Nu’man, 9th – 12th century AD, 9 x 9 cm.

Alabaster relief of the profile of King Ashurnasirpal II, Northwest Palace (Nimrud), Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 – 609 BC), ca. 61 x 61 cm.

Stone relief plaque illustrating a banquet scene, its preparations and frolicking, Khafajah, Early Dynastic II – III A (ca. 2700 – 2600 BC), 20.4 x 20 x 4.2 cm.