Uruk / Jemdet Nasr Period, circa 3500-2900 B.C. Modelled in the round with incuse running animals to the underside, sockets to the eyes and latera...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Carved with detailed regardant head; pierced for suspension. 37.3 grams, 50 mm (2 in.). with a London, UK gallery 1971-e...

Uruk Period, circa 3000 B.C. Plano-convex in section with incuse pair of animals to the underside. 7.6 grams, 28.6 mm (1 1/8 in.). From the 'S' ...

3rd millennium B.C. With large eyes, the pupils inlaid in black chlorite, bone insert for the sclerae, three arching grooved brows, the wide muzzl...

900-700 B.C. Carved in the round with ribbed horns to the top of the head, almond-shaped eyes, snub nose, gaping mouth with fangs and hatched bear...

Hyksos Period, circa 1648-1540 B.C. A miniature male head with high eyebrows, large eyes, and protruding nose and mouth; traces of polychrome; ink...

Early 1st millennium A.D. Discoid in plan with lug to upper face and suspension loop; underside with incuse pellets to the rim surrounding a tondo...

800-600 B.C. With incuse standing robed figure in profile, surrounded by Aramaic text. 1.84 grams, 16 mm (5/8 in.). Ex late London, UK, gentlema...

Uruk, 3rd millennium B.C. Carved in the round robed figure seated on a chair; the figure with carefully dressed beard and cropped hair, wearing a ...

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. Rectangular block with round-section loop handle. See Vidale, M., Treasures from the Oxus: The Art and Civilisa...

9th-11th century A.D. With outstretched wings and erect body, open beak and eyes hollowed to accept inserts, five-feather spread tail and a rectan...

12th-13th century A.D. D-section hoop with boss to underside and cell to each shoulder, cruciform plaque supporting a four-legged drum-shaped stru...

14th century A.D. A medieval period flat-section rectangular plaque pierced at the broad end with incised calligraphic legend: 'Zahra the splendid...

Persia, 12th century A.D. Hollow-formed with feline detailing including protruding muzzle and lentoid eyes inlaid with turquoise; openwork neck, s...

6th-7th century A.D. Comprising a trumpet-shaped base with baluster and conical stem, gently flared body with wheel-cut facetting to the sidewall;...

9th-10th century A.D. Hexagonal in plan with low-relief stylised horse to the upper face, the lateral facets with stylised perching bird, advancin...

10th century A.D. Hemispherical in profile with basal ring, painted rim and trefoil motif on a textured field. 651 grams, 25 cm wide (9 7/8 in.)....

13th century A.D. Conical in profile with ring foot; glazed inner face with reserved cross and panels of calligraphic text; text to underside insi...

12th-13th century A.D. Footed bowl with painted black rim and vertical strokes to the outer face, eight painted internal segments with lattice, sc...

10th century A.D. Of rounded form on short foot with everted lip, each with hatched decoration on the reverse; one with stylised palmettes on dens...

12th-13th century A.D. Rectangular in plan with lateral spurs, reserved figure of a robed male in three-quarter view with hands clutching a purse ...

9th-10th century A.D. Piriform in profile with flared foot, ropework collar to base of flared neck, high-looped strap handle; shoulder with frieze...

9th century A.D. With carinated sidewall, rolled and everted rim, shallow foot; partial lustre-glaze to surface with our trapezoidal panels: two w...

7th-6th century B.C. Raised from a single sheet with rounded skull and semi-circular cut-outs for the eyes with raised rims, raised bar to the fro...

8th century B.C. With rounded bowl and flared rim; three sets of paired piercings for attachment of leather cheek-flaps; cracked; accompanied by a...

14th-10th century B.C. Triangular blade with raised midrib flanked by shallow grooves extending from the integral lower-guard to the tip; the lowe...

1st-3rd century A.D. Tubular in form with ornamental features of a kneeling ibex with a rope coiling around the stem. 1.02 kg, 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)....

Middle Bronze Age, late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. An anchor-shaped semi-circular blade, semi-elliptical in section, narrow socket with a long ...

12th-11th century B.C. Broad trapezoidal form with cutting edges, fifteen inscribed characters to one face. Cf. Röllig, W., ‘Onomastic and Palaeog...

6th-4th century B.C. The upper part of the hilt shaped as a horse-head with an applied sheet-gold mane, wearing a gold bridle of Greek typology ad...

11th-13th century A.D. A 'Curonian' sword comprising a straight blade with a narrow and long tang, showing signs of employment on the edges; boat-...

10th-11th century A.D. Deliberately broken up on deposition, Petersen's Type L variant, comprising: D-shaped pommel with peened tang above and upp...

9th-11th century A.D. A double-edged Petersen Type X sword, tapering blade with shallow fullers and wide cutting edges, the fuller bearing an inla...

Early 10th-mid 11th century A.D. A single-handed double-edged cutting sword with wide cutting edges showing usage wear, short boat-shaped cross-gu...

15th-16th century A.D. Comprising: a hexagonal-section tapering socket, lentoid-section neck and leaf-shaped blade; inlaid silver-wire scrolled te...

9th century A.D. With narrow straight blade, shank to the rear with square hammer-face, inlaid geometric and vegetal ornaments. Cf. Hjardar, K. & ...

10th-11th century A.D. Comprising: twenty-seven fittings of polygonal shape with reserved stylised vegetal forms; one belt buckle of similar shape...

11th-13th century A.D. Sloping shoulders and transverse slot to the upper face, lateral beast-head terminals; panel of palmette ornament to each b...

Jin Dynasty, early 13th century A.D. A complete suite of rectangular iron plates to form a protective coat; the plates provided with a series of h...

Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or later Comprising two pregnant female figures with emphasised rounded stomach, and a male with v...

Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or later Carved in the round with sturdy body, swollen belly and ovoid-section head; mounted on a ...

Circa 4000-2350 B.C. Sub-oval in plan, tapering towards the square butt, crescentic blade with the pointed edge extending around the entire object...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P Flint ficron in form with still-sharp cutting edges and the famous mottled patina from Barnfi...

Middle Bronze Age, 2100-1150 B.C. Flat in section with slightly dished outer face, some scarring and one clubbed end; repaired. 16.81 grams, 53 m...

3rd-1st century B.C. Modelled as a bridled and saddled bull, naturalistically rendered with well-defined facial planes, lending a vivid and expres...

Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Modelled in the round with splayed legs, scooped beak, T-shaped tail with serrated edge and loop to th...

Iron Age, 2nd century B.C.-early 1st century A.D. Sceptre head or other fitting with biconvex flange, possibly a finial from the yoke of a chariot...

Late 5th-6th century A.D. With a deep flange, chamfered inner ridge and eye-shaped motifs, second chamfered edge with a wide inner band of Style I...

5th-6th century A.D. S-shaped plate brooch formed with a profile bird-head finial at each end with inset garnet cabochon eye, hatched panels and i...

6th-7th century A.D. Discoid and hollow to the reverse with raised rim and suspension hook base; panel of seven La Tène spirals with an enamelled ...

11th century A.D. An excessively rare example of Williams Class A, Type 3 showing a standing nude man with beard and long moustache, an animal-lik...

7th-8th century A.D. Comprising: ellipsoid central domed panel forming a bearded mask with impressed points to the pellet eyes, trumpet-shaped nos...

8th century A.D. Comprising: hoop formed from two convergent crescentic flat-section arms with panels of Insular Style interlace to the obverse, t...

9th-11th century A.D. Comprising: articulated arms for a scale balance with spike gnomon and loop handle; two hemispherical bowls each with suspen...

9th-10th century A.D. Comprising: articulated arms for a scale balance with spike gnomon; two hemispherical bowls each with suspension holes at th...

11th-12th century A.D. D-section ingot with one flattened end, punched rosettes and multiple test nicks. 117 grams, 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.). From th...

Circa 11th century A.D. Modelled in the half-round with elongated arms and exaggerated hands, head tilted and eyes downcast in solemn expression, ...

Circa 10th-11th century A.D. A sheet-silver cross with expanding arms terminating in pairs of circular lobes, the upper and lower arm with an appl...

9th-11th century A.D. Comprising a rectangular bar pierced at the centre with two crescents above, pierced crosses below and median D-shaped plaqu...

6th-7th century A.D. Modelled in the half-round profile figure with drinking horn, attached to a fragment of leather strap. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno...