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13 to 24 of 1890 records

Total number of records: 1890

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Coins1830
Objects41
People and organisations16
Books and printed items2
Archives1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Coin Collection1827
Brotherton Collection1
Herbert Read Collection1

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
toilets1
baths1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Rome388
Alexandria, Egypt187
Antioch, Syria112
Antioch, Pisidia42
Marcianopolis41
Macedon38
Syracuse34
Edessa, Mesopotamia34
Caesarea33
Viminacium23

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Elagabalus98
Severus Alexander90
Gordian III82
Caracalla77
Philip I67
Antoninus Pius65
Hadrian64
Septimius Severus58
Severus Alexander (Augustus)53
Valerian44

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 100685
From 2001076
From 30073
From 4007
From 5001
From 17003
From 18002
From 19001
From 200042

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 996
Up to 199588
Up to 2991296

Coin

Denomination: coins of Alexander the Great / Alexander I Balas

Date(s): c.336-145 BCE

Material: silver


Coin

Denomination: Roman coins

Date(s): c.6-132

Material: copper


Coin

Denomination: coin of the Sassanid kingdom

Date(s): c.224-241 BCE

Material: copper


Archive Object Item

section of hieroglyphs

No date

A section of plaster with Egyptian Hieroglyphs, referenced as from Karnak, Ancient Thebes. Hieroglyphs include birds, and are set between lined borders. There is a semi-circle decoration on the lowe...

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cuneiform tablet (fragments)

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A cuneiform tablet completely broken into many small fragments of red clay.

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Archive Object Item

stone tablet

No date

Although referenced as a cuneiform tablet in listings, this item is made from black stone with white veining, possibly diorite. It is shaped and has several scratch marks that may be manmade. There...

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cuneiform tablet

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A pink clay cuneiform tablet broken into two pieces and with a corner missing. Dark staining on the join suggests it had been glued back together. Some script seen on one side, mostly on the smaller s...

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