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Total number of records: 142

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Coins91
Objects43
People and organisations5
Books and printed items1
Archives1
Textiles1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Coin Collection91
International Textile Collection1
Brotherton Collection1
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Rome12
Syracuse6
Panticapaeum5
Larissa5
Constantinople4
After Ravenna4
Agrigentum4
Himera3
Tragilus3
Metapontum2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Honorius (395-423)8
Honorius (393-423)4
Valentinian III (423-55)3
Theodosius II (402-50)1
Theodosius II (346-96)1
Zeno (474-91) and Leo II (474)1
Leo I (457-74)1
Dupin, Jacques1
Anthemius (467-72)1
Basiliscus (475-6)1

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Earliest dateCount
From 40081
From 50010
From 6002
From 17003
From 18002
From 19001
From 200043

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Latest dateCount
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Up to 1992
Up to 29948
Up to 39938
Up to 49948

Archive Object Item

section of hieroglyphs

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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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stone tablet

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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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cuneiform tablet

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A pink clay cuneiform tablet with significant cracks and lose to much of surface area on one side, with possible soot staining. Some script seen on other side.

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cuneiform tablet (section)

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A section of a cuneiform tablet in pink clay with possible soot staining. script on one side only.

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cuneiform tablet (section)

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A section of a cuneiform tablet in pink clay. script is on one side only.

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