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Total number of records: 63
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specimens of goldwork
c. 2000 BCE
Six specimens of goldsmith's work, said to be from Ur: a bead consisting of ring of six spheres, a round gold bead, a pointed end piece with a flat back and ridges, a linear group of six spheres which...
gold beater's hammer
c. 2000 BCE
A small gold beater's hammer for 'fine work', said to be from Ur of the Chaldees.
cylinder seals (broken)
c. 3000-1500 BCE
Four cylinder seals attached to white plastic by wires. A loose handwritten label states these are "Broken cylinder seals from Ur 4000 years old.". The first and fourth seals are broken sections of...
cuneiform tablet
c. 1000 BCE
A cuneiform tablet, also described as a 'miniature brick book'. Described in a note as from Nebuchadnezzar's Library.
index tally
c.1500
An oval stone tally with a hole through the top part. Described as "Late Babylonian, about 6th century B.C., referring to gold. " Described in a note as from Nebuchadnezzar's Library, but now not tho...
Denomination: coins of Alexander the Great / Alexander I Balas
Date(s): c.336-145 BCE
Material: silver
amulets and tear bottle
c.1700 - 1300 BCE
Five amulets and a glass 'tear' bottle believed to be from Egypt. The amulets are a Wadj Sceptre, an Eye of Horus, and three gods (believed to be Anubis, Taweret, and Maahes or Sekhmet). Either lapi...
cuneiform tablet
6th century BCE
A two sided cuneiform tablet with damage across the bottom and in the centre of the top edge. 1 loose paper label.
cuneiform tablet
c. 1700-1500
An irregular shaped fragment of a cuneiform tablet with lines between the inscription, which is on one side only. The reverse side is concave and has a round paper label attached with a '3' in pencil...