1. Bes with Lute Date: 664-343 B.C.E. Geographic region: Egypt Time period: Late Period Medium: Copper alloy Extent: 4 1/2 × 1 1/16 × 7/8 in. (11.4 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm) With Mount: 8 1/2 × 1 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (21.6 × 2.7 × 6.4 cm)
2. Celestial Sphere Date: 18th century Geographic region: IndiaIran Medium: Copper alloy Extent: height: 7 in. (17.8 cm) diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
3. Foundation Figurine Creator: SumerianAncient Near Eastern Date: ca. 2900 B.C.E.-2500 B.C.E. Geographic region: Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq, Turkey, & Syria) Time period: Early Dynastic II Period Medium: Copper alloy Extent: 5 11/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 in. (14.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm)
4. Princess Sobeknakht Suckling a Prince Date: ca. 1700-after 1630 B.C.E. Geographic region: Egypt Time period: Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate Period Medium: Copper alloy Extent: 4 x 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (10.2 x 7 x 8.3 cm)
5. Slender Instrument with Flat Rounded End, Possibly a Kohl Stick Medium: Copper alloy Extent: 3/16 × diam. 3/16 × 4 3/4 in. (0.5 × 0.4 × 12.1 cm)
6. Statuette of a Nude Striding Man Date: ca. 1938-1759 B.C.E. Time period: Middle Kingdom Medium: Copper alloy Extent: 4 7/8 x 1 2/3 x 1 in. (12.4 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm)
7. Uraeus Serpent Date: ca. 332 B.C.E. Time period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period Medium: Copper alloy Extent: 3 9/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. (9 x 3.5 x 3 cm)
8. Weight, 2 Uncias Date: 476 – 843 C.E. Time period: Early Byzantine Period Medium: Copper alloy Extent: 11/16 × Diam. 7/8 in., 0.1 lb. (1.8 × 2.3 cm, 57.99 g)