1. Cylinder seal 0.98 in. (2.49 cm)

Date:

-1000 - -1
1st millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Neo-Elamite

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.98 in. (2.49 cm)

2. Fragment of a Pahlavi inscription using Middle Persian script 0.62 x 3.25 x 7.75 in. (1.57 x 8.26 x 19.69 cm)

Date:

200 - 700
ca. 3rd–7th century A.D.

Geographic region:

Iran
Paikuli

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.62 x 3.25 x 7.75 in. (1.57 x 8.26 x 19.69 cm)

3. Sculpture fragment 1 15/16 × 2 13/16 in. (5 × 7.1 cm)

Date:

-600 - -300
ca. 6th–4th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran
possibly from Persepolis

Time period:

Achaemenid

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

1 15/16 × 2 13/16 in. (5 × 7.1 cm)

4. Stamp seal 0.43 x 0.35 in. (1.09 x 0.89 cm)

Date:

200 - 699
ca. 3rd–7th century A.D.

Geographic region:

Iran
Nishapur

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.43 x 0.35 in. (1.09 x 0.89 cm)

5. Stamp seal 0.51 in. (1.3 cm)

Date:

400 - 700
ca. 5th–7th century A.D.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Sasanian

Medium:

Stone

Extent:

0.51 in. (1.3 cm)