1. Bead 0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

Date:

-100 - 100
ca. 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.

Geographic region:

Iran
Shahr-i Qumis (ancient Hecatompylos)

Time period:

Parthian

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

2. Bead 0.98 in. (2.49 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran
Hasanlu

Time period:

Iron Age II

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.98 in. (2.49 cm)

3. Beads 1.22 x 0.75 x 0.24 in. (3.1 x 1.91 x 0.61 cm)

Date:

-900 - -800
ca. 9th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran
Hasanlu

Time period:

Iron Age II

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

1.22 x 0.75 x 0.24 in. (3.1 x 1.91 x 0.61 cm)

4. Beads L. 32 cm

Date:

-900 - -600
ca. 9th–7th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Time period:

Neo-Assyrian

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

L. 32 cm

5. Bowl with human head H. 6.1 cm x Diam. mouth 5.8 cm

Date:

-2 - -2
2nd millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Syria

Time period:

Middle Bronze Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

H. 6.1 cm x Diam. mouth 5.8 cm

6. Box 1.77 x 2.4 x 2.2 in. (4.5 x 6.1 x 5.59 cm)

Date:

-2000 - -1000
2nd millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Central Asia

Time period:

Late Bronze Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

1.77 x 2.4 x 2.2 in. (4.5 x 6.1 x 5.59 cm)

7. Compartmented stamp seal 0.79 in. (2.01 cm)

Date:

-2300 - -1700
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C.

Geographic region:

Bactria-Margiana

Time period:

Bronze Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.79 in. (2.01 cm)

8. Cylinder seal 0.39 in. (0.99 cm)

Date:

-1600 - -1400
ca. 16th–15th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Kassite

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.39 in. (0.99 cm)

9. Cylinder seal 0.55 in. (1.4 cm)

Date:

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

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Iron Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.55 in. (1.4 cm)

10. Cylinder seal 0.62 in. (1.57 cm)

Date:

-1500 - -1300
ca. 15th–14th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran
possibly from Tepe Giyan

Time period:

Mitanni

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.62 in. (1.57 cm)

11. Cylinder seal 0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

Date:

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

Geographic region:

Iran

Time period:

Iron Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

12. Cylinder seal 0.63 in. (1.6 cm)

Date:

-800 - -700
ca. 8th century B.C.

Geographic region:

Iran
possibly from Tepe Giyan

Time period:

Iron Age

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

0.63 in. (1.6 cm)