1. Rasāʼil Abī ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī Creator: Abū al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrīابو علاء المعري Contributor: Heyworth-Dunne, J. former owner Date: [1850-1899?]. Language: Arabic Geographic region: Syria Time period: To 1258 Extent: 111 leaves : paper ; 198 x 132 (130 x 75) mm. bound to 208 x 139 mm.
2. Cylinder Seal: Two Figures with Old Babylonian Inscription Creator: Ancient Near EasternSyrian Date: ca. 18th-17th c. B.C.E. Geographic region: SyriaEgypt Medium: Hematite Extent: 7/8 x Diam. 3/8 in. (2.3 x 1 cm)
3. The Sun God Shamash Creator: Ancient Near EasternSyrian Date: ca. 1700-1600 B.C.E. Geographic region: Syria Medium: Copper Extent: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
4. L' Euphrate et le Tigre Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 (المنشئ) Date: Date Issued: 1779 Language: FrenchLatin Geographic region: Place of Production: fr, France, [ParisEuphrates RiverTigris RiverIraqSyriaTurkey Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 42 x 51 cm.
5. Perush ha-Mishnah le-Rambam (Seder Ṭohorot: Tractates Ṭohorot-Uḳtsin) Creator: Author: Maimonides, Moses Date: 1467–1484 Geographic region: Syria
7. Syria Creator: Hughes, William, 1818-1876 (المنشئ) Date: Date Issued: Jan. 1st, 1853 Language: English Geographic region: Place of Production: uk, , LondonSyriaLebanon Extent: 1 map : col. ; 39 x 31 cm.
8. Kitāb Sharḥ al-Manār fī al-uṣūl Creator: Ibn al-ʻAynī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakrابن العيني، عبد الرحمن بن ابي بكر Contributor: Muṣṭafá ibn Khalīl, scribeمصطفى بن خليل, ناسخ Date: 1567]. Language: Arabic Geographic region: Syria Extent: 87 leaves : paper ; 210 x 147 (151 x 79) mm.
9. Barāhīn al-bayyināt fī bayān ḥaqāʼiq al-ḥayawānāt Creator: Iskandarānī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, -1888 or 1889 (المنشئ) Date: Date Issued: 1303 [1885 or 1886] Language: Arabic Geographic region: Place of Production: sy, Syria, [Damascus]Islamic EmpireSyriaDamascusDamascus (Syria) Extent: 372 p. ; 26 cm.
10. Jāmiʻat al-funūn fī afḍalīyat Qāsiyūn Creator: Shaṭṭī, Muḥammad, -1889 or 1890 (المنشئ) Date: Date Created: 1859 Language: Arabic Geographic region: Place of Production: sy, SyriaSyriaDamascusDamascus (Syria)Qāsyūn Mountain (Syria) Extent: 1 v. (40 leaves) ; 24 cm.
11. Beads Creator: Sumerian Date: ca. 2600-2500 B.C.E. Geographic region: IraqSyria Time period: early Dynastic IIIA Period Medium: Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian on modern string Extent: Overall length: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm) as mounted: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 in. (8.9 × 6.4 × 1.3 cm)
12. Trumpet Geographic region: SyriaDamascus Medium: GourdIvoryLeather (uncertain) Extent: 58.313.2cm25