A Harappan lead seal with design of zebu bull and row of signs from the Indus Valley script.

A Harappan lead seal with design of unicorn, ritual offering stand and row of signs from the Indus Valley script.

A Bactrian double-sided copper seal with designs of a human-headed sphinx and canine; lateral drill hole for suspension.

A Bactrian double-sided copper seal with designs of mythical winged beasts on each side; lateral drill hole for suspension (now blocked).

A Gandharan bone pendant bead, the top register depicting four seated Buddha's, the centre with four Bodhisattva's, above four lotus flowers on the base.

A Gandharan bone pendant bead, the top register depicting four seated Buddha's, the centre with four Bodhisattva's, above four lotus flowers on the base.

A faceted, hollow bone bead, each of the four sides superbly carved in high relief with animal designs, including owls, scorpion, spider and cockerel.

Indus Valley aragonite bead in the form of a rat.

A Bactrian grey hard-stone stamp seal depicting a goddess with two male worshippers.

An early Mesopotamian red veined marble stamp seal.

Variegated brown hard stone cylinder seal, mistress of animals with rearing mythical beast.

A Egyptian limestone amulet or seal. Said by Flinder-Petrie to depict "Power over property"

Bactrian stone loom weight bead, the outer surface decorated with incised motif.

Bactrian stone loom weight bead, the outer surface decorated with incised motif.

An Indus Valley turquoise glazed faience bead seal of conical form with flattened top, the exterior surface with a complex meandering curvilinear design, the abstract forms possibly representing

An Indus Valley limestone cylindrical bead seal, engraved with a scene of running animals and central human figure holding a large stone aloft.