A shell bangle carved from a section of tridacna (clam) shell from the Persian Gulf, the exterior surface with an incised motif of dotted circles which form an interlinking endless knot design.

Sassanian silver ring with depiction of Zoroastrian fire alter.

Luristan iron sword with an elaborate handle

An Indo-Iranian pottery vessel.

An Ethiopian protective scroll. Materials: Natural vegetable dyes and ink on vellum.

Sassanian silver alloy ring with carnelian monogram bezel.

Hasanlu miniature faience disc shaped beads strung as a necklace

An Indo-Iranian pottery bowl with geometric motif in brown pigment.

A Western Asiatic bronze ceremonial object, the flat, circular openwork design depicting a master-of-animals flanked by two mythical beasts resembling human-headed lions.

A hard stone amulet, one surface engraved with design of a male figure with two serpents.

An Indo-Iranian pottery vessel with linear bands on exterior and interior in a brown pigment.

Sumerian stamp-seal Uruk/Jemdet Nasr

Western Asiatic bronze dagger with flared pommel and leaf shaped blade.

Mesopotamian clay fragmentary tablet with cuneiform inscription

Western Asiatic bronze standard finial, solid cast in the form of four camel protomes.

Bactrian black stone vessel with floral limestone inlay