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Related content for the gallery "Room 52: Ancient Iran"

Related galleries

  • Room 53: Ancient South Arabia
  • Room 51: Europe and Middle East 10,000-800 BC
  • Room 56: Mesopotamia 6000-1500 BC

Related highlight objects

  • Bronze axe-head
  • Bronze figure of a Sasanian king
  • Bronze fitting in the form of a seated figure
  • Bronze harness ring
  • Bronze horse-bit with decorated cheek-pieces
  • Bronze pin decorated with an image of a goddess
  • Bronze tankard
  • Carnelian seal stone of Vehdin-Shapur
  • Carved limestone stela with a figure of a god
  • Chalcedony pendant
  • Chlorite double bowl
  • Clay plaque
  • Clay plaque showing a banqueter
  • Clay plaque with inscription
  • Cylinder seal
  • Cyrus Cylinder
  • Gilded silver vase
  • Glass cylinder seal
  • Glazed amphora
  • Gold belt buckle with an eagle and goat
  • Gold daric coin
  • Gold griffin-headed armlet from the Oxus treasure
  • Gold masks
  • Gold strip fragments with coloured stone inlays
  • Gold-hilted sword in a gold scabbard
  • Inscribed glazed wall plaque
  • Jar with stamped decoration
  • Jasper cylinder seal
  • Lapis lazuli stamp seal
  • Large pottery jar
  • Leaded bronze belt buckle
  • Leaded bronze figure of a winged beast
  • Lion weight
  • Moulded clay figure
  • Painted jar
  • Pair of earrings
  • Part of a hoard of silver currency
  • Silver beaker
  • Silver bowl
  • Silver pin
  • Silver plate
  • Silver plate showing Shapur II
  • Silver scabbard
  • Silver tetradrachm of Mithradates I
  • Silver tetradrachm of Seleucus I
  • Silver-headed iron pin
  • Stone relief showing a sphinx
  • Stucco column capital
  • Tripod-footed painted ceramic vessel
  • Whetstone with bronze handle

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  • Leaders and rulers

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