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Lapis lazuli stamp seal

This stamp seal was originally almost square, but because of…
Bone figure of a woman

The earliest three-dimensional representations of humans fro…
Gold rings from the Aigina treasure

The Aigina treasure includes five gold rings. Four of them, …
Crushed skull and head-dress

The excavator Leonard Woolley discovered this skull in the '…
Gold and lapis lazuli beads

This collection of jewellery was discovered overlying a skul…
Lapis lazuli cylinder seal

This seal has a scene that shows human-headed bulls being pr…
Lapis lazuli cylinder seal-1

This cylinder seal comes from the grave of 'Queen' Pu-abi, o…
Silver lyre

This lyre was found in the 'Great Death-Pit', one of the gra…
Stone seal

This brown stone seal has a base shaped like a lion's paw, w…
Head of a figure of the cow of Hathor

Hathor, as goddess of the West, was particularly associated …
Necklace of lizard amulets, beads and pendants

Hollow gold lizards alternate with cornelian barrel beads an…
Scarab pendant

This piece of jewellery is a pendant in the form of a winged…
Clarence's Truck, by Clarence Lee

This ring is typical of the work of Clarence Lee: nostalgic …
Beads and pendants

The archaeologist Leonard Woolley found these beads and pend…
Child's diadem

This gold diadem was found by Leonard Woolley in one of the …
Cylinder seal of Pu-abi

This cylinder seal was discovered in the 'Queen's Grave' in …
Gold figures of deities

Most of the thirty-eight small gold figures (five illustrate…
Headdress and necklace of gold, lapis lazuli and cornelian

Dug outside the walls of the city, the so-called 'Royal Ceme…
Inlaid ivory panel of a lioness devouring a boy

This carved ivory panel is one of an almost identical pair w…
Lapis lazuli cylinder seal of Sin-ishmeanni

The design on this lapis lazuli seal is typical of the Old B…
Limestone statue from the shrine of Hendursag

Leonard Woolley discovered this statue in a niche facing the…
Queen's Lyre

Leonard Woolley discovered several lyres in the graves in th…
Rein ring of gold and silver

This rein ring is one of several found in the Royal Cemetery…
Sceptre

Leonard Woolley found this sceptre in the largest of the gra…
The Royal Game of Ur

This game board is one of several with a similar layout foun…
The Standard of Ur

Leonard Woolley, the excavator at Ur, imagined that it was c…
Two jade bases for a huqqa pipe

These are the bases of a pair of fine huqqa pipes, no doubt …
Porcelain figure of King George III

In 1770 the Derby porcelain factory acquired the Chelsea por…
The 'Ram in a Thicket'

This is one of an almost identical pair discovered by Leonar…
String of beads with amulets in gold and semi-precious stones

The amulets strung together here were probably originally fr…