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Plaster Cast of Statue: Ramses-Nakht Scribe1948.01.0004 (1948.01.0004)
78.8 x 43.2 x 33 cm (waived g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; Southern Upper Egypt, Governorate of Luxor; Temple of Karnak
Period: Late New Kingdom ; 1293 – 1070 BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

Ostrakon1913.03.0009 (1913.03.0009)
9.8 x 6.2 x .8 cm (54 g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; Northern Upper Egypt, Governorate of Sohag; Abydos
Period: 1570-1069 BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication T&E : Written Communication T&E : Writing Media

Ostrakon1913.03.0014 (1913.03.0014)
8.1 x 6.6 x 1.6 cm (51 g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; Northern Upper Egypt, Governorate of Sohag; Abydos
Period: After 700 BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication T&E : Written Communication T&E : Writing Media

Ostrakon1913.03.0016 (1913.03.0016)
9.9 x 6.6 x .7 cm (43 g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; Northern Upper Egypt, Governorate of Sohag; Abydos
Period: After 700 BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication T&E : Written Communication T&E : Writing Media

Plaster Cast of Rosetta Stone1911.01.0001 (1911.01.0001)
98 x 76.3 x 5 cm (waived g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt
Period: Ptolemaic; 305 – 30 BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Declaratory Documents

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, P.Oxy VIII 1120: Widow's Petition (Fragment)1914.21.0022 (1914.21.0022)
27.1 x 9.5 x .1 cm (waived g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; El Bahnasa; Minya Governorate
Period: Roman Empire; Early 3rd century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Legal Documents

Stele1987.12.0001 (1987.12.0001)
76.7 x 47 x 33 cm (waived g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt
Period: Third Intermediate (XXI-XXV); 830 BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Funerary Objects

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, P.Oxy VI 928: Letter, Lucius to Apolinarius (Fragment)1914.21.0009 (1914.21.0009)
10.9 x 7.4 x .1 cm (waived g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; El Bahnasa; Minya Governorate
Period: Roman Empire; 2nd – 3rd century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, P.Oxy IX 1177: Excerpt, Phoenissae, by Euripides (Fragment)1914.21.0023 (1914.21.0023)
11.3 x 6.9 x .1 cm (waived g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; El Bahnasa; Minya Governorate
Period: Roman Empire; 1st century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Literary Works

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, P.Oxy VI 890: Announcement of Tax Delinquents (Fragment)1914.21.0003 (1914.21.0003)
20.2 x 14.6 x .1 cm (waived g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; El Bahnasa; Minya Governorate
Period: Roman Empire; 3rd century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Declaratory Documents

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, P.Oxy X 1229: Excerpt, James 1: 15-18 (Fragment)1914.21.0025 (1914.21.0025)
12.1 x 11.2 x .1 cm (waived g)
Location: Africa, North; Egypt; El Bahnasa; Minya Governorate
Period: Roman Empire; Early 3rd century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Literary Works

Votive Figure1900.53.0153 (1900.53.0153)
21.6 x 17.7 x 2.2 cm (902 g)
Location: Asia, West; Turkey; Kültepe?
Period: Early Bronze Age; 3000 – 2000
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

Plaster Cast of a Seated King Gudea1973.14.0001 (1973.14.0001)
34.5 x 19.3 x 16.5 cm (2,438 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq
Period: 1800 BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

Inscribed Cup1900.53.0143 (1900.53.0143)
8.4 x 5.2 x .8 cm (250 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq
Period: First Intermediate(VI-VI); 2250–2150 BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Materials T&E : Food Service T&E : Drinking Vessels

Foundation Stone1901.19.0002 (1901.19.0002)
9.3 x 5.4 x 1.4 cm (173 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq; Tell Telloh
Period: Sumerian; 2200 BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Built Environment Artifacts : Building Components : Construction Materials

Inscribed Bowl Fragment1900.53.0154 (1900.53.0154)
9.1 x 6.8 x 3.1 cm (80 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq
Period: Sumerian; 2291 – 2255 BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

Cuneiform Tablet: Hymn of King Lipit-Ishtar1913.14.1464 (1913.14.1464)
10.3 x 6.2 x 2.8 cm (185 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq
Period: Babylonian; 1895–1712 BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents

Bowl1900.53.0150 (1900.53.0150)
19.1 x 10.8 x .5 cm (1,277 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq; Bismaya?
Period: Sumerian or Akkadian; 2500 BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Materials T&E : Food Service T&E : Serving Vessels

Cylinder Seal1900.53.0108A (1900.53.0108A)
3.6 x 2.1 cm (29 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq
Period: Babylonian, Early Dynastic III; 2600–2334 BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Personal Identification

Cylinder Seal1900.53.0117A (1900.53.0117A)
2.4 x 2.3 cm (20 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq
Period: Jemdet Nasr; 3200–3000 BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Personal Identification

Early Dynastic III Cylinder Seal1900.53.0113A (1900.53.0113A)
2.5 x 1.2 cm (6 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq; Diyala
Period: Babylonian; 28th Century BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Personal Symbols : Personal Identification

Figurine: Musician1900.53.0003 (1900.53.0003)
7.1 x 6.8 x 1.4 cm (48 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq; Babylon?
Period: 2nd Millenium BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

Plaque With Musician1900.53.0004 (1900.53.0004)
10.2 x 4.4 x 1.5 cm (55 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq
Period: Babylonian; 2000– 1000 BC
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

Seated Female Figure1900.53.0149 (1900.53.0149)
19.6 x 10.4 x 7.4 cm (2030 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq
Period: Sumerian; 2300 BC?
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

Sumerian Inscribed Pivot Stone for the Door of a Temple at Ur Commemorating the Victory of Shu-sin Over the Amorites1926.13.0001 (1926.13.0001)
44.8 x 42 x 19.5 cm (49,032 g)
Location: Asia, West; Iraq; Umma; Temple of Shara
Period: Sumerian; 2037–2029 BCE
Classification/Nomenclature: Built Environment Artifacts : Building Components : Door & Window Elements

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