1963, excavated by Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; acquired by the Museum in 1964, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations

A LATE ROMAN GREEN GLASS INSCRIBED BOWL 4TH CENTURY A.D. The bulbous bowl with folded slightly flaring rim, the body decorated with wheel-cut wide band of cross-hatching above the double-line Greek inscription "YTIA" (Good Health) 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high; 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) rim diam.

Roman glass : Miniature light green glass pitcher, cylindrical neck, rolled rim, a single trailed handle to the shoulder and rim, some iridescence and encrustation. 50 - 100 AD

Terminal Pazyryk Culture, 5th century BC The Hermitage Museum

2000 year old murrine in British Museum

Female head with rosette diadems Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Culture: Assyrian Medium: Ivory

Roman Green Glass Cinerary Urn, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D

Fragment of a frieze. Luni marble. 2nd century CE.

Roman glass painted cup, 1st century A.D. Afghanistan, Begram. Europe and Ganymede. Musée Guimet, Paris

Translucent deep blue green; handle in same color.Rim folded out, down, round and in, with broad, flattened upper surface; cylindrical but slightly convex neck, with slight horizontal tooling marks around the base; slightly indented horizontal shoulder with rounded corners; hexagonal body with flat sides slightly tapering downward; thick, flat bottom; broad strap handle, combed on exterior surface, applied as a long pad to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, then bent in and down, and…