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Neolithic Clay Figurine from West Iran
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Neolithic Clay Figurine from West Iran

Neolithic clay goddess from Tappah Sarab, Kermanshah, 7000-6100 BCE. Clay figurines of female bodies with exaggerated reproductive organs are among the most common features of prehistoric sculpted art. With famous examples from Venus of...
Neolithic Clay Altar Figurine of a Mother Goddess
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Neolithic Clay Altar Figurine of a Mother Goddess

Neolithic clay altar figurine of a mother goddess from Tumba Madzari, North Macedonia, the second half of the 6th millennium BCE. Archaeological Museum of the Republic of Macedonia, Skopje. Tumba Madzari (lit. hill of the tomb) is a Neolithic...
A Clay Tablet with its Envelope
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A Clay Tablet with its Envelope

A commercial letter (clay tablet) enclosed by an envelope (a clay covering). The letter was supposed to be opened by the recipient. 2nd millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
Early Elamite Clay Tablet with Numerical Signs from Southern Iran
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Early Elamite Clay Tablet with Numerical Signs from Southern Iran

Early Elamite clay tablet with numerical signs found in Tappeh Yahya, Kerman, dating to c. 3100 to 2900 BCE (Yahya Period IVc). National Museum of Iran, Tehran, inv. no. 4065. Photo by Nima Fakoorzadeh (Baloot Noghrei) Tappeh Yahya in...
Linear B Clay Tablet
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Linear B Clay Tablet

Example of a Linear B clay tablet found at Knossos. It records quantities of oil apparently offered to various deities.
Ishtar Clay Mould
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Ishtar Clay Mould

This is a fired clay mould for the goddess Ishtar. The goddess is depicted nude. She holds her breasts with her hands and wears a horned crown. She has a pair of wings (or a cloak) and her feet are talon-like. On the left is the modern impression...
Jomon Clay Mask
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Jomon Clay Mask

A Jomon clay mask or domen. Kidukuri, Kamegaoka, Tsugaru-shi, Aomori, Japan. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE. Important Cultural Property. (Tokyo National Museum)
Greek Clay Passport Tokens
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Greek Clay Passport Tokens

Clay tokens probably used as passports by travellers or messengers reporting between military headquarters. Belonging to Xenokles, a border commander, 4th century BCE. (Agora Museum, Athens)
Model Clay Dogs from Nineveh
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Model Clay Dogs from Nineveh

These counterparts of real mastiffs were buried to guard a property from devils and demons. Ritual instructions for making and inscribing them survive on clay tablets. This pack was found beneath a palace doorway at Nineveh. Each is named...
Chunkey Player Flint Clay Figurine from Cahokia
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Chunkey Player Flint Clay Figurine from Cahokia

The Chunkey Player Effigy Pipe (also known as "The Chunkey Player"), made of flint clay, measuring 8.5 inches (22 cm) high by 5.5 inches (14 cm) wide. Thought to have originally come from Cahokia but found in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, dated...
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