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The cuneiform inscriptions on this fragment of a stone monument mention the name of Utu-Hegal, King of Uruk. 2125 BCE, from Ur, Mesopotamia, Iraq. The British Museum, London.

This stone ritual object comes from Japan and dates to the Jomon period, between 3000-400 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A Roman stone anchor from the coast of Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain. 1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Sagunto)

A fragment of a circular stone vessel which was dedicated to the temple of God Nergal by a high official. The carved scenes in low relief depict the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III on his knees before a central object (lost), probably a sacred...

A memorial Armenian cross-stone or khachkar, Vagharshapat, Armenia. 10th century CE.

Carved stone head (with 3 faces) from Corleck Hill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, 1st-2nd century. National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.

A range of stone vessels from Minoan Crete, 15th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Herakllion, Crete).

A selection of worked stone tools and weapons from Poverty Point, Louisiana, USA. Dated to c. 1700-1100 BCE.

This stone weight, which weighs 30 minas (about 15 kilograms) was found in the north-west palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. It had been deposited there as booty. Babylonian, reign of Eriba-Marduk, circa 770 BCE...

The inscriptions on this stone mention the name of the Sassanian king Narseh and they were written in middle Persian and Parthian languages. Sassanid period, around 300 CE. From Paikuli tower, modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya...