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This female figure wears an elaborate headgear and holds a baby in her left arm. She possibly represents a priestess or a deity. Fired clay. From House B at Carchemish, Southeastern Turkey. Neo-Hittite period, 7th century BCE. (The British...

This baked clay model depicts a man on a horseback. There is an inscribed stamp on the rider's arm. From railway tomb 1 near Carchemish, Southeastern Turkey. Neo-Hittite period, 8th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

This clay tablet is inscribed in a cuneiform script. It is an account of the Egyptian campaigns of Ashurbanipal II, king of Assyria (reigned 668-627 BCE) and his reception of an embassy from Gyges, the first king of Lydia. From the library...

This is a painted pottery bird-shaped vessel. The bird's feathers are indicated by the brown pigment. The orifice of the vessel lies below the tail. From Phrygia, Central Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Phrygian, 8th to 7th century BCE. (The...

Only this part of a reddish painted pottery has survived. This is a goose's (or duck's) head. From Samsun, Black Sea Region, in modern-day Turkey. Phrygian, 5th to 4th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

This bronze figurine depicts a nude man wearing a pointed hat. From Phrygia or Lycia, Central or Western Turkey. 8th to 6th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

This male trumpeter wears a pointed hat and a short kilt. From Phrygia or Lycia, Central or Western Turkey. 8th to 6th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

A medieval manuscript illustration depicting the work on an agricultural estate during the month of February. From 'Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry', c. 1412-1440 CE. (Condé Museum, Château de Chantilly, Oise, France)

Boothby Pagnell Manor House, Lincolnshire, U.K. Built c. 1200 CE.

This bronze spout was shaped like a bull's head. The horns are curved and there is an ornamented forelock. From Urmia, north-western Iran. Urartian, 8th to 7th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).