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The Sun God tablet from the Temple of Shamash at Sippar, Southern Mesopotamia modern-day Iraq, Middle Babylonian Period, 860-850 BCE. The upper part of the tablet has a carved panel. Nabu-nadin-shum (a priest) and the goddess Aa lead...

This document contains an agreement between one group of lector-priests of the necropolis of To-ankh at Asyut, and another group, defining which persons were to be employed in the ceremonies of mummification, and what materials were to be...

This is a receipt for the "Tax of the Overseer of the Necropolis". Ancient Egyptian cemeteries possessed their own administration, the cost of which were defrayed by the payment of specific taxes. Most of the evidence for these were preserved...

This is a pinewood mummy label of Tasherithorsiese. She was the daughter of Pa-Akhem-Hor and Tasheritpashy. There are four lines of a demotic script; the other side (not shown) contains 3 lines of Greek inscription. Roman Period, 2nd century...

This is a model of a "soul house". The building has four arched doorways. Redware. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, 1985-1795 BCE. From Egypt, precise provenance of excavation is unknown. (The British Museum, London).

This painted wooden model depicts a woman straining mash. There are eleven jars of beer in front of her. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2345-2181 BCE. From tomb 45 at Asyut, modern-day Egypt. (The British Museum, London).

This painted wooden statuette depicts a man wearing a kilt and holding what appears to be a hoe or a mattock. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2345-2181 BCE. From tomb 45 at Asyut, modern-day Egypt. (The British Museum, London).

Model of peasants ploughing from Egypt. 11th or 12th Dynasty, c. 2025-1850 BCE. The British Museum, London.

A map of the principal remains of the archaeological site at Dvin, Armenia. Dvin was the capital of Armenia from the 4th to 8th century CE.

A column capital from the cathedral of Saint Gregory at the former medieval capital of Dvin in Armenia. 4th century CE.