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A bronze model of a sheep's liver which was used to train Etruscan priests so that they could divine meaning from the livers of sacrificed animals. The liver is divided into 40 sections with 24 gods named in the inscriptions. From Piacenza...

Gypsum wall panel relief showing Ashurnasirpal II in his chariot attacking the archers of the enemy. Above his horses is the emblem of the god Assur (also shooting arrows). 865-860 BCE.

This plaque, sculpted in low relief and featuring a hole in its center, is characteristic of the period of the archaic Sumerian dynasties, from the 3rd millennium BC. The hole was probably used to attach the plaque to a wall by means of a...

The lid of an Etruscan funerary urn portraying the occupant. Painted terracotta Chiusi, 150-120 BCE. (Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany)

A stone cinerary urn which was hollow to receive the ashes of the deceased. The head acts as a stopper. Etruscan, Chiusi, 500-400 BCE. Height: 1.37 m. (British Museum, London)

A bronze votive statuette of a youth. Etruscan, Chiusi, 530-480 BCE. Height: 27.4 cms. (British Museum, London)

Gold earrings from the Etruscan city of Populonia in north-west Italy. 350-300 BCE. (British Museum, London)

The Tomb of the Chariots at the Etruscan site of Populonia, north-west Italy. The side chambers of the tomb contained a chariot and two-wheeled carriage. Mid-7th to early 6th century BCE.

Old Babylonian clay tablet "Atrahasis III."

Ruins of the Temple of Enlil at Nippur.