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These clay tokens represent the first form of counting, before the invention of writing. They date back to the Neolithic period, 8000-7000 BCE and were found in Tapa Raza, south-east of modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya...

This pottery jar has spindle-shaped Kassite-style contours and was found within the Kassite layers at the city of Ur. Kassite period, 1531-1155 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This terracotta figurine represents a cow and dates back to the Ubaid period, 4th millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This is a fragment of a pottery thurible (censer for burning incense) which was found at Tell Basmosian (modern Lake Dukan, Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq). 2nd millennium BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

These bended pottery cones were probably used for votive purposes. Ubaid period, 4th millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This rotating device of a potter's wheel was made of stone and dates back to the Old Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This foundation cone records the building of one of Nanna's temples at Ur. Neo-Sumerian period, Ur III, reign of Ur-Nammu, 2047-2030 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This necklace was found inside a grave that dates back to the old Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This large pottery basin was decorated with a human face and dates back to the Akkadian period, 2350-2156 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This dish was found at the city of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu, Biblical Calah), modern Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian era, 934-612 BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).