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Bone engraved with symbols - PALEOLITHIC Anonymous (1500000 BCE - 8000 BCE)
Azilian pebbles - PALEOLITHIC Anonymous (1500000 BCE - 8000 BCE)
Amber Amulets. - GERMANIC Anonymous (c. 375 - c. 750)
Rock inscribed with Sun; a Boat and Animals. - MEGALITHIC Anonymous
Rock inscribed with Sun; a Boat and Animals. Detail. - MEGALITHIC Anonymous
Decorated amber. - NEOLITHIC Anonymous (6000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE)
Vase with inscription: Matan an Offering to my Lady Elat. - NEOLITHIC Anonymous (6000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE)
Petroglyph. - PALEO-INDIAN Anonymous
Petrograph with 43 figures. Replica. - PALEO-INDIAN Anonymous
Cylinder Seal with Bull and Script. . - HARAPPAN Anonymous (c. 3000 BCE - c. 1800 BCE)
Oracle bones. Qi wen: scapulimancy. - SHANG Anonymous (1527 BCE - 1027 BCE)
Oracle bones. Qi wen: scapulimancy. - SHANG Anonymous (1527 BCE - 1027 BCE)
Oracle bone. - SHANG Anonymous (1527 BCE - 1027 BCE)
Oracle Bones: 'Qi Wan' scapulamancy. - SHANG Anonymous (1527 BCE - 1027 BCE)
Zhangyue Maio Temple.Stele: original and copy. - ZHOU Anonymous (1028 BCE - 481 BCE)
Pictograph stele. - ZHOU Anonymous (1028 BCE - 481 BCE)
Round Seals from Uruk and Modern Impressions. - SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Tablet with inscriptions & geometric shape. - SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Tablet & envelope. - SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Cuneiform tablets. - SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Map of the World. - NEO-BABYLONIAN Anonymous (625 BCE-539 BCE)
Planisphere. - NEO-ASSYRIAN Anonymous (c. 1000 BCE - 609 BC)
Cyrus Cylinder. - ACHAEMENID Anonymous (559 BCE - 331 BCE)
Copy of Inscription of Xerxes at Mt. Alvand near Hiamadan. - Sir Henry Creswicke RAWLINSON
Memorial to Aelfleda, Abbess of Whitby. - ANGLO-SAXON Anonymous (455 - 1066)
Seated Gudea. Detail of inscription. - NEO-SUMERIAN Anonymous (2150 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Gudea of Lagash dedicated to God Ningishzeda. - SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Tablet of Ur-Nammu (Temple of Innana at Uruk) and Tablet of Shulgi (Temple of Di - SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Tablet with school text. - NEO-SUMERIAN Anonymous (2150 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Cuneiform tablets. - NEO-SUMERIAN Anonymous (2150 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Cuneiform tablets. - NEO-SUMERIAN Anonymous (2150 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Akkadian cylinder seal. - AKKADIAN Anonymous (2334 BCE - 2157 BCE)
Seal. Hero protects flocks. - SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
The Atrahasis Epic. - OLD BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Multiplication tables board in setagesimal system (60s). - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Relief for priests to learn augury from livers. - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Letter from Mitanni to Amenhotep III negotiating marriage. - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Foundation record of achievements of King Tiglath-pilser I. - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Boundary stone. - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Stele of Hammurabi. - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Trading letters. - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Poem of Baal cycle. - PHOENICIAN Anonymous (active c. 1500 BCE - 64 BCE)
Orthostate with Inscription of Prince Kilamuwa. - HITTITE Anonymous (active c. 2000 BCE - 1200 BCE)
Merchant letter & envelope. - ASSYRIAN Anonymous (1600 BCE - 612 BCE)
Cuneiform letter & an envelope. - ASSYRIAN EARLY COLONY PERIOD Anonymous (1920 BCE-1740 BCE)
Cuneiform tablet with envelope. - ASSYRIAN Anonymous (1600 BCE - 612 BCE)
Soldier's pulling a boat.Palace of Sargon II. - NEO-ASSYRIAN Anonymous (c. 1000 BCE - 609 BC)
Annals of Sennacherib. - ASSYRIAN Anonymous (1600 BCE - 612 BCE)
King Ashurnasirpal II & Deity-guardian. Detail: Cuneiform inscription. Palace of - NEO-ASSYRIAN Anonymous (c. 1000 BCE - 609 BC)
The Flood Tablet (11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh). - NEO-ASSYRIAN Anonymous (c. 1000 BCE - 609 BC)
Ishtar gate. Inscription. - NEO-BABYLONIAN Anonymous (625 BCE - 539 BCE)
Tabulation for a water-clock. - NEO-BABYLONIAN Anonymous (625 BCE - 539 BCE)
Tablet of Shamash. - NEO-BABYLONIAN Anonymous (625 BCE - 539 BCE)
Marker of King Kudurru of Nazumaruttash. - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Boundary stone. - BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Clay Tablets. - CYPRO-MINOAN Anonymous
Phaistos Disk. - MINOAN Anonymous (2800 BCE - 1100 BCE)
Phaistos Disk. - MINOAN Anonymous (2800 BCE - 1100 BCE)
Phaistos Disk. - MINOAN Anonymous (2800 BCE - 1100 BCE)
Petroglyphs; Atlatl; and Arrows with Clovis Points. Replicas. - PALEO-INDIAN Anonymous
Royal Scribe Hesire from Tomb of Hesire. - EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2755 BCE - 2255 BCE )
Seated Scribe (before restoration). - EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2755 BCE - 2255 BCE )
Tomb of Sesostris. Lintel with hieroglyphics. - EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2124 BCE - 1786 BCE )
Tomb of Scribe Ounsou. Shipping grain. - EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Hieroglyphics with a duck. - EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2124 BCE - 1786 BCE )
Amarna Letters. - EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Papyrus Plant. - John R. POSS
Tomb of Seti I (1294-1279 BCE).Litany of the eyes of Horus. - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Book of the Dead.Heart of the deceased being weighed against the feather of trut - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Funerary Papyrus of King's Scribe Hunefer. - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Funerary Papyrus of King's Scribe Hunefer. - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Papyrus roll with painting of deceased making offering. - EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Padiamenet. Baker of Amun. - EGYPTIAN LATE PERIOD Anonymous (c. 750 BCE-332 BCE)
Book of Dead with Osiris & Pillar & Horus & Isis. - EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
Amduat of Amenophis, Priest of Amun. Detail. - EGYPTIAN XXI DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1075 BCE-950 BCE)
Amduat of Amenophis, Priest of Amun. Detail: Deceased before Osiris. - EGYPTIAN XXI DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1075 BCE-950 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Amonemwidja, Custodian of the Temple of Amun. Detail. - EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Amonemwidja, Custodian of the Temple of Amun. Detail. - EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Amonemwidja, Custodian of the Temple of Amun. Detail. - EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Amonemwidja, Custodian of the Temple of Amun. Detail. - EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Neferini. Detail: Weighing the heart before Osiris. - EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Sesech, Custodian of the Property of Mut. Detail: Osiris. - EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Sesech, Custodian of the Property of Mut. Detail. - EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Pharaoh Osorkon I with Phoenician inscription of Eliba'al king of Byblos. - EGYPTO-PHOENICIAN Anonymous
Jean-Francois Champollion (1790-1832). - Bonabes DE ROUGE
Table of Phonetic Signs. - Jean François CHAMPOLLION
Rosetta Stone. - EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
Rosetta Stone. - EGYPTIAN LATE PERIOD Anonymous (c. 750 BCE-332 BCE)
Rosetta stone. Detail: Greek text. - EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
Egyptian alphabet & phonetic equivalents. - EGYPTIAN Anonymous
Specimen: Interpretatio Hieroglyphica. Paradigma Lectionis Hieroglyphica. - Athanasius KIRCHER
Papyrus of a Physician. - COPTIC Anonymous (c. 100 - 800)
Table of Eclipses. - ACHAEMENID Anonymous (559 BCE - 331 BCE)
Astronomical Diary 331-330. - ACHAEMENID Anonymous (559 BCE - 331 BCE)
Incantation bowl. - SASANIAN Anonymous (224 - 651)
Bowl with Aramaic Inscription Surrounding a Demon. - SASANIAN Anonymous (224 - 651)
Seated Male Figure. Scribe? - GREEK ARCHAIC Anonymous
Seated Scribes. - GREEK ARCHAIC Anonymous
Greek poet. Roman copy. - GREEK CLASSICAL Anonymous (480 BCE - 323 BCE)
St. Jerome. Detail: Hand. - Jusepe de RIBERA (aka Lo Spagnoletto 1591 - 1652)
Death of Socrates. Detail: Scroll. - Jacques Louis DAVID (1748 - 1825)
Greek Tragedians: Aeschylus; Sophocles & Euripides. - Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES (1780 - 1867)
Virgil Writing his Own Epitaph at Brundisium. - Angelica KAUFFMANN (1741-1807)
Portrait of a young woman. - POMPEIAN FOURTH STYLE Anonymous (63 - 79)
Funerary slab inscribed: 'Looking on this Fleshless Corpse Can you say Passer-by - GREEK Anonymous
Greek inscription of Emperor Claudius on the opening of the Dionysian Theater at - JULIO-CLAUDIAN Anonymous (14-68)
Stele with youth; boy and herm. - THRACIAN Anonymous
Funerary Stele of Valerius Valens with Roman Wolf. - ROMAN PROVINCIAL Anonymous (active c. 300 BCE - 500 CE)
Aule Metullus (The Orator). Detail of feet and inscription. - ETRUSCAN Anonymous
Tabula Cortonensis. - ETRUSCAN Anonymous
Stele of teacher-slave Hermes shown with pupils. - ROMAN Anonymous
Greek translation of letter from Hadrian to the Macedonian common assembly. - HADRIANIC Anonymous (117-138)
Physician & Patient. - ROMAN PROVINCIAL Anonymous (active c. 300 BCE - 500 CE)
Writing Slate. - ROMANO-GERMAN Anonymous (active 1st - 4th c)
Woman with Scroll. - ROMAN PROVINCIAL Anonymous (active c. 300 BCE - 500 CE)
Sign for a brothel? - ROMAN PROVINCIAL Anonymous (active c. 300 BCE - 500 CE)
Stele. Ex voto leg & breasts for cure. - ROMAN PROVINCIAL Anonymous (active c. 300 BCE - 500 CE)
Water pipe with inscription. - ROMAN Anonymous
Jewish tombstones. - JUDEO-ROMAN Anonymous
Dead Sea Scrolls.Fragment from Enoch. - JUDAIC Anonymous
Jar for Dead Sea Scrolls. - JUDAIC Anonymous
Stele of Mesha King of Moab commemorating his victory over the Kings of Israel. - JUDAIC Anonymous
Synagogue. Geometrical designs with Greek inscription. - JUDAIC Anonymous
Offering table with Meroitic writing. - MEROITIC Anonymous (c. 300 BCE-c. 360 CE)
Tamil inscription. - CHOLA DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 600 - 1279)
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. - TANG Anonymous (618 - 909)
Golden plate from Sarira Casket. - UNIFIED SILLA Anonymous (668 - 935)
Woodcut with history scene and story set in movable type. . - AN-GUG GIN (active 15th c - )
Turtle shaped water dropper. - KORYO Anonymous (918 - 1392)
Temptation of Siddhartha by Mara & the Demons. Detail. - KAMAKURA Anonymous (1185 - 1392)
Temptation of Siddhartha by Mara & the Demons. Detail. - KAMAKURA Anonymous (1185 - 1392)
Book. Diamond Sutra. - TANG Anonymous (618 - 909)
On a mountain path in spring. - MA Yuan (c. 1190 - 1279)
Taoist scripture of Constant Purity and Tranquility. - ZHAO Menfu (aka Chao Menfu 1255-1323)
Buddhist Text Woodblock. - CHINESE Anonymous
Moveable Type. - CHINESE Anonymous
Portrait of Koogini a poetess. - HEIAN Anonymous (794 - 1185)
Dai-hannya Huramitta Sutra. - JAPANESE Anonymous
Search for the lost Ox. Ten Ox Herding Songs. #2 Seeing the footprints of the Ox - KAMAKURA Anonymous (1185 - 1392)
Search for the Lost Ox. Ten Ox Herding Songs. #10 Entering the city. (searching - KAMAKURA Anonymous (1185 - 1392)
Sinhala inscription. - SRI LANKAN Anonymous
Polonnaruwa. Gal Potha. Inscriptions praising the achievements of King Nissanka - POLONNARUWA Anonymous (11th c - 13th c)
Gadaladeniya. Local clan signs from rocks in courtyard. - GADALADENIYA Anonymous
Warrior & horse. - MONGOL Anonymous (1206 - Present)
Isaiah. - MORMON Anonymous
Moses. - MORMON Anonymous
Mormon writing the Book of Mormon. - MORMON Anonymous
David dictating psalms. - FRENCH ROMANESQUE Anonymous (1000-1150)
Sarcoph. Scribe writing. - EARLY CHRISTIAN Anonymous (2nd - 5th c)
Visigoth Relief to the God Manes. - VISIGOTHIC Anonymous (395 - 714)
Runic stone. - VIKING Anonymous (800 - 1200)
Rune Stone. Copy. - VIKING Anonymous (800 - 1200)
Coffin Lid Fragment. - VIKING Anonymous (800 - 1200)
Runestone inscribed: Unna erected the stone after her son Osten who died in his - VIKING Anonymous (800 - 1200)
Runestone inscribed: Died while Collecting Debts in Gotland. - VISATE
Romulus & Remus. - FRANKISH Anonymous (375 - 750)
Franks Casket. Three Magi and rune inscription. - ANGLO-SAXON Anonymous (455 - 1066)
Box. - SPANISH ROMANESQUE Anonymous (act. c. 1050 - 1250)
Arqueta de los Buenaventuranzas. Islamic Inscriptions. - SPANISH ROMANESQUE Anonymous
Astronomical Manuscript Tulfhut ail Shahah. - MAGUD AL SHIRAZI Muhammad bin
Ecclesiastical History of the English People. - HIBERNO-SAXON Anonymous (600 - 900)
Writing. Pens used for rotunda script; italic script; & double-line letters. - MEDIEVAL Anonymous (400-1500)
Writing. Ruled parchment. - MEDIEVAL Anonymous (400-1500)
Writing. Script types: Carolingian minuscule; versal letters; & gothic textura. - MEDIEVAL Anonymous (400-1500)
Writing. Ingredients for ink-making: soot; gum arabic; oak galls; burned cherry - MEDIEVAL Anonymous (400-1500)
Materials for illumination.Parchment pricker. - ENGLISH GOTHIC Anonymous (active c. 1220-1500)
Mounts from bible or prayerbook with stylus. - ANGLO-SAXON Anonymous (455 - 1066)
Gutenberg Bible. Print with Illuminations. - Johannes GUTENBERG (14th c - 1468)
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. - Francesco COLUMMA (active late 15th c - )
Astronomy book. Illuminated page. - CAROLINGIAN Anonymous (750 - 987)
Utrecht Psalter. Last Judgment (upper scene) & Angels of the Lord smiting the e - CAROLINGIAN Anonymous (750 - 987)
Gospel Book.Gospel According to St. Matthew. - CAROLINGIAN Anonymous (750-987)
Alcuin Bible. - CAROLINGIAN Anonymous (750 - 987)
Bible.Initial P with acanthus. - CAROLINGIAN Anonymous (750-987)
Vitruvius' Book X. Medieval Copy - CAROLINGIAN Anonymous (750 - 987)
Manuscript with Priests Rabbits and Fox. - BYZANTINE (BALKANS) Anonymous
St. Augustine and the Psalms. Angel [left] and scribe [right] - NORMAN ROMANESQUE Anonymous (c. 1050 - 1250)
Manuscript with Rabbits and Fox. Detail - BYZANTINE (BALKANS) Anonymous
Manuscript with Priests Rabbits and Fox. - BYZANTINE (BALKANS) Anonymous
Commentary on Apocalypse of Beatus of Liebana. - SPANISH ROMANESQUE Anonymous (act. c. 1050 - 1250)
Treatise on Astronomy. Measuring a Circle. Folio 33. - NORMAN ROMANESQUE Anonymous (c. 1050 - 1250)
Treatise on Astronomy. Taking a sighting. Folio 33 verso. - NORMAN ROMANESQUE Anonymous (c. 1050 - 1250)
Treatise on Astronomy. Measuring a Right Angle. Folio 33 verso. - NORMAN ROMANESQUE Anonymous (c. 1050 - 1250)
Amboblaster. Tract on the Epistles of St. Paul. - ENGLISH ROMANESQUE Anonymous
West portal. Tympanum. Angel with Book of Life.St. Foy. - FRENCH ROMANESQUE Anonymous (1000-1150)
Missel with Musical Notation. - SCANDINAVIAN ROMANESQUE Anonymous (active 11th - 13th c)
Page from a Judicial Manuscript. Man condemned to the stocks. - FRENCH GOTHIC Anonymous (active c. 1150 - c. 1500)
French medieval King. - FRENCH GOTHIC Anonymous (active c. 1150 - c. 1500)
Gospels with Cover. - SCANDINAVIAN GOTHIC Anonymous (active c. 1200 - 1500)
Gradual. Initial G: The Death of the Virgin. Detail: Monks & nuns at mass. - JACOBELLUS (act. 1270)
Gradual. Initial G: The Death of the Virgin. - JACOBELLUS (act. 1270)
Book of Ruth. - HAYYIM (active early 14th c - )
Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux.Betrayal of Christ and Annunciation. - Jean PUCELLE (active 1319 - 1343)
Bible Historiale. Judgment of Solomon. - MASTER OF JEAN DE MANDEVILLE
Heures de Solomon de Vrai. Arms of the Bedford Master. St. John on Patmos. - BEDFORD MASTER (active late 14th - early 15th)
Bible Historiale de Jean de Berry. Battle from the Trojan War. - FRENCH GOTHIC Anonymous (active c. 1150 - c. 1500)
Très Belles Heures de Nostre Dame. Virgin with John the Evangelist. - FRENCH GOTHIC Anonymous (active c. 1150 - c. 1500)
Canterbury Tales. - BRITISH Anonymous
Old Testament. - Jacob Jacobson van les MEEN
Young Man Holding a Book. Detail of heart-shaped book. - MASTER OF THE VIEW OF ST. GUDILE (active c. 1480 - )
Insularium Illustratum.Map of the Mediterranean. - Henricus MARTELLUS
Garden of Health. - Johann von CUBE
Liber Chronicarum (Nuremburg Chronicle). Text with the Universe. Copy. - Hartmann SCHEDEL (1440-1514)
Gospels with Seated Evangelist. - LATE BYZANTINE Anonymous (c. 1204-1453)
Gospels of Humor with Stephen cel Mare. - MOLDAVIAN Anonymous
Gospel Book. - WALLACHIAN Anonymous
Hebrew manuscript. - JUDEO-GERMAN Anonymous
Mahzor Lepsiae. Reproduction. - JUDAIC Anonymous
Synagogue. Detail: Stucco frieze with Hebrew script. - SEPHARDIC Anonymous
Tombstone with Hebrew inscription. - JUDEO-FRENCH Anonymous
Old Jewish Cemetery. Detail: Tombstone with two hands. - JUDEO-CZECH Anonymous
Barcelona Haggadah. - JUDEO-SPANISH Anonymous
Writing Case. - ISLAMIC Anonymous
Writing Box with Images of the Planets. - MAMLUK Anonymous (1250 - 1517)
Islamic lions & Fleur de lis & Islamic inscription. - AYYUBID Anonymous (1175 - 1254)
Mosque of Ibn Tulun. Kufic inscription. - TULUNID Anonymous (868 - 905)
Mihrab. - IL-KHANID DYNASTY Anonymous (act. c. 1206-1353)
Mihrab from Mosque of Bey Hakimin. - SELJUK Anonymous (act. c. 1038 - 1307)
Inscription from mihrab. - TIMURID Anonymous (1370 - 1507)
Six Types of Arabic Calligraphy. - OTTOMAN Anonymous (1516 - 1918)
Qur'an leaf with Kufic script. - ISLAMIC Anonymous
Indigo Sheet with Arabic Calligraphy from India. - OTTOMAN Anonymous (1516 - 1918)
Qura'an of Hadgna. - Ali Ibn ABMAD AL-WARRAQ
Qura'an of Um Malal. - ABBASID Anonymous (749 - 1258)
Qur'an leaf with Maghribi script. - MOORISH Anonymous (756 - 1492)
Qura'an. - ABBASID Anonymous (749 - 1258)
Dish. - SAMANID Anonymous (864 - 999)
Bowl with Epigraphic Decoration. - MAMLUK Anonymous (1250 - 1517)
Animals & their uses. - SELJUK Anonymous (act. c. 1038 - 1307)
De Materia Medica of Dioscorides.Preparation of medicines from flowers & consult - BYZANTINE/ISLAMIC Anonymous
De Materia Medica of Dioscorides.Gathering clay on Lemnos. - Byzantine/Islamic Anonymous
Arabic Book of Simple Drugs from Dioscorides' Materia Medica. Cumin & dill. - ISLAMIC Anonymous
Ajaib-al-Makhlurkat: Four angels carrying celestial throne. - SELJUK Anonymous (act. c. 1038 - 1307)
Ajaib-al-Makhlurkat: Constellations & centaur. - SELJUK Anonymous (act. c. 1038 - 1307)
Shahnama of Firdawsi. Garshasp Slays the Rhino Wolf. - IL-KHANID DYNASTY Anonymous (act. c. 1206-1353)
Mathematical manuscript. - ABBASID Anonymous (749 - 1258)
Translation into Occhitane of the work by the Spanish physician Albulcasis. - ABULCASIS
Page from Qura'an. - Kirmi ANDDOLU
Caesar Gives his Daughter Kayayun to Gustasp. - IL-KHANID DYNASTY Anonymous (act. c. 1206-1353)
Shahnama of Firdawsi. Zal is Restored to his Father and Samby the Simurgu. - IL-KHANID DYNASTY Anonymous (act. c. 1206-1353)
Nomad encampment manuscript of dewan (poems). - Ahmed JALAYERAD
Firdausi Visits the Author to Inspire him. Adventures of Aloi ibn Abi Talib. - Muhammad ibn HASSAM (d. 1470)
Quran (Koran) . - OTTOMAN Anonymous (1516 - 1918)
Writing chest. - MOORISH Anonymous (756 - 1492)
Emblem glyph of war on the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent. - OLMECA XICALANCA Anonymous
Palenque. Tablet of the Inscriptions in the vestibule of the Pyramid of the Insc - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Stele with number glyphs. - ZAPOTEC Anonymous (active Pre Classic through Classic c. 500 BCE - 1000 CE)
Lintel. Detail.Bonampak. Chiapas. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Yaxchilan. Lintel 35.List of Nine generations of rulers at Yaxchilan. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Copan. Stele M and hieroglyphic stairway. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Bowl with hieroglyph. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Altar 5. Two priests.Tikal. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Stela 22. Conqueror with a Prisoner. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Yaxchilan. Structure 21.Lintel 15. Ruler & noble prisoner. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Stele. Kneeling figure. Writer. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Part of the Venus pages.Dresden Codex. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex Tro-Cortes. Detail with glyphs and black god. Facsimile. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex Tro-Cortes. Detail with glyphs and gods. Facsimile. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex Tro-Cortes. Detail with glyphs. Facsimile. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex Tro-Cortes. Detail with glyphs animals and gods. Facsimile. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex Tro-Cortes. Detail with glyphs. Facsimile. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex Tro-Cortes. Detail with glyphs and serpents. Facsimile. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex Tro-Cortes. Detail with glyphs and gods. Facsimile. - MAYA Anonymous ( c. 200 - 1520)
Codex Zouche-Nuttall.Open codex. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Wedding. Detail.Codex Zouche-Nuttall. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Codex Nuttall. Conquest of the Stone People. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Conquest of stone people.Codex Zouche-Nuttall. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Wedding.Codex Zouche-Nuttall. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Codex Zouche-Nuttall.Page with gods, warriors and a temple. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Codex Zouche-Nuttall.Page with gods, warriors and a temple. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Codex Zouche-Nuttall.Page with gods, warriors and prisoners. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Codex Zouche-Nuttall.Gods pouring water on a couple. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Codex Becker I. Ruler making offering to a God seated on a Pyramid. - MIXTEC Anonymous (active Late Post Classic c. 1200 - 1520)
Winter Count pictograph of Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanka 1834-1889) - SIOUX Anonymous
Robe with pictograph war record. - PLAINS INDIAN Anonymous (active c. 1700 - Present)
Robe with pictograph war record. Detail of battle scene. - PLAINS INDIAN Anonymous (active c. 1700 - Present)
Robe with pictograph war record. Detail of warriors and taking a woman prisoner. - PLAINS INDIAN Anonymous (active c. 1700 - Present)
7th century Quran (Koran) written in Kufic script. - ISLAMIC Anonymous
Quran (Koran) n of Osman. Facsimile. - ISLAMIC Anonymous
Metjetji and his Children. Detail: Hieroglyphics. - EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2755 BCE - 2255 BCE )
Scribe statue of Amunhotep (son of Nebiry). - EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Scribe statue of Amunhotep (son of Nebiry). Detail: Scroll. - EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Scribe's exercise board with hieratic text. - EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Writing Box in Maki-e. - MOMOYAMA Anonymous (1573 - 1615)
Writing Box in Maki-e.
Book of the Dead. - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Book of the Dead of the Scribe Nebqed. - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Nebqed. Detail. - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Nebqed. Detail. - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Oracle bone. - ANYANG (SHANG) Anonymous
Oracle bones. - ANYANG (SHANG) Anonymous
PALEOLITHIC Anonymous (1500000 BCE - 8000 BCE)
Bone engraved with symbols
PALEOLITHIC Anonymous (1500000 BCE - 8000 BCE)
Azilian pebbles
GERMANIC Anonymous (c. 375 - c. 750)
Amber Amulets.
MEGALITHIC Anonymous
Rock inscribed with Sun; a Boat and Animals.
MEGALITHIC Anonymous
Rock inscribed with Sun; a Boat and Animals. Detail.
NEOLITHIC Anonymous (6000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE)
Decorated amber.
NEOLITHIC Anonymous (6000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE)
Vase with inscription: Matan an Offering to my Lady Elat.
PALEO-INDIAN Anonymous
Petroglyph.
PALEO-INDIAN Anonymous
Petrograph with 43 figures. Replica.
HARAPPAN Anonymous (c. 3000 BCE - c. 1800 BCE)
Cylinder Seal with Bull and Script. .
SHANG Anonymous (1527 BCE - 1027 BCE)
Oracle bones. Qi wen: scapulimancy.
SHANG Anonymous (1527 BCE - 1027 BCE)
Oracle bones. Qi wen: scapulimancy.
SHANG Anonymous (1527 BCE - 1027 BCE)
Oracle bone.
SHANG Anonymous (1527 BCE - 1027 BCE)
Oracle Bones: 'Qi Wan' scapulamancy.
ZHOU Anonymous (1028 BCE - 481 BCE)
Zhangyue Maio Temple.Stele: original and copy.
ZHOU Anonymous (1028 BCE - 481 BCE)
Pictograph stele.
SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Round Seals from Uruk and Modern Impressions.
SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Tablet with inscriptions & geometric shape.
SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Tablet & envelope.
SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Cuneiform tablets.
NEO-BABYLONIAN Anonymous (625 BCE-539 BCE)
Map of the World.
NEO-ASSYRIAN Anonymous (c. 1000 BCE - 609 BC)
Planisphere.
ACHAEMENID Anonymous (559 BCE - 331 BCE)
Cyrus Cylinder.
Sir Henry Creswicke RAWLINSON
Copy of Inscription of Xerxes at Mt. Alvand near Hiamadan.
ANGLO-SAXON Anonymous (455 - 1066)
Memorial to Aelfleda, Abbess of Whitby.
NEO-SUMERIAN Anonymous (2150 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Seated Gudea. Detail of inscription.
SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Gudea of Lagash dedicated to God Ningishzeda.
SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Tablet of Ur-Nammu (Temple of Innana at Uruk) and Tablet of Shulgi (Temple of Di
NEO-SUMERIAN Anonymous (2150 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Tablet with school text.
NEO-SUMERIAN Anonymous (2150 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Cuneiform tablets.
NEO-SUMERIAN Anonymous (2150 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Cuneiform tablets.
AKKADIAN Anonymous (2334 BCE - 2157 BCE)
Akkadian cylinder seal.
SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
Seal. Hero protects flocks.
OLD BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
The Atrahasis Epic.
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Multiplication tables board in setagesimal system (60s).
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Relief for priests to learn augury from livers.
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Letter from Mitanni to Amenhotep III negotiating marriage.
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Foundation record of achievements of King Tiglath-pilser I.
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Boundary stone.
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Stele of Hammurabi.
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Trading letters.
PHOENICIAN Anonymous (active c. 1500 BCE - 64 BCE)
Poem of Baal cycle.
HITTITE Anonymous (active c. 2000 BCE - 1200 BCE)
Orthostate with Inscription of Prince Kilamuwa.
ASSYRIAN Anonymous (1600 BCE - 612 BCE)
Merchant letter & envelope.
ASSYRIAN EARLY COLONY PERIOD Anonymous (1920 BCE-1740 BCE)
Cuneiform letter & an envelope.
ASSYRIAN Anonymous (1600 BCE - 612 BCE)
Cuneiform tablet with envelope.
NEO-ASSYRIAN Anonymous (c. 1000 BCE - 609 BC)
Soldier's pulling a boat.Palace of Sargon II.
ASSYRIAN Anonymous (1600 BCE - 612 BCE)
Annals of Sennacherib.
NEO-ASSYRIAN Anonymous (c. 1000 BCE - 609 BC)
King Ashurnasirpal II & Deity-guardian. Detail: Cuneiform inscription. Palace of
NEO-ASSYRIAN Anonymous (c. 1000 BCE - 609 BC)
The Flood Tablet (11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh).
NEO-BABYLONIAN Anonymous (625 BCE - 539 BCE)
Ishtar gate. Inscription.
NEO-BABYLONIAN Anonymous (625 BCE - 539 BCE)
Tabulation for a water-clock.
NEO-BABYLONIAN Anonymous (625 BCE - 539 BCE)
Tablet of Shamash.
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Marker of King Kudurru of Nazumaruttash.
BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE)
Boundary stone.
CYPRO-MINOAN Anonymous
Clay Tablets.
MINOAN Anonymous (2800 BCE - 1100 BCE)
Phaistos Disk.
MINOAN Anonymous (2800 BCE - 1100 BCE)
Phaistos Disk.
MINOAN Anonymous (2800 BCE - 1100 BCE)
Phaistos Disk.
PALEO-INDIAN Anonymous
Petroglyphs; Atlatl; and Arrows with Clovis Points. Replicas.
EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2755 BCE - 2255 BCE )
Royal Scribe Hesire from Tomb of Hesire.
EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2755 BCE - 2255 BCE )
Seated Scribe (before restoration).
EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2124 BCE - 1786 BCE )
Tomb of Sesostris. Lintel with hieroglyphics.
EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Tomb of Scribe Ounsou. Shipping grain.
EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2124 BCE - 1786 BCE )
Hieroglyphics with a duck.
EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Amarna Letters.
John R. POSS
Papyrus Plant.
EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Tomb of Seti I (1294-1279 BCE).Litany of the eyes of Horus.
EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Book of the Dead.Heart of the deceased being weighed against the feather of trut
EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Funerary Papyrus of King's Scribe Hunefer.
EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1070 BCE)
Funerary Papyrus of King's Scribe Hunefer.
EGYPTIAN XVIII DYNASTY Anonymous (c.1570 BCE - 1293 BCE)
Papyrus roll with painting of deceased making offering.
EGYPTIAN LATE PERIOD Anonymous (c. 750 BCE-332 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Padiamenet. Baker of Amun.
EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
Book of Dead with Osiris & Pillar & Horus & Isis.
EGYPTIAN XXI DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1075 BCE-950 BCE)
Amduat of Amenophis, Priest of Amun. Detail.
EGYPTIAN XXI DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1075 BCE-950 BCE)
Amduat of Amenophis, Priest of Amun. Detail: Deceased before Osiris.
EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Amonemwidja, Custodian of the Temple of Amun. Detail.
EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Amonemwidja, Custodian of the Temple of Amun. Detail.
EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Amonemwidja, Custodian of the Temple of Amun. Detail.
EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Amonemwidja, Custodian of the Temple of Amun. Detail.
EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Neferini. Detail: Weighing the heart before Osiris.
EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Sesech, Custodian of the Property of Mut. Detail: Osiris.
EGYPTIAN XX DYNASTY Anonymous (c. 1190 BCE-1075 BCE)
Book of the Dead of Sesech, Custodian of the Property of Mut. Detail.
EGYPTO-PHOENICIAN Anonymous
Pharaoh Osorkon I with Phoenician inscription of Eliba'al king of Byblos.
Bonabes DE ROUGE
Jean-Francois Champollion (1790-1832).
Jean François CHAMPOLLION
Table of Phonetic Signs.
EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
Rosetta Stone.
EGYPTIAN LATE PERIOD Anonymous (c. 750 BCE-332 BCE)
Rosetta Stone.
EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC Anonymous (323 BCE - 30 BCE)
Rosetta stone. Detail: Greek text.
EGYPTIAN Anonymous
Egyptian alphabet & phonetic equivalents.
Athanasius KIRCHER
Specimen: Interpretatio Hieroglyphica. Paradigma Lectionis Hieroglyphica.
COPTIC Anonymous (c. 100 - 800)
Papyrus of a Physician.
ACHAEMENID Anonymous (559 BCE - 331 BCE)
Table of Eclipses.
ACHAEMENID Anonymous (559 BCE - 331 BCE)
Astronomical Diary 331-330.
SASANIAN Anonymous (224 - 651)
Incantation bowl.
SASANIAN Anonymous (224 - 651)
Bowl with Aramaic Inscription Surrounding a Demon.
GREEK ARCHAIC Anonymous
Seated Male Figure. Scribe?
GREEK ARCHAIC Anonymous
Seated Scribes.
GREEK CLASSICAL Anonymous (480 BCE - 323 BCE)
Greek poet. Roman copy.
Jusepe de RIBERA (aka Lo Spagnoletto 1591 - 1652)
St. Jerome. Detail: Hand.
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