Photography: Alexis Vasilikos photographs opulent houses left behind by the Greek crisis
2014
Knife (Kukri) with Sheath
1801
Panel from an Ivory Casket with Scenes of the Story of Joshua
900
Reliquary Casket with the Deesis, Archangels, and the Twelve Apostles
950
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal, for cuneiform tablets 1983.135.4a, b: private letter
-2000
Medallion with the Virgin from an Icon Frame
1100
Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion
900
Double-Sided Pendant Icon with the Virgin and Christ Pantokrator
1095
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal in Anatolian style
-2000
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin
1095
Medallion with Christ from an Icon Frame
1100
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
1300
Solidus of Justinian II (685-95)
692
Bracelet with Grapevine Pattern
575
Bracelet with Grapevine Pattern
575
Gold Solidus of Valentinian I (364–75)
364
Casket with Warriors and Mythological Figures
900
Cuneiform tablet with a small second tablet: private letter
-2000
Gold Solidus of Constans II (641–68)
654
Histamenon of Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-55)
1042
Medallion with Saint Matthew from an Icon Frame
1100
Cross Fragment with Saint John the Theologian
1000
Medallion with Saint Paul from an Icon Frame
1100
Medallion with Saint Luke from an Icon Frame
1100
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.5a: record of a lawsuit
-2000
Plate with David Anointed by Samuel
629
Panels from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve
900
Hanging Lamp with a Hand Holding a Cross
500
Censer with Six Holy Figures
582
Medallion with Saint Peter from an Icon Frame
1100
Medallion with Saint John the Evangelist from an Icon Frame
1100
Medallion with Saint John the Baptist from an Icon Frame
1100
Wing of an Ivory Triptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ
970
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with five cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.21b: court deposition
-2000
Panel of a Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian
521
Temple Pendant and Stick
1080
Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame
1100
Plate with David's Confrontation with Eliab
629
Casket with Warriors and Dancers
1000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals: loan of silver
-2000
Plate with David Slaying a Lion
629
Plate with the Presentation of David to Saul
629
Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath
629
Panel from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve
900
Icon with the Crucifixion
925
Right Wing of a Triptych with Saints Nicholas and Theodore
1000
Plaque with Scenes from the Story of Joshua
900
Panel of a Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian
521
Icon with the Virgin and Child
950
Plate with the Arming of David
629
Necklace with Pendant Crosses
500
Histamenon of Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-55)
1042
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Icon with the Koimesis
950
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.15a: quittance
-2000
Icon with Saint Demetrios
950
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a: loan of silver
-2000
Two-Sided Pendant with the Archangel Michael and Daniel in the Lion’s Den
1200
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.19a: legal decision by appointed judges
-2000
Textile Fragment with Double-Headed Eagles
1000
Jeweled Bracelet (one of pair)
500
Jeweled Bracelet (one of pair)
500
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin
1100
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin
1100
Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua
900
Panel from a Choros (lighting frame)
1100
Histamenon of Romanos III Argyros
1028
Gold Solidus of Theodosius II (408–50)
408
Gold Solidus of Theodosius I (379–95)
379
Panel from a Choros (lighting frame)
1100
Painted Copy of Deesis Mosaic
1250
Gold Solidus of Valens (364–78)
364
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin
1095
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin
1095
Gold Solidus of Valentinian I (364–75)
364
Solidus of Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, and Heraclonas
638
Gold Solidus of Julian (361–63)
361
Solidus of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine
629
Gold Solidus of Julian (361–63)
361
Gold Solidus of Justinian I (527–65)
538
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 1983.135.5a: court deposition
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: loan of silver
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: legal decision by appointed judges
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: record of a lawsuit
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: loan of silver
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: caravan account
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: quittance for a loan in copper
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: quittance for a loan in silver
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: commercial note
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: quittance
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter fragment
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: court deposition
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter concerning consignment of textiles
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: statement before witnesses
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: commercial note concerning caravan expenses
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.246.18a: quittance for a loan in copper
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.14a: loan of silver
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: court deposition
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal, for cuneiform tablet 1983.135.6a: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter fragment
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for tablet 66.245.20a: statement before witnesses
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Anatolian and Old Assyrian style, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.16a: quittance for a loan in silver
-2000
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke
800
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
Plaque with Two Saints
500
Gold and Niello Bracelet
400
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Wine Strainer
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
The Attarouthi Treasure
500
Yellow-Green Hexagonal Glass Bottle with a Stylite Saint
450
Ivory Pyx with the Triumph of Dionysos in India
540
The Attarouthi Treasure - Silver Dove
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
500
Stamp seal (ovoid) with cultic scene
-800
Standing Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand
400
Censer Frame with Inhabited Vine Scroll
500
Stamp seal (scaraboid) with monster and divine symbols
-700
Standing Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand
400
Hanging Lamp in the Form of a Sandaled Right Foot
400
Stamp seal (grooved circular base with loop handle) with cultic scene
-700
Hanging Lamp in the Form of a Sandaled Right Foot
400
Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man combatting lion; nude hero combatting water buffalo; inscription
-2250
Panel with striding lion
-604
Panel with striding lion
-604
Cuneiform tablet: promissory oath, Egibi archive
-552
Cuneiform tablet: statement of liabilities, Egibi archive
-545
Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal: docket
-1745
Cylinder seal with cultic scene
-750
Cuneiform tablet: student exercise tablet
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: account of barley disbursements to prebendaries, Ebabbar archive
-550
Cuneiform tablet: certification of presence of interested party, Egibi archive
-525
Eye inlay for a statue
-2600
Cuneiform tablet: receipt for silver, Egibi archive
-547
Cuneiform tablet: account of delivery of animals for offering, Ebabbar archive
-600
Inlay: woman wearing a cylinder seal, playing a flute
-2600
Cuneiform tablet: agreement regarding disposition of slaves, Egibi archive
-540
Foundation cone with cuneiform inscription of Enmetena of Lagash
-2500
Cuneiform tablet: account regarding temple sheep, Ebabbar archive
-519
Cuneiform tablet: slave hire contract, Egibi archive
-494
Cuneiform tablet: receipt for rent payment, Egibi archive
-542
Cuneiform tablet: quittance, Egibi archive
-558
Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
-3100
Cylinder seal: seated figure approached by a goddess leading a worshiper
-2028
Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar
-200
Cuneiform tablet: memorandum of receipt for silver, Egibi archive
-548
Cuneiform tablet: receipt for dates, Egibi archive
-520
Cylinder seal and modern impression: suppliant goddess
-1700
Seated female figure
-2700
Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal: account of archers for military service, Ebabbar archive
-514
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver for establishment of a harranu-partnership, Egibi archive
-550
Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu
-2900
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for reeds and sheep, Ebabbar archive
-627
Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar
-200
Cylinder seal and modern impression: banquet scene with seated figures drinking a liquid through straws
-2600
Cylinder seal and modern impression: suppliant goddess
-1700
Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
-2090
Sealing with cylinder seal impression
-2900
Cuneiform tablet: account of silver disbursements, Egibi archive
-600
Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the construction of the outer city wall of Babylon
-604
Cuneiform tablet: receipt by proxy for silver, Egibi archive
-542
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver, Egibi archive
-550
Cuneiform tablet: slave sale, Egibi archive
-554
Cuneiform tablet: account of wage payments, Ebabbar archive
-598
Cuneiform tablet: account of barley disbursements to prebendary brewers, Ebabbar archive
-566
Cuneiform tablet: account of sheep holdings in households for offerings, from the 20th year of rule of either Nabopolassar or Nebuchadnezzar II, Ebabbar archive
-605
Cuneiform tablet: account of delivery of animals for offering, Ebabbar archive
-622
Base and feet of a worshipper
-2500
Cuneiform tablet: slave sale, Egibi archive
-524
Cuneiform tablet: account of date disbursements for prebendary brewers and bakers, Ebabbar archive
-617
Cuneiform tablet: account of wool, Ebabbar archive
-582
Cuneiform tablet: Late Babylonian grammatical text
-500
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for barley, Ebabbar archive
-553
Standing male worshiper
-2900
Cuneiform tablet: declaration before witnesses, Egibi archive
-550
Cuneiform tablet: almanac for 31/32 CE
31
Cylinder seal and modern impression: suppliant goddesses
-1700