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Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

Water Transport

700 BCE; 1931

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, c.700 BC (scale 1:12), one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin, from reliefs in the Palace of Sennaelemb at Koulanjik, Iraq.

Seal, black haematite, inscribed with Assyrian figures.

Weighing & Measuring

899-700 BCE

One of two cylinder seals of black haematite, hollow, inscribed around the outside with figures of Assyrians, c.8th-9th cent. B.C. both 0.8" long x 0.4" diam, but probably not used as weights.

Cylindrical seal, black haematite, hollow

Weighing & Measuring

899-700 BCE

One of two cylinder seals of black haematite, hollow, inscribed around the outside with figures of Assyrians, c.8th-9th cent. B.C. both 0.8" long x 0.4" diam, but probably not used as weights.