EditorialHilye-i Serif (written portrait of the Prophet). Date/Period: 1871. Ink, colours and gold on paper. Height: 840 mm (33.07 in); Width: 480 mm (18.89 in).
EditorialSteatite jar, from Ur, southern Iraq, 2600-2400 BCE. This bowl demonstrated the extensive trade network that linked the cities of southern Mesopotamia with the rest of the Near East. It was found in one of the graves in the cemetery at Ur and may have ...