Neo-Assyrian, Iraq, Nimrud, Northwest Palace, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 9th Century BC
1943.246CCCC0
Early Bronze Age, Western Anatolia?, 3rd Millennium BC
1993.165CCCC0
Sasanian, Iran, 600s or Turk Shahi dynasty, Kabul, Afghanistan, 500s
1964.96CCCC0
Achaemenid, Iran, Persepolis, 5th Century BC
1943.279CCCC0
Russia or Turkey, Caucasus, Koban culture, early 11th Century BC
1988.71CCCC0
Urartian, northwest Iran, possibly Gusçi, Lake Urmia, c. 700-600 BC
1942.204CCCC0
Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC
1968.49CCCC0
Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC
1968.45CCCC0
Iraq, southern Mesopotamia, 3800-3500 BC
2000.42CCCC0
Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC
1968.46CCCC0
Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC
1968.48CCCC0
Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC
1968.47CCCC0
Russia or Turkey, North-Central Caucasus, Kuban culture, 9th-7th Century BC
1988.2CCCC0
Phoenician, Syria, Arslan Tash, 9th-8th century BC
1964.426CCCC0
Sasanian, minted in Iran, reign of Hormizd II
1966.738CCCC0
Sasanian, minted in Iran, reign of Hormizd II
1964.377CCCC0
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neo-Assyrian, Iraq, Nimrud, Northwest Palace, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 9th Century BC | 1943.246 | gypsum | Overall: 229.9 x 137 cm (90 1/2 x 53 15/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Early Bronze Age, Western Anatolia?, 3rd Millennium BC | 1993.165 | marble | Overall: 17.2 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm (6 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Sasanian, Iran, 600s or Turk Shahi dynasty, Kabul, Afghanistan, 500s | 1964.96 | silver, with mercury gilding and glass inlays | Overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Hittite, North Syria, early 17th Century BC | 1971.45 | basalt with bone eyes (left, ancient; right, restored) | Overall: 87.6 cm (34 1/2 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Sasanian period, 3rd-7th Century | 1944.459 | earthenware | Overall: 50.8 cm (20 in.) | Gift of Heeramaneck Galleries | CCCC0 | |
 | North Syria, possibly the area of Ebla, 2000-1700 BC | 1969.37 | limestone with shell inclusions | Overall: 66.7 x 38.2 x 54.6 cm (26 1/4 x 15 1/16 x 21 1/2 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Achaemenid, Iran, Persepolis, 5th Century BC | 1943.279 | gray limestone | Overall: 53 x 43.6 cm (20 7/8 x 17 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Sumerian, Iraq | 1989.253 | copper alloy, lost-wax cast | Overall: 4.2 x 3.1 x 13.3 cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.) | Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Sasanian | 1966.369 | silver | Overall: 5 x 13.4 cm (1 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Russia or Turkey, Caucasus, Koban culture, early 11th Century BC | 1988.71 | bronze, hammered and incised | Overall: 7.6 x 67.6 x 1.2 cm (3 x 26 5/8 x 1/2 in.) | In honor of Kathleen B. Sherwin | CCCC0 | |
 | Sumerian, Iraq, Tigris-Euphrates valley, 3000-2000 BC | 1997.51 | chalcedony | Overall: 3.1 x 2.9 x 4.3 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 11/16 in.) | Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Parthian, Iran, possibly Burudjird, c. AD 100 | 1961.32 | bronze, cast | Overall: 11.6 x 30 cm (4 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Sasanian, Iran, 4th-5th Century | 1962.294 | silver, cast, raised, repoussé, chased, and gilted | Overall: 18.5 x 11.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.) | Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer | CCCC0 | |
 | Northwestern Iran, Amlash, 12th-11th century BC | 1965.25 | silver, raised, chased, repoussé | Overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Sasanian, 3rd-4th Century | 1964.41 | silver, partially gilt | Overall: 12 x 10.8 x 32.7 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 12 7/8 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Urartian, northwest Iran, possibly Gusçi, Lake Urmia, c. 700-600 BC | 1942.204 | bronze | Overall: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Sasanian, 5th-6th Century | 1962.295 | silver gilt | Overall: 4.6 x 21.6 cm (1 13/16 x 8 1/2 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC | 1968.49 | ivory | Overall: 4.5 x 8.9 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Southern Siberia, 5th-3rd Century BC | 1986.26 | wood with shell inlays | Overall: 11.1 x 3.3 x 5.9 cm (4 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC | 1968.45 | ivory | Overall: 6.5 x 3.9 cm (2 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iraq, southern Mesopotamia, 3800-3500 BC | 2000.42 | agate | Diameter: 2.8 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm (1 1/8 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.) | Gift of Mabel Porozynski in honor and remembrance of Eugene Porozynski | CCCC0 | |
 | Northwestern Iran, Marlik, 12th-11th century BC | 1965.26 | gold, low relief repoussé and incised | Overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Sumerian, Iraq | 1984.35 | limestone and Egyptian blue inlay | Overall: 2.4 x 1.4 x 3.3 cm (15/16 x 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.) | Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Luristan, Iran, 1100-900 BC | 1965.554 | bronze, cast | Overall: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.) | Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary | CCCC0 | |
 | Luristan, Iran, c. 700 BC | 1961.33 | bronze, cast and incised | Overall: 14.9 x 21.3 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC | 1968.46 | ivory | Overall: 16.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 cm (6 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 7/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Luristan, 9th-7th Century BC | 1963.257 | silver, repoussé and incised | Overall: 35.1 x 15.9 x 1.7 cm (13 13/16 x 6 1/4 x 11/16 in.) | James Parmelee Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Marlik, northwest Iran, c. 1200-1000 BC | 1967.35 | ceramic, earthenware, burnished | Overall: 24.1 x 14.7 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.) | James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Achaemenian, 6th-5th Century BC | 1961.199 | bronze | Overall: 16.9 x 6.5 x 11.7 cm (6 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.) | Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer | CCCC0 | |
 | Sumerian, Iraq | 1970.61 | basalt | Overall: 7.7 x 5.1 x 13.1 cm (3 1/16 x 2 x 5 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Assyrian, Iraq or possibly Syria, 9th-7th Century BC | 1969.67 | bronze, solid cast | Overall: 7.3 x 3.8 cm (2 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, 1500-1000 BC | 1969.122 | bronze, cast | Overall: 11.4 x 9.7 x 14.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC | 1968.48 | ivory | Overall: 4.6 x 12.4 cm (1 13/16 x 4 7/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Luristan, Iran, c. 700-600 BC | 1992.246 | bronze | Overall: 13.5 x 9.7 x 1.9 cm (5 5/16 x 3 13/16 x 3/4 in.) | Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Clara Taplin Rankin | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Sasanian, 4th-6th Century | 1963.478 | silver | Overall: 6.4 x 14 cm (2 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Sumerian, Iraq | 1982.1 | gray limestone | Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); Overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Iran, Luristan, 9th-7th Century BC | 1960.35 | bronze, repoussé, punched, incised | Diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.) | Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Sasanian, Iran, 5th-7th Century | 1941.24 | stucco (gypsum plaster) with traces of paint | Overall: 30.8 cm (12 1/8 in.) | Gift of Heeramaneck Galleries | CCCC0 | |
 | Pre-Sumerian, Iraq, C. 3250 BC | 1981.7 | limestone with black stone inlaid eyes | Overall: 2.7 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm (1 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.) | Bequest of Fay Ratner and the Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Phoenician, Iraq, Nimrud, 9th-8th Century BC | 1968.47 | ivory | Overall: 15.1 x 9 x 1.1 cm (5 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 7/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Sasanian, Iran, 5th-7th Century | 1966.21 | silver | Overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Western Asia, Scythian, 5th-3rd Century BC | 1982.2 | gold, solid cast | Overall: 1.9 x 0.6 x 1.8 cm (3/4 x 1/4 x 11/16 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Sasanian, Iran, 6th-7th Century | 1961.200 | silver | Overall: 13.4 x 9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, probably Lagash, c. 2100 BC | 1990.31 | copper alloy, lost-wax cast | Overall: 17.5 x 4.5 x 7.3 cm (6 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.); with base: 20.9 x 6.3 x 9.1 cm (8 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Luristan | 1930.729 | bronze, cast | Diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) | The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Seleucia, Iraq, Parthian Period | 1933.191 | gold and chalcedony | Diameter: 1.8 x 2.3 x 1 cm (11/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.) | Joint Expeditions-Iraq Excavations Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Eastern Anatolia, Hittite, 15th-13th century BC | 1975.13 | bronze, solid cast | Overall: 13.8 x 7.9 x 9.2 cm (5 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Luristan, 9th-7th Century BC | 1963.95 | silver, repoussé, engraved | Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); Overall: 10.1 cm (4 in.) | Gift of K. Rabenou | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Luristan | 1942.1081 | earthenware, unglazed slip | Overall: 18.1 x 17 x 21.5 cm (7 1/8 x 6 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Russia or Turkey, North-Central Caucasus, Kuban culture, 9th-7th Century BC | 1988.2 | bronze, cast in bi-part mold, polished, incised, and chased | Overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Western Asia, Scythian, 5th-4th Century BC | 1985.77 | gold, cast in shell mold | Overall: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.) | The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Phoenician, Syria, Arslan Tash, 9th-8th century BC | 1964.426 | ivory | Overall: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.) | Gift of Dr. Elie Borowski | CCCC0 | |
 | Seleucia, Iraq, Parthian Period | 1933.193 | gold with garnet and pearls | Overall: 3.8 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.) | Joint Expeditions-Iraq Excavations Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Scythian, 1st half 1st millennium BC | 1981.67 | bronze, repoussé | Overall: 13.5 x 18 x 1 cm (5 5/16 x 7 1/16 x 3/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner | CCCC0 | |
 | Thrace, 4th Century BC | 1979.87 | bronze | Overall: 6.5 x 12 x 1.1 cm (2 9/16 x 4 3/4 x 7/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Luristan, Iran, 800-600 BC | 1980.102 | bronze, cast and incised | Overall: 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Greece or Turkey, Thracian, 5th-3rd century BC | 1984.52 | gold, hammered | Overall: 1.5 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm (9/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 in.) | Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Lebanon, Syro-Phoenicia | 1985.78 | gold, lost-wax, solid cast | Overall: 3.9 x 1.2 x 1.7 cm (1 9/16 x 1/2 x 11/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Anatolia, Neo-Hittite, 9th-8th Century BC | 1973.19 | steatite | Overall: 5 x 10 cm (1 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Sasanian, minted in Iran, reign of Hormizd II | 1966.738 | silver | Diameter: 2.6 x 0.1 cm (1 x 1/16 in.) | Gift of Robert Goebl | CCCC0 | ||
Sasanian, minted in Iran, reign of Hormizd II | 1964.377 | silver | Diameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.) | Gift of Dr. Robert Goebl | CCCC0 | ||
 | Thrace, 4th Century BC | 1979.88 | bronze | Overall: 7 x 9.3 x 0.4 cm (2 3/4 x 3 11/16 x 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Northeastern Europe, 5th century | 1986.205 | bronze with glass inlay | Overall: 3.1 x 4.8 cm (1 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Achaemenian, 5th Century BC | 1985.181 | gold, solid cast | Overall: 1.9 x 0.9 x 1.4 cm (3/4 x 3/8 x 9/16 in.) | Gift of Keith P. Smith | CCCC0 | |
 | Sasanian, Iran, reign of Hormizd II, early 5th Century | 1954.593 | chalcedony | Overall: 2.4 x 2 x 1.7 cm (15/16 x 13/16 x 11/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran or Afghanistan, Sarmatian, 5th-3rd Century BC | 1985.2 | gold | Overall: 2.4 x 1.4 x 2.2 cm (15/16 x 9/16 x 7/8 in.) | Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Western Asia, Scythian, 4th-3rd Century BC | 1985.180 | gold, soldered or fused with granulation | Overall: 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.9 cm (1/4 x 1/4 x 3/8 in.) | Gift of Keith P. Smith | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Mannaean, Ziwiye, 10th-9th century BC | 1985.182 | bronze, repoussé and incised | Overall: 7.1 x 6.4 x 5.7 cm (2 13/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.) | Gift of Barbara Dennis Petrequin in memory of Robert Edouard Petrequin | CCCC0 |