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Small woodcut print, couple of inches across in both directions, illustrating the construction of a relatively small and hexagonal Tower of Babel being completed by a series of medieval workers. There is foliage behind the tower, and scaffolding…

Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
This flat square weight was used for weighing coins on a balance scale. The inscription provides unusually detailed and precise information…

The object is a folio from a 12th century Armenian illuminated manuscript. The folio depicts a concordance table—a chart used to track concordance between the four Gospels.

Dagger, tapered square blade, iron cross guard, spiral wood grip, stone inlay

The reddish earthenware of this dish is covered on the interior and partially on the exterior with a white slip. The interior holds a loosely incised design of two circles, each with double outlines, and a trio of radiating lanceolate leaves. Freely…

"This is an unusual ivory diptych sundial in both elongated shape and design. It has a single pin gnomon dial showing Italian hours and two magnetic compasses.

Ia Medici coat-of-arms surmounted by a crown and supported by acanthus leaves. The…

Small lock with vase at center of front plate. The front plate and vase are cast in one piece and the back and sides are cast in one piece. The front plate is attached to the back and sides via two tabs that are bent over onto the top plate over the…

This ivory mirror case depicts a noble couple riding on horseback in a hunting party. Two servants accompany them on horseback, and a child walks in front, leading the noble lady's horse. Four beasts, likely of mythological origin, frame the edges of…

The "Luster bowl sherd with peacock" is an 11th-century ceramic lusterware originating from the Fatimid period (Egypt). The lusterware, which features a golden peacock on a lustre glazed ceramic, was created by an unknown artist using ceramic…