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The Great Isaiah Scroll is one of a collection of ancient Jewish religious texts discovered at Qumran in the Dead Sea re...

Ancient Jewish Hebrew Scroll

9.8 Brilliant

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Behistun Inscription

The Behistun Inscription is a monumental relief carving in Iran dating to the Achaemenid Empire (c. 520 BC). It features...

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Oxyrhynchus Papyri

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri represent a vast collection of ancient Greek manuscripts discovered in Egypt. Dating primarily fr...

Ancient Greek Egypt Papyrus

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Code of Hammurabi Stele

The Code of Hammurabi Stele is a diorite stone slab inscribed with Babylonian laws dating to approximately 1754 BC. It r...

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9.6 Brilliant

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Oracle Bone Inscriptions (Shang Dynasty)

Oracle bone inscriptions are fragments of turtle and ox scapula used during the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) for divi...

Oracle Ancient Chinese Bone

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Pyramid Texts of Unas

The Pyramid Texts of Unas represent some of the oldest surviving religious texts from Ancient Egypt. Dating to the Old K...

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9.4 Excellent

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Nag Hammadi Codices

The Nag Hammadi codices are a collection of late antiquity Coptic manuscripts discovered in 1906 near the Egyptian town...

Manuscript Ancient Gnostic 4TH Century

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Amarna Letters

The Amarna Letters are a collection of diplomatic texts inscribed on clay tablets dating from the reign of Akhenaten in...

Ancient Egyptian Diplomatic Clay

9.3 Excellent

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Flood Tablet (Gilgamesh Tablet XI)

This Babylonian clay tablet, dating to approximately 7th century BCE, represents one of the earliest recorded accounts o...

Mythology Ancient Babylonian Clay

9.2 Excellent

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Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls

The Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls represent some of the oldest known biblical texts. Discovered in Jerusalem’s Katav Hinno...

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9.2 Excellent

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Elephantine Papyri

The Elephantine Papyri represent a significant group of ancient papyrus texts dating to the 5th century BCE. These Arama...

Ancient Jewish Aramaic Papyrus

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Etruscan Liber Linteus

The Etruscan Liber Linteus is a linen scroll containing lengthy inscriptions written in the Etruscan language. Dating to...

Ancient Linen Ritual Etruscan

8.7 Great

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Serpent Column (Delphi)

The Serpent Column is an ancient bronze monument originally dedicated at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, Greece, foll...

Ancient Greek Bronze Victory

8.4 Great

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Persepolis Foundation Tablets

The Persepolis Foundation Tablets are a collection of clay administrative records discovered at the ruins of Persepolis,...

Ancient Gold Persian Achaemenid

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Athenian Tribute Lists

The Athenian Tribute Lists are a collection of 5th-century BCE marble inscriptions discovered on the Athenian Acropolis....

Financial Ancient Greek Marble

7.7 Good

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Cippus Perusinus

The Cippus Perusinus is a stone monument from Etruscan Italy, preserved in Perugia and inscribed with one of the longest...

Ancient Legal Stone Etruscan

7.1 Good

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Themistocles Decree (Troezen Inscription)

The Themistocles Decree is a Greek inscription discovered at Troezen that presents itself as an emergency decree issued...

Military Ancient Greek Marble

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Tabula Cortonensis

The Tabula Cortonensis is an inscribed bronze tablet written in the Etruscan language and associated with Cortona in Tus...

Ancient Legal Bronze Etruscan

6.9 Fair

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Piacenza Liver

The Piacenza Liver is an Etruscan bronze model of a sheep's liver, generally dated to the second century BCE and discove...

Ancient Bronze Etruscan 2ND Century Bce

6.8 Fair

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Magliano Lead Tablet

The Magliano Lead Tablet, also called the Lead Plaque or Lead Disk of Magliano, is an Etruscan inscribed lead object fro...

Lead Ancient Ritual Etruscan

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