This bone figurine is one of dozens of similar examples excavated by the Kelsey at the site of Seleucia on the Tigris (Iraq) in the 1920s and 30s. The meaning and function of such figurines is not clear, with some scholars suggesting that they were children’s dolls,...
A copper-alloy mirror recovered from U-M excavations at Seleucia on the Tigris (Iraq). This was a locally produced imitation of a type of mirror typical of Han China (206 BCE to CE 220), some of which reached Mesopotamian and Mediterranean sites via the Silk Road. The...
This is a granite mortar that would have been used, along with a pestle, to crush and grind ingredients or substances for dietary and medicinal purposes.
