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.
