Cabinet - Sources

Secrets of the calendar
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Cilicia: Sites and Sources
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Nabonidus Chronicle (BM)
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Vatican Library, MS Pal.lat. 1325, fol. 349v
Turkmen earrings gulak-halka (Turkmenistan)
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John Danvers' plate
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Autograph inscription by Sir Henry Wotton to the Bodleian Library, 15 August 1633
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T11: Silver stater struck at Tarsos, c. 410-385 BC.
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De aliis quibusdam Instrumentis nostris
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Saxon women
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Apadana tribute reliefs
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T14: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of the general Pharnabazos, c. 380-373 BC.
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The Cotton Symbol (Uzbekistan)
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Islamic calligraphy
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Pitt Rivers Museum, looking east across the Court
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Zheltoqsan (Kazakhstan)
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Tables (Tajikistan)
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Astrolabe table clock
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Russian basket seller
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Finnish couple
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Свидетельство о рождении Абраши Леваевича Ильясова (Узбекистан)
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Bodleian, MS Canon. Misc. 248, fol. 42r
The growth of the empire, c. 559-500 BC
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Pharmacies and Alchemical Laboratories
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