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Babylonian Tablet with Inscribed Riddle, c. 1500 BC, British Museum

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Babylonian Tablet with Inscribed Riddle, c. 1500 BC, British Museum

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Basalt tablet with cuneiform inscription. Babylon, Iraq, 1098 BC

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Basalt tablet with cuneiform inscription. Babylon, Iraq, 1098 BC

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Egyptian gold ring with a cat. Made around 1070-712 BC, the ring is now in the collection of the British Museum.

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Egyptian gold ring with a cat. Made around 1070-712 BC, the ring is now in the collection of the British Museum.

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Cylindrical hematite weights from Warka in Iraq. Old Babylonian Empire, 2000-1600 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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Cylindrical hematite weights from Warka in Iraq. Old Babylonian Empire, 2000-1600 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A proverb tablet, dated to the Old Babylonian Period , which says: "The dog understands: 'Take it!' It does not understand: 'Put it down!'". From Iraq, now housed at the British Museum

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A proverb tablet, dated to the Old Babylonian Period , which says: "The dog understands: 'Take it!' It does not understand: 'Put it down!'". From Iraq, now housed at the British Museum

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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Cypro-Archaic Jug, Cyprus . Displayed in the British Museum

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Cypro-Archaic Jug, Cyprus . Displayed in the British Museum

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Roman silver bowl decorated with gilded vines. Dated to the 1st c. CE. At the British museum, nr. 1867,0508.1410

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Roman silver bowl decorated with gilded vines. Dated to the 1st c. CE. At the British museum, nr. 1867,0508.1410

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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An Anglo-Saxon agate finger-ring engraved with a runic inscription around the outside. 8th-10th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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The Code of Hammurabi, a 2.25-meter basalt stele inscribed with one of the world's earliest legal codes, Babylon, c. 1750 BCE

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The Code of Hammurabi, a 2.25-meter basalt stele inscribed with one of the world's earliest legal codes, Babylon, c. 1750 BCE

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Inscribed Scarab with Sixty-Four Scarab Beads

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Inscribed Scarab with Sixty-Four Scarab Beads

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Greek sling bullets with engravings, 4th century BC. One side depicts a winged thunderbolt, and the other, the Greek inscription “take that” in high relief. British Museum

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Greek sling bullets with engravings, 4th century BC. One side depicts a winged thunderbolt, and the other, the Greek inscription “take that” in high relief. British Museum

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Benin Bronzes in the British Museum

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Benin Bronzes in the British Museum

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“Code of Hammurabi”

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“Code of Hammurabi”

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Etruscan necklace with a Phoenician pendant in the form of a bearded head, 550BC-450BC, British Museum

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Etruscan necklace with a Phoenician pendant in the form of a bearded head, 550BC-450BC, British Museum

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