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Page of Aramaic text in center and around border with images of birds and flowers.

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Ketubah (Isfahan)

1887

Photograph of stone tomb on top of tiered platform.

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Tomb of Cyrus

530 BCE

Relief of man sitting on throne with figures standing on either side.

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Darius and Xerxes, Kings of Persia

Persian Period, Late 6th–Early 5th Century BCE

Relief with figures with hands bound standing next to larger figure along wall with relief of winged figure and Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian inscriptions.

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Behistun Trilingual Inscription and Aramaic Papyrus

Persian Period, Late 6th–Early 5th Century BCE

Pottery fragment with Hebrew inscription.

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Samaria Ostracon (A Shipment of Wine)

First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE

Pottery fragment with Hebrew inscription.

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A Shipment of Wine

First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE

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Another Shipment of Wine

First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE

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A Shipment of Oil

First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE

Manuscript page with illustration of two figures embracing in center, surrounded by two figures watching, another watching with face covered, another prodding them from underneath, and an image of a room, with Judeo-Persian text on top and bottom of page.

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Mūsā nāma (The Book of Moses)

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī

1686

Manuscript page of Judeo-Persian text with illustration of three angels beneath of tree.

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Ardashir-nāmah (Shāhin-i Shirāzi)

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī

ca. 1680

Faience-tile mosaic of floral designs throughout, two lines of Hebrew text at the top, and three niches at bottom.

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Isfahan Synagogue, Persia

16th Century

Two finials, one with a loop in the middle, decorated with flowers and lines.

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Torah Finials (Iran)

18th Century