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Votive clay figurines found in situ in the sanctuary of Agia Irini on the northwest coast Cyprus. Dating back to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE, the figurines are displayed in the Cyprus Museum as they were found and depict priests with bull-masks...

Clay tokens probably used as passports by travellers or messengers reporting between military headquarters. Belonging to Xenokles, a border commander, 4th century BCE. (Agora Museum, Athens)

These clay tokens represent the first form of counting, before the invention of writing. They date back to the Neolithic period, 8000-7000 BCE and were found in Tapa Raza, south-east of modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya...

Clay figurine of a naked woman. She puts her hands on her breasts. Probably votive. From Nippur, Iraq. Isin-Larsa Period, 2000-1800 BCE. (The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq).

This prehistoric domen clay mask is from Kami Hata in Nagano, Japan. It dates from the Jomon period or roughly from 2000-1000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

Clay head from Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old Babylonian period, 2003-1959 BCE. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.

The Chunkey Player Effigy Pipe (also known as "The Chunkey Player"), made of flint clay, measuring 8.5 inches (22 cm) high by 5.5 inches (14 cm) wide. Thought to have originally come from Cahokia but found in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, dated...

Clay mold which was used for making a woman's figurine. The woman is naked and she stands and holds her breasts by her hands. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old Babylonian period, 2003-1959 BCE. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.

This very large clay vessel was unearthed in Zhinvali, Georgia and dates from the first half of the 3rd millennium BCE. (Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi)

Death of Henry Clay Jr., son of the 'Great Compromiser', at the Battle of Buena Vista. By N. Currier, 1847. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.