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Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-263, described as Askos; Legless, globular, “duck” shaped body; open, tubular side spout; stag head, with flat face, conical nose; antlers in front of top opening; high basket handle from rim to back; rounded knob-like tail; three button-like bosses. Incised linear decoration on body and handle consists of short, parallel slanting strokes & groups of three dots. Tip broken and missing from left antler, most of right antler missing, surface abrasion.

Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-264, described as Askos: “Duck”-shaped vessel with pedestal foot, slotted front and rear; oval body, broad back, short cylindrical neck with cut-away spout; slightly curved handle from rim to back; goiter-like projection at front of neck base. Incised linear decoration all over body, on neck, and handle; of parallel lines, strokes and zig-zags. Tip of spout broken and missing, tail broken, part missing, horizontal crack on rim right side. Surface abrasion. Preserved.

Hearst Museum object titled Bull figurine, accession number 8-261, described as Figurine (Bull), Fat globular body with wide tubular mouth opening; pierced holes for eyes and nostrils, two horns (one broken off); four legs with knees, hocks and cloven hoof indicated. Tail an extension of ridge along back, ridge has one lug hole; male sex indicated. Incised linear decoration flanking ridge and around neck.

Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-68, described as A clay tablet; width 95 mm, height 76 mm, width 31 mm. A late Babylonian text, from the time of Darius II.