Featured Ancient ... but not a coin! Artifacts thread! Post 'em!

I've got a bird and an arrow. The bird seems likely to be a hawk which had been hunted down. They are both bronze, weighing respectively 25.71 g. and 4.18 g.

 

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Nice, @7Calbrey, but where and when are they from? It all looks ancient, but where arrow heads are concerned, I don't know Late Bronze Age Luristan from Greece and Rome.

 

I acquired them nearly 2 months ago because they looked ancient. There were others , as well. I don't know whether they're Roman or Greek or others. What do you say?

 

The arrowhead is Achaemenid Persian, c. 550 - 330 BC. For cataloging:

Schmidt, Persepolis 76, 8.
Muscarella, Met Museum 322.
Malloy, Weapons 111.

 

Nope, they're definitely ancient. The only question is how ancient. With apologies, while they show up online all the time, everywhere from ebay to top-drawer dealers, they're nothing I collect. Yours definitely look on the late side of what I was yammering about, c. Greek (??? Hellenistic... Anyway?) to Roman.
Surely someone here is much more fluent in this.

 

Thanks, @Bob L. Not to try to appropriate the thread, but there was already a burr in my brain about this.

 

Thanks. Here's another metallic piece probably made of lead and weighing 29.7 g. It could be a weight or stamp. I also posted 2 stones : The first is a cube and weighs 162 g. It might contain a diamond, as I found out on Wikipedia. Shall I break it ? The second stone is raw and shows some light blue stones within. They could possibly be semi-precious stones. It weighs 52.3 g. Hope someone may comment, just for fun at least.

 

I like the bottom stone, it reminds me of pineapple opal.

 

Found this precious Byzantine ring. That's ancient jewelry . The shining red stone within seems like garnet or other (ruby perhaps). The white metal should be silver but it had to be a little black after all these years. It weighs 10.4 g. Glad to read your comments. Thank you guys.

 

Maybe these are the last 2 items of the year. The first stone is likely to be an ancient amethyst weighing 37.6 g. The second is thought as a lamp from Ancient Egypt. It weighs only 72.5 g. I'd like to share them among my coin-friends.

 

I wanted to start the new year 2021 with a coin to post. But it happened that it's a lot of ancient artifacts. 2 bronze lamps and 10 arrowheads. I shall receive them tomorrow morning. Hope you may enjoy them and give a comment if you can.

 

Terrific examples ...but why keep us in suspense? Where and when are they from?

 

I bought them from a researcher who checks up sites under request. He's got a license. Believe me I'm not sure about the identity of the arrowheads whether they're Greek or Roman or others. These are not coins but they looked genuine to me. As for the 2 bronze lamps, they're also new to me because I'm used to terra cotta. I first thought they were some kind of censors.. They're likely to be ancient lamps. Also I can't determine their nationality. I appreciate your guess. Thanks.

 

Oh, Shoot, Sorry, I can't tell Greek from Roman, or either from somewhere earlier in the Bronze Age. Bet someone here knows Much more than I do....

 

More colorful ancient stones and artifacts are being revealed. The first is red weighing 27.36 g. The second looks like a white-orange ring or circle weighing 20.53 g. The third seems like a white transparent crystal weighing 44.27 g. Hope you like

 

Got this lamp whose style looks nice and somewhat different to me. It weighs 64.6 g. I feel it's ancient. Hope you like it.

 

Terrific lamp, @7Calbrey. ...And talk about timing! The motif looks a lot like the medallion on the ceremonial chariot that @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix posted:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-chariot-found-in-pompeii.376060/

 

[ATTACH = полный] 1261259 [/ ATTACH] [ATTACH = полный] 1261261 [/ ATTACH]

 

A scarab, I assume, but I see no design or hieroglyphics on the underside? Where's it from?

 

the classic heart scarab was without drawing and inscriptions. But this, apparently, is a rare bronze scarab. And the genuine one. This is possible from 600 BC to 1500 BC .. also BC. I compared this thing with a very large number of similar ones in different museums and I have no doubt.