Canopic jar of gypsum, oviform in shape with a flat base and wide orifice: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Lahun, Tomb 905, mid 12th Dynasty, c.1922 - 1855 BC

Gypsum canopic jar lid in the form of a man's head wearing a striated wig-cover: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Lahun, Tomb 905, mid 12th Dynasty, c.1922 - 1855 BC

Wall panel in gypsum, carved with the bearded figure of King Ashurnasirpal II on the right standing opposite one of his court officials conducting a religious ceremony, with a summary of the king's conquests in cuneiform script: Ancient Near-Eastern, Assyrian, from Room G in the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) in northern Iraq, 9th century BC

Fragment of gypsum wall-panel showing the heads of two Assyrian courtiers : Assyria, Iraq, probably from the Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, probably from the reign of Sennacherib, 704-681 BC

Wall panel fragment of gypsum, almost complete slab carved in relief with two Assyrian cavalry-men in mountainous country: Assyria, Nineveh, from the Palace of Sennacherib, 704 - 681 BC