Two silver alabastrons in a display case under dim light. The one to the left, richly decorated with animal motifs warriors and roosters, has a fingerprint. The other one looks blurry on the photo and is plain except four narrow horizontal ornamental lines.

View from the front side, same. The original find spot of these aren't exactly known, they're part of the smuggled hoard collectively known as "Karun Hazinesi" (The Treasure of Croesus). 6th century BC.

View from another side

While we're at it. The fingerprint on this alabastron makes me curious- It may be belonging to antiquity but to a modern looter or even to an officer as well, since these have been found in illegal digs of Lydian tumuli in 1960s, smuggled abroad, brought back in 1993.
(Probably) #Ancientfingerprint

I had forgotten the hashtag🫣
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A clay tablette envelope with cylinder seal imprints and cuneiform marks on it Label: Kaniş Karum'unun Kararı Verdict of Kanesh Karum Pişmiş Toprak | Terra Cotta

Today after I was finished with why I was there I had a look at the other artefacts for fun (although I've been there dozens of times, every time something new draws my attention inside these silent display cases). Anyway, I found new #ancientfingerprint s 😃
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Yes, again.😃

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They're everywhere!🥳

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