The selective Sasanian Collection displayed opposite the façade of the Mshatta Palace in the museum contains some extraordinary pieces. A few of the fine examples of metalwork were formerly in the collection of Botkin in Russia.

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	Bowl with sitting griffon Iran. 5th-6th c. Silver, with gilding. Found in 1907 at Novo-Bayazet, Erivan province (Armenia). Ex-Botkin Collection. Inv. Nr. I.5384 Pub.: Ia. I. Smirnov, Vostochnoe serebro (St. Petersburg, 1909), no. 307
	Plate depicting hunting scene with the Sasanian ruler Iran. 7th c. Silver with gilding. Dia.: 18.6 cm. Found in 1907 at Novo-Bayazet, Erivan province (Armenia). Ex-Botkin Collection. Pub.: Smirnov, Vostochnoe serebro, no. 309; Trever and Lukonin, Sasanidskoe serebro (Moscow, 1987), pp. 78-79. Inv. Nr. I.4925
	Ornamental planchettes, with pearl-roundel and hen design Iran, 7th c. Silver, partially gilded. Inv. Nr. I.87/63a-b
	Flask with cranes between palm trees Iran. 7th-8th c. Silver with partial gilding. H: 16; Dia.: 9.2 cm. Found before 1868 in Russia. Ex-Botkin collection. Inv. Nr. I.4968 Pub.: Smirnov, Vostochnoe serebro, No. 89; Islamic Art, p. 127
	Bowl Iran. 6th-7th c. Silver Inv. Nr. I.47/59
	Dish Iran. 5th-6th c. Glass, with applied prints. Inv. Nr. I.1/71
	Bowl with facets Iran. 6th-7th c. Glass, cut and ground. Inv. Nr. I.2/62
	Flask with facetted decoration Iran. 6th-7th c. Glass, cut and ground. Inv. Nr. I. 69/62
	Flask with applied prints. Iran. 7th-8th c. Glass. Inv. Nr. I.65/64
	Wall panel depicting boar; with Pahlavi inscription Iraq. 5th-6th c. CE. Stucco. Inv. Nr. VA 1326
	Wall panel with Pahlavi inscription Iraq, area of Ctesiphon, House of Umm az-Za'atir. End of 6th-beg. of 7th c. CE. Stucco. H: 39.5 cm. Inv. Nr. KtO 1084 Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 129
	Wall panel with paired ibexes and grapevine Iran. 6th-7th c. Stucco. Inv. Nr. I.6197.
	Wall panel with a ram Iran (or Iraq?). 6th=7th c. CE. Stucco. Inv. Nr. I.2212
	Wall panel with a Senmurv Iran, Chal Tarhan. 7th-8th c. Stucco. Inv. Nr. 6642 For a much clearer image of a quite similar panel which is in better condition that came from the same site, see British Museum, inv. no. ME 1973.7-25.3.

Revised January 18, 2009