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Collection Summary

Works Held1,088
Date Range6000 BC – 650
Primary DepartmentAncient Near Eastern Art (1,088)
Most Common FormCeramics-Vessels (269)
Public Domain1,088 works (100%)

Works by Century

60th century BC
58th century BC
52th century BC
50th century BC
42th century BC
40th century BC
35th century BC
31th century BC
30th century BC
28th century BC
26th century BC
25th century BC
23th century BC
22th century BC
20th century BC
19th century BC
17th century BC
16th century BC
15th century BC
14th century BC
13th century BC
12th century BC
11th century BC
10th century BC
9th century BC
8th century BC
7th century BC
6th century BC
5th century BC
4th century BC

Forms & Classifications

Ceramics-Vessels
269
Metalwork-Ornaments
238
Metalwork-Implements
114
Metalwork-Equestrian
75
Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
49
Metalwork-Sculpture
45
Metalwork-Vessels
28
Stone-Ornaments
27
Glass-Ornaments
25
Stone-Implements
24

Historical Periods

Iron Age II · 442Iron Age III · 225Iron Age · 151Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age · 73Middle Bronze Age · 31Chalcolithic · 28Iron Age II-III · 22Late Bronze Age · 20Early Bronze Age · 16Iron Age I · 11

Works Index

TitleClassificationDateOrigin
CupCeramics-Vesselsca. early 6th millennium B.C.Iran
PotCeramics-Vessels6th millennium B.C.Iran
PotCeramics-Vessels6th millennium B.C.Iran
PotCeramics-Vessels6th millennium B.C.Iran
PotCeramics-Vessels6th millennium B.C.Iran
PotCeramics-Vessels6th millennium B.C.Iran
BowlCeramics-Vesselsca. 5500 B.C.Iran
Bowl decorated with linked ibex hornsCeramics-Vesselslate 6th–5th millennium B.C.Iran
Bowl with cross-hatched decorationCeramics-Vesselslate 6th–5th millennium B.C.Iran
AmuletCeramics-Ornaments5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
AmuletStone-Ornaments5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
AwlMetalwork-Implements5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
AwlIvory/Bone-Implements5th millennium B.C.Iran
Base sherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
BeadStone-Ornaments5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
Bowl with radial design of ibex hornsCeramics-Vesselsca. late 5th millennium B.C.Iran
Cup decorated with ibexesCeramics-Vesselsca. late 5th millennium B.C.Iran
ImplementStone-Implements5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
PhallusCeramics-Ornaments5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
PinMetalwork-Ornaments5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
PinMetalwork-Ornaments5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
ScraperStone-Implements5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran
SherdCeramics-Vessels5th–3rd millennium B.C.Iran

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access