Culture99 worksCollection Summary
| Works Held | 99 |
| Date Range | 2000 BC – 1979 |
| Primary Department | Musical Instruments (32) |
| Most Common Form | Glass-Vessels (12) |
| Countries | 2 |
| Public Domain | 36 works (36%) |
Works by Century
20th century BC
19th century BC
18th century BC
16th century BC
5th century
7th century
8th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
Departments
Musical Instruments
32
Costume Institute
23
Medieval Art
19
Arms and Armor
11
Ancient Near Eastern Art
8
The Cloisters
4
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
1
Robert Lehman Collection
1
Forms & Classifications
Glass-Vessels
12
Stone-Cylinder Seals
6
Membranophone-single-headed / goblet drum
5
Glass-Stained
4
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted
4
Miscellaneous
3
Metalwork-Silver
3
Membranophone-single-headed / kettle drum
3
Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
3
Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
3
Historical Periods
Geographic Distribution
Syria
38
north or central Syria
1
Cities Represented
near Acre · 1Antioch or Kaper Koraon (?) · 1Damascus · 1
Works Index
| Title | Classification | Date | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cylinder seal | Stone-Cylinder Seals | 2nd millennium B.C. | Syrian |
| Cylinder seal | Stone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribed | ca. mid-2nd millennium B.C. | Syrian |
| Cylinder seal | Stone-Cylinder Seals | ca. 19th–17th century B.C. | Syrian |
| Cylinder seal | Stone-Cylinder Seals | ca. 1820–1730 B.C. | Syrian |
| Cylinder seal | Stone-Cylinder Seals | ca. 18th–17th century B.C. | Syrian |
| Cylinder seal | Stone-Cylinder Seals | ca. 18th–17th century B.C. | Syrian |
| Stepped pyramidal seal with loop handle | Stone-Stamp Seals | ca. 18th century B.C. (?) | Syrian |
| Cylinder seal | Stone-Cylinder Seals | ca. 16th–15th century B.C. | Syrian |
| Tibia | Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed | ca. 1–500 | Syria |
| Chalice | Metalwork-Silver | 6th century, 20th century restorations | Syria |
| Jug | Glass-Vessels | 6th–7th century | Syrian |
| Mirror with Handle | Metalwork-Silver | 500–700 | Syria |
| Processional Cross | Metalwork-Silver | 6th century, with modern restoration | Syrian |
| Glass Fragment | Glass-Stained | 8th century | Syrian |
| Glass Fragment | Glass-Stained | 8th century | Syrian |
| Glass Fragment | Glass-Stained | 8th century | Syrian |
| Glass Fragment | Glass-Stained | 8th century | Syrian |
| Tile | Glass-Gold glass | 9th–12th century | north or central Syria |
| Lamp | Miscellaneous | 12th–13th century | Syrian |
| Biconical bowl | Ceramics-Pottery | first half 13th century | Syrian |
| Bottom of Flask | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Foot of a Vessel | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Fragment | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Fragment of a bottle | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Fragment of a bottle | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Fragment of a Glass Bottle | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Fragment of a Glass Bottle | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Lamp | Miscellaneous | 13th century | Syrian |
| Lamp | Miscellaneous | 13th century | Syrian |
| Neck of Flask | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Ornament | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Ornament | Glass-Vessels | 13th century | Syrian |
| Ax | Shafted Weapons | ca. 1450–1500 | Syrian |
| Bracelet | 17th century | Syrian | |
| Dagger (Jambiya) with Sheath | Daggers | 18th century | Syrian |
| Evening cape | 1860–65 | Syrian | |
| Section 13 of the Qur'an of Nur al-Din | Manuscripts and Illuminations | A.H. Dhu’l-Hijja 562 (September 1167) | Syria |
| Saladin's Treatise on Armor | Manuscripts and Illuminations | before 1187 | Syria |
| Bottle with Christian Scenes | Glass-Vessels | mid-13th century | Syria |
| Domed Box | Metalwork-Brass | late 13th–14th century | Syria |
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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access