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Collection Summary

Works Held99
Date Range2000 BC – 1979
Primary DepartmentMusical Instruments (32)
Most Common FormGlass-Vessels (12)
Countries2
Public Domain36 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

Middle Bronze Age · 4Middle–Late Bronze Age · 3Middle Bronze Age (?) · 1Late Roman · 1

Geographic Distribution

Syria
38
north or central Syria
1

Cities Represented

near Acre · 1Antioch or Kaper Koraon (?) · 1Damascus · 1

Works Index

TitleClassificationDateOrigin
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Seals2nd millennium B.C.Syrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribedca. mid-2nd millennium B.C.Syrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 19th–17th century B.C.Syrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 1820–1730 B.C.Syrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 18th–17th century B.C.Syrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 18th–17th century B.C.Syrian
Stepped pyramidal seal with loop handleStone-Stamp Sealsca. 18th century B.C. (?)Syrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 16th–15th century B.C.Syrian
TibiaAerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reedca. 1–500Syria
ChaliceMetalwork-Silver6th century, 20th century restorationsSyria
JugGlass-Vessels6th–7th centurySyrian
Mirror with HandleMetalwork-Silver500–700Syria
Processional CrossMetalwork-Silver6th century, with modern restorationSyrian
Glass FragmentGlass-Stained8th centurySyrian
Glass FragmentGlass-Stained8th centurySyrian
Glass FragmentGlass-Stained8th centurySyrian
Glass FragmentGlass-Stained8th centurySyrian
TileGlass-Gold glass9th–12th centurynorth or central Syria
LampMiscellaneous12th–13th centurySyrian
Biconical bowlCeramics-Potteryfirst half 13th centurySyrian
Bottom of FlaskGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
Foot of a VesselGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
FragmentGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
Fragment of a bottleGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
Fragment of a bottleGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
Fragment of a Glass BottleGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
Fragment of a Glass BottleGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
LampMiscellaneous13th centurySyrian
LampMiscellaneous13th centurySyrian
Neck of FlaskGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
OrnamentGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
OrnamentGlass-Vessels13th centurySyrian
AxShafted Weaponsca. 1450–1500Syrian
Bracelet17th centurySyrian
Dagger (Jambiya) with SheathDaggers18th centurySyrian
Evening cape1860–65Syrian
Section 13 of the Qur'an of Nur al-DinManuscripts and IlluminationsA.H. Dhu’l-Hijja 562Œ (September 1167‡‡Œ‰)Syria
Saladin's Treatise on ArmorManuscripts and Illuminationsbefore 1187Syria
Bottle with Christian ScenesGlass-Vesselsmid-13th centurySyria
Domed BoxMetalwork-Brasslate 13th–14th centurySyria

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access