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Medium54 works

Collection Summary

Works Held54
Date Range6900 BC – 1699
Primary DepartmentEgyptian Art (48)
Most Common FormStone (5)
Cultures Represented5
Countries5
Public Domain29 works (43%)

Works by Century

69th century BC
45th century BC
39th century BC
38th century BC
37th century BC
36th century BC
35th century BC
31th century BC
29th century BC
26th century BC
23th century BC
21th century BC
20th century BC
19th century BC
18th century BC
15th century BC
13th century BC
11th century BC
10th century BC
9th century BC
7th century BC
6th century BC
5th century BC
4th century BC
3rd century BC
1st century BC
1st century
4th century
7th century
10th century
16th century

Departments

Egyptian Art
48
Ancient Near Eastern Art
11
Islamic Art
6
The Cloisters
2

Forms & Classifications

Stone
5
Stone-Reliefs
5
Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed
3
Stone-Sculpture
3
Sculpture
2
Seals
1

Cultures Represented

Hittite · 6Neo-Sumerian · 1Parthian · 1Parthian or Roman · 1Sumerian · 1

Historical Periods

Neo-Hittite · 7Early Dynastic Period · 5Late Period, Saite · 4Middle Kingdom · 4New Kingdom, Ramesside · 4Predynastic Period · 4Ptolemaic Period · 4Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi · 3Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II · 3First Persian Period–Late Period · 2

Dynasties

Dynasty 26 · 4Dynasty 1 · 3Dynasty 19 · 3Dynasty 12–13 · 3Dynasty 27–30 · 2Dynasty 19–20 · 2Dynasty 18 · 1Dynasty 30 · 1Dynasty 6 or later · 1Dynasty 26–30 · 1

Geographic Distribution

Egypt
48
India
3
excavated at the Amman Citadel, Jordan
1
Iran or Iraq
1
Syria
1

Cities Represented

Golconda · 3Bijapur or Golconda · 1

Works Index

TitleClassificationDateOrigin
Cylinder jarca. 3100–2649 B.C.Egypt
Shallow bowlca. 3100–2649 B.C.Egypt
FigureStone-Sculptureca. 2900–2350 B.C.Sumerian
Cylinder sealca. 2345–2181 B.C. or laterEgypt
Head of a manStone-Sculptureca. 2090 B.C.Neo-Sumerian
Scribe's paint dishca. 1981–1640 B.C.Egypt
Weightca. 1981–1640 B.C.Egypt
Weight: 5 debensca. 1981–1640 B.C.Egypt
Heart Scarab with a Human Head|1550–1070 B.C.Egypt
Head from the Statuette of a Kingca. 1479–1458 B.C.Egypt
Head of a Statuette of Ptahca. 1295–1070 B.C.Egypt
Statuette depicting a worshipping baboonca. 1279–1213 B.C.Egypt
Relief fragmentStone-Reliefsca. early 1st millennium B.C.Hittite
Relief: bearded figure holding staff; hieroglyphic…Stone-Reliefs-Inscribedca. early 1st millennium B.C.Hittite
Orthostat relief: lion-hunt sceneStone-Reliefs-Inscribedca. 9th century B.C.Hittite
Orthostat relief: seated figure holding a lotus flowerStone-Reliefsca. 9th century B.C.Hittite
Orthostat relief: winged human-headed bullStone-Reliefs-Inscribedca. 9th century B.C.Hittite
Relief: man holding up a cup to a womanStone-Reliefsca. early 1st millennium B.C.Hittite
Relief: woman seated at a tableStone-Reliefsca. early 1st millennium B.C.
Fingers of Horus Amulet664–343 B.C.Egypt
Taweret664–30 B.C.Egypt
Block Statue of Porter Amenemhat4th century B.C.Egypt
Head from a Statue with Magical Textsprobably 360–343 B.C.Egypt
Torso of a king332–30 B.C. probablyEgypt
Torso of a Ptolemaic King, inscribed with cartouches of a…80–30 B.C.Egypt
Bust of female figureStone-Sculptureca. 2nd–3rd century A.D.Parthian or Roman
Standing manStone-Reliefsca. A.D. 2nd centuryParthian
SealSeals11th–12th centuryIran or Iraq
Inscriptional Panel from a MosqueStonelate 16th–17th centuryIndia
Ax headca. 6900–3900 B.C.Egypt
Ax-head used as an amulet?ca. 4500–4000 B.C.Egypt
Head of Maceca. 4500–4000 B.C.Egypt
Pestle or pounderca. 4500–4000 B.C.Egypt
Jar with two lug handlesca. 3900–3300 B.C.Egypt
Tall footed jar with lug handlesca. 3900–3300 B.C.Egypt
Tall jar with lug handlesca. 3900–3300 B.C.Egypt
Deep bowlca. 3850–2960 B.C.Egypt
Jarca. 3850–2960 B.C.Egypt
Jar with lug handlesca. 3850–2960 B.C.Egypt
Jar with two lugsca. 3850–2960 B.C.Egypt

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access