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Medium781 worksCollection Summary
| Works Held | 781 |
| Date Range | 7000 BC – 1999 |
| Primary Department | Ancient Near Eastern Art (820) |
| Most Common Form | Clay-Tablets-Inscribed (536) |
| Cultures Represented | 10 |
| Countries | 12 |
| Public Domain | 1,457 works (93%) |
Works by Century
70th century BC
39th century BC
37th century BC
36th century BC
34th century BC
32th century BC
31th century BC
30th century BC
29th century BC
27th century BC
26th century BC
25th century BC
24th century BC
23th century BC
21th century BC
20th century BC
19th century BC
18th century BC
17th century BC
16th century BC
15th century BC
14th century BC
13th 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
3rd century BC
2nd century BC
1st century BC
2nd century
3rd century
4th century
5th century
6th century
7th century
9th century
11th century
14th century
15th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
Departments
Ancient Near Eastern Art
820
Egyptian Art
626
Asian Art
53
Greek and Roman Art
43
Musical Instruments
15
Islamic Art
11
Arms and Armor
1
Costume Institute
1
Medieval Art
1
Forms & Classifications
Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
536
Clay-Sealings
218
Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions
61
Sculpture
53
Gold and Silver
42
Ceramics
10
Membranophone-single-headed / goblet drum
8
Membranophone-single-headed / kettle drum
4
Membranophone-double-headed / conical drum
2
Aerophone-Blow Hole
1
Cultures Represented
Babylonian · 206Sasanian · 195Achaemenid · 66Babylonian or Achaemenid · 58Neo-Sumerian · 57Old Assyrian Trading Colony · 51Egyptian · 39Tibet · 32Assyrian · 25Seleucid · 23
Historical Periods
Middle Kingdom · 412Sasanian · 195Neo-Babylonian · 179Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period · 82Achaemenid · 65Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid · 58Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony · 51Ur III · 47Late Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom · 45Old Babylonian · 26
Dynasties
Dynasty 12–13 · 403Dynasty 13–SIP · 82Dynasty 13–18, early · 45Dynasty 18 · 12Dynasty 1 · 8Dynasty 2 · 8Dynasty 21 (?) · 6Dynasty 21 · 5Dynasty 19–20 · 5Dynasty 11 · 4
Geographic Distribution
Egypt
627
Iran
5
India
4
Morocco
3
Syria
3
present-day Uzbekistan
2
Turkey
2
Algeria
1
Arabia|Iran
1
Byzantine Egypt
1
Cities Represented
Nishapur · 4Bukhara · 2Tangier · 2Bahnasa · 1probably Isfahan · 1Algiers · 1
Works Index
Related materials
Earthenware2,395 worksGlass2,271 worksWood1,934 worksPottery1,727 worksStucco1,641 worksBronze1,603 workslinen1,599 worksWool1,509 works
Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access