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Medium29 works

Collection Summary

Works Held29
Date Range3900 BC – 700 BC
Primary DepartmentAncient Near Eastern Art (25)
Most Common FormIvory/Bone-Reliefs (11)
Cultures Represented3
Countries1
Public Domain28 works (97%)

Works by Century

39th century BC
38th century BC
30th century BC
18th century BC
14th century BC
9th century BC

Departments

Ancient Near Eastern Art
25
Egyptian Art
4

Forms & Classifications

Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
11
Ivory/Bone-Sculpture
10
Ivory/Bone-Ornaments
2
Ivory/Bone-Vessels
2

Cultures Represented

Historical Periods

Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony · 23Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II · 2Early Bronze Age · 1Neo-Assyrian · 1New Kingdom · 1Predynastic, Late Naqada l– Early Naqada II · 1

Works Index

TitleClassificationDateOrigin
Tusk figure of a manca. 3900–3500 B.C.Egypt
A Tusk Figurine of a Manca. 3900–3500 B.C.Egypt
Head of a bullIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. late 3rd millennium B.C.Canaanite
BowlIvory/Bone-Vesselsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
BowlIvory/Bone-Vesselsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture elementIvory/Bone-Ornamentsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture elementIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture elementIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture element with a monkeyIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture element: bull-man with Hathor-style curlsIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture plaque: deerIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture plaque: deerIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture plaque: female sphinx with Hathor-style curlsIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture plaque: hawkIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture plaque: lionIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture plaque: wing of a hawkIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curlsIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curlsIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curlsIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curlsIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture support: lion's legIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Furniture support: lion's legIvory/Bone-Sculptureca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figureIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figureIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figureIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figureIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 18th century B.C.Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Head of a womanca. 1390–1352 B.C.Egypt
Furniture element made from a hippopotamus incisorIvory/Bone-Ornamentsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Tusk amuletca. 3900–3500 B.C.Egypt

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access