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Period456 works911 BC – 9 BC

Collection Summary

Works Held456
Date Range911 BC – 9 BC
Primary DepartmentAncient Near Eastern Art (456)
Most Common FormIvory/Bone-Reliefs (87)
Cultures Represented2
Public Domain456 works (100%)

Works by Century

9th century BC
8th century BC
7th century BC
6th century BC
5th century BC

Forms & Classifications

Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
87
Ceramics-Vessels
43
Stone-Cylinder Seals
40
Metalwork-Implements
27
Glass-Ornaments
26
Stone-Stamp Seals
26
Stone-Reliefs-Inscribed
22
Ivory/Bone-Sculpture
21
Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
17
Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed
16

Cultures Represented

Assyrian · 453Iran · 2

Works Index

TitleClassificationDateOrigin
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. early 1st millennium B.C.Assyrian
Apkallu figure: bird-headed, winged figure carrying a bucketCeramics-Sculptureca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Apkallu figure: male with a fish-skin hoodCeramics-Sculptureca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
BeadsStone-Ornamentsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
BeadsFaience-Ornamentsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
Bearded warrior holding a spearCeramics-Sculptureca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Border stripIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Border stripIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Border stripIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Border stripIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Border stripIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Bowl fragment with a processionStone-Vesselsca. 9th century B.C.Assyrian
BrickCeramicsca. 9th century B.C.Assyrian
BrickCeramicsca. 9th century B.C.Assyrian
BrickCeramicsca. 9th century B.C.Assyrian
Brick fragment with a guilloche designCeramicsca. 9th century B.C.Assyrian
Brick fragment with the head of an ibexCeramicsca. 9th century B.C.Assyrian
Brick fragments with a guilloche designCeramicsca. 9th century B.C.Assyrian
Brick fragments with guilloche designCeramicsca. 9th century B.C.Assyrian
ButtonMetalwork-Ornamentsca. early 1st millennium B.C.Assyrian
ButtonCeramics-Ornamentsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
Champlevé furniture or cosmetic box plaque with a griffin…Ivory/Bone-Reliefsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cloisonné furniture plaque with a figure holding a swordIvory/Bone-Reliefsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cloisonné furniture plaque with two sphinxes flanking a…Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribedca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Conoid seal with perforated top knobCeramics-Stamp Sealsca. early 1st millennium B.C.Assyrian
Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a medical textClay-Tablets-Inscribedca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealFaience-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealFaience-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–8th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealStone-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealFaience-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian
Cylinder sealFaience-Cylinder Sealsca. 9th–7th century B.C.Assyrian

Related periods

Third Intermediate Period1,130 worksNew Kingdom, Amarna Period1,100 worksMiddle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom618 worksSecond Intermediate Period561 worksLate Period, Saite542 worksOld Kingdom516 worksIron Age II494 worksMiddle Kingdom–Second Intermediate…471 works
Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access