Model Boat, Excavated in Upper Egypt, Middle Kingdom, ca. 2025 - 1794 BC
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
January 2, 2017 (Mon) - April 9, 2017 (Sun)
This part intrduces artifacts from West Asia and Egypt, known as the cradle of the earliest civilization.
Current exhibit includes:
Model Boat, Excavated in Upper Egypt, Middle Kingdom, ca. 2025 - 1794 BC
Copper Foundation Peg with a God's Figurine, Excavated in southern Iraq, Sumerian Early Dynastic period, 25th - 24th century BC
Mummy of Pasherienptah, Excavated at Thebes, Egypt, 22nd dynasty, ca. 945 - 730 BC (Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities)
Heracles, Excavated at Hatra, Iraq, Parthian period, 1st - 2nd century (Gift of Iraqi Government)
Dish with Humped Bull Design, Excavated in Iran, Late Hellenistic-Parthian period, second half of 3rd - first half of 1st century BC