Jar with Two Handles, Roman period, 2nd century (Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
January 16, 2019 (Wed) - April 7, 2019 (Sun)
This part intrduces artifacts from West Asia and Egypt, known as the cradle of the earliest civilization.
Current exhibit includes:
Shabti, Third Intermediate Period, 11th–7th century BC (Gift of the University of Pennsylvania)
Book of the Dead, Excavated at Memphis, Egypt, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, ca. 644–30 BC (Gift of the University of Pennsylvania)
Mummy Shroud of Padiinher, Excavated in Lower Egypt, Roman period, ca. 1st century
Figures on Horseback, 2nd millennium BC
Musician, 18th–17th century BC
Battle Axe, Excavated in Luristan, Iran, Late 2nd–early 1st millennium BC
Whetstone with Handle, Excavated in Luristan, Iran, Late 2nd–early 1st millennium BC
Belt Ornament, Iron Age, early 1st millennium BC
Orange Ware Rhyton in Shape of a Goat's Head, Achaemenid period, 6th–5th century BC
Jar with Two Handles, Roman period, 2nd century (Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko)