Mummy of Pasherienptah (detail), Excavated at Thebes, Egypt, 22nd dynasty, ca. 945–730 BC (Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
February 26, 2020 (Wed) - May 17, 2020 (Sun)
This part intrduces artifacts from West Asia and Egypt, known as the cradle of the earliest civilization.
Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
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Highlight | Jar with Wavy Handles | Egypt | Predynastic period, 4th millennium BC | Gift of Mr. B. Dean TJ-2369 | |||
Highlight | Tomb Relief of Iny | Excavated at Saqqara, Egypt | Old Kingdom 6th dynasty, ca. 23rd century BC | TJ-5799 | |||
Highlight | Foundation Peg with a God Figure | Excavated in southern Iraq | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC | TJ-5597 | |||
Highlight | Battle Axe | Excavated in Luristan, Iran | Late 2nd–early 1st millennium BC | TJ-625-7 | |||
Highlight | Glazed Tiles | Northwestern Iran | Iron Age, 8th-7th century BC | TJ-5678 | |||
Highlight | Necklace | Iran | Achaemenid period, 6th-4th century BC | TJ-5798 | |||
Highlight | Pyxis with Gold Ornamentation | Excavated in Alexandria, Egypt or Italy | 1st century BC-1st century AD | Private collection | |||
Highlight | Mummy of Pasherienptah | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC | Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities TJ-1835 | |||
Highlight | Statue of Lion-headed Goddess Sakhmet | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 16th-14th century BC | TC-422-1 | |||
Heracles | Excavated at Hatra, Iraq | Parthian period, 1st-2nd century | Gift of the Iraqi Government TJ-4822 | ||||
Highlight | Dish, Design of a humped bull | Excavated in Iran | Late Hellenistic-Parthian period, second half of 3rd-first half of 1st century BC | TJ-5805 | |||
Highlight | Large Jar, Blue glaze | Excavated in Iran | Islamic period, 13th-14th century | TG-2400 |