Artifacts from West Asia and Egypt

"Artifacts from West Asia and Egypt"

Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3 June 24, 2020 (Wed) - October 4, 2020 (Sun)

Mummy of Pasherienptah(detail), Excavated at Thebes, Egypt 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC, Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities

This part introduces artifacts from West Asia and Egypt, known as the cradle of the earliest civilizations.

Major Work(s) on Exhibit 13 results

Designation	Name	Amount	Creation Excavation	Period	Acquisition Ownership	Comment
	Jar with Wavy Handles		Egypt	Predynastic period, 4th millennium BC	Gift of Mr. B. Dean TJ-2369
	Tomb Relief of Iny		Excavated at Saqqara, Egypt	Old Kingdom 6th dynasty, ca. 23rd century BC	TJ-5799
	Ring with a Scarab		Egypt	Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty, ca. 1976-1794 BC	Gift of Mr. Hashimoto Kanji TJ-5622
	Copper or Bronze Sword		Excavated in Syria	Sumerian Early Dynastic period, 3rd millennium BC	TJ-4909-1
	Foundation Peg with a God Figure		Excavated in southern Iraq	Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC	TJ-5597
	Battle Axe		Excavated in Luristan, Iran	Late 2nd–early 1st millennium BC	TJ-625-7
	Glazed Tiles		Northwestern Iran	Iron Age, 8th-7th century BC	TJ-5678
	Necklace		Iran	Achaemenid period, 6th-4th century BC	TJ-5798
	Pyxis with Gold Ornamentation		Excavated in Alexandria, Egypt or Italy	1st century BC-1st century AD	Private collection
	Mummy of Pasherienptah		Excavated at Thebes, Egypt	22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC	Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities TJ-1835
	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
	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