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 | |
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Jar with Wavy Handles | Egypt | Predynastic period, 4th millennium BC | Gift of Mr. B. Dean TJ-2369 | |||
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Tomb Relief of Iny | Excavated at Saqqara, Egypt | Old Kingdom 6th dynasty, ca. 23rd century BC | TJ-5799 | |||
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Ring with a Scarab | Egypt | Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty, ca. 1976-1794 BC | Gift of Mr. Hashimoto Kanji TJ-5622 | |||
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Copper or Bronze Sword | Excavated in Syria | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, 3rd millennium BC | TJ-4909-1 | |||
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Foundation Peg with a God Figure | Excavated in southern Iraq | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC | TJ-5597 | |||
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Battle Axe | Excavated in Luristan, Iran | Late 2nd–early 1st millennium BC | TJ-625-7 | |||
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Glazed Tiles | Northwestern Iran | Iron Age, 8th-7th century BC | TJ-5678 | |||
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Necklace | Iran | Achaemenid period, 6th-4th century BC | TJ-5798 | |||
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Pyxis with Gold Ornamentation | Excavated in Alexandria, Egypt or Italy | 1st century BC-1st century AD | Private collection | |||
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Mummy of Pasherienptah | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC | Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities TJ-1835 | |||
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Statue of Lion-headed Goddess Sakhmet | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 16th-14th century BC | TC-422-1 | |||
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Heracles | Excavated at Hatra, Iraq | Parthian period, 1st-2nd century | Gift of the Iraqi Government TJ-4822 | |||
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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 |
