Artifacts from West Asia and Egypt
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Black-Topped Vessel, Predynastic period, 4th millennium BC (Gift of Mr. B. Dean)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
October 6, 2020 (Tue) - January 24, 2021 (Sun)This part introduces artifacts from West Asia and Egypt, known as the cradle of the earliest civilizations.
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
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| Highlight | Black-Topped Vessel | Egypt | Predynastic period, 4th millennium BC | Gift of Mr. B. Dean TJ-2370 | |||
| Highlight | Tomb Relief of Iny | Excavated at Saqqara, Egypt | Old Kingdom 6th dynasty, ca. 23rd century BC | TJ-5799 | |||
| Highlight | Model Boat | Upper Egypt | Middle Kingdom, ca. 2025-1794 BC | TJ-4873 | |||
| Highlight | Copper or Bronze Sword | Excavated in Syria | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, 3rd millennium BC | TJ-4909-1 | |||
| Bowl | Excavated in Syria | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, 3rd millennium BC | TJ-4918 | ||||
| Highlight | Foundation Peg with a God Figure | Excavated in southern Iraq | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC | TJ-5597 | |||
| Highlight | Glazed Tiles | Northwestern Iran | Iron Age, 8th-7th century BC | TJ-5678 | |||
| Highlight | Gold ornaments | Iran | Achaemenid period, 6th-4th century BC | TJ-5798 | |||
| Highlight | Mummy of Pasherienptah | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC | Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities TJ-1835 | |||
| Highlight | Jug | Cyprus | Late Cypriot II, ca. 15th century BC | Gift of Mr. Michael Xilas and Mrs. Vicky Xilas TJ-5948 | |||
| Highlight | Statue of Lion-headed Goddess Sakhmet | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 16th-14th century BC | TC-422-1 | |||
| Highlight | Heracles | Excavated at Hatra, Iraq | Parthian period, 1st-2nd century | Gift of the Iraqi Government TJ-4822 |