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Artifacts from West Asia and Egypt

Eye Idol, Excavated at Tell Brak, Syria. Late Chalcolithic 3 Period, ca. 3800-3600 BC (Gift of Dr. Furusawa Shizuko)

Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
January 26, 2021 (Tue) - April 18, 2021 (Sun)

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

Major Work(s) on Exhibit 14 results

	Designation	Name		Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance	Period	Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number	CMT
Highlight		Jar with Wavy Handles		Egypt	Predynastic period, 4th millennium BC	TJ-2369
Highlight		Tomb Relief of Iny		Excavated at Saqqara, Egypt	Old Kingdom 6th dynasty, ca. 23rd century BC	TJ-5799
Highlight		Shabti of a Priest		Egypt	Late period, ca. 664–332 BC	Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko, TJ-5873
Highlight		Copper or Bronze Sword		Excavated in Syria		TJ-4909-1
Highlight		Eye Idol		Excavated at Tell Brak, Syria	Late Chalcolithic 3 Period, ca. 3800-3600 BC	Gift of Dr. Furusawa Shizuko, TJ-5734
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		Bull-Shaped Rhyton		Cyprus	Late Cypriot II, ca. 14th–13th century BC	Gift of Mr. Tanimura Keisuke, TJ-5521-12
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		Iran, Excavated in Iran	Late Hellenistic-Parthian period, second half of 3rd-first half of 1st century BC	TJ-5805
Highlight		Skyphos		Syria	1st century BC–2nd century AD	TJ-5712

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