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Artifacts from West Asia and Egypt

Ibis, Excavated at Tuna el-Gebel, Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 323–30 BC (Gift of the Egyptian government)

Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
April 20, 2021 (Tue) - July 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 11 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		Musician		Susa, Iran	18th–17th century BC	TJ-5533-12
Highlight		Mother Goddess		Gilan province, Iran	ca. 1000 BC	TJ-5533-25
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		Ibis		Excavated at Tuna el-Gebel, Egypt	Ptolemaic period, ca. 323–30 BC	Gift of the Egyptian government, TJ-4832
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

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