Egypt and Western Asia

Animal-Shaped Rhyton, Iran, Parthian Empire, 3rd century BC–3rd century AD (Gift of Mr. Yamauchi Nobukazu)

Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
September 20, 2023 (Wed) - December 24, 2023 (Sun)

This section of the gallery features ancient art and artifacts from regions that gave rise to some of humanity’s earliest civilizations, including West Asia, Egypt, and the eastern Mediterranean. The Egyptian collection includes stoneware and earthenware objects from Pre-dynastic Egypt (circa 6000–3150 BC) as well as reliefs, mummies, and decorative art from Dynastic Egypt. Other objects frequently on view include Bronze Age burial goods from West Asia and the eastern Mediterranean, tablets bearing cuneiform script from Mesopotamia, and sculptures and pottery from ancient Iran.

Major Work(s) on Exhibit 13 results

	Designation	Name	Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance	Period	Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number	CMT
Highlight		Jar with Wavy Handles	Egypt	Predynastic period, 4th millennium BC	Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, TJ-2369
Highlight		Tomb Relief of Iny	Excavated in Saqqara, Egypt	Old Kingdom 6th dynasty, ca. 23rd century BC	TJ-5799
Highlight		Foundation Peg with a God Figure	Southern Iraq	Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC	TJ-5597
Highlight		Battle Axe		Late 2nd–early 1st millennium BC	TJ-625-7
Highlight		Painted Vessels	Reportedly excavated at Tepe Sialk, Iran	Iron Age, ca. 8th century BC	TJ-4824
Highlight		Phiale	West Asia	8th–4th century BC	Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko, TJ-5844
Highlight		Patella Cup	Eastern Mediterranean	1st century BC–1st century AD	Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko, TJ-5833
Highlight		Head of a Man	Eastern Mediterranean or Carthage	5th–4th century BC	TJ-5496
Highlight		Mummy of Pasherienptah	Excavated at Thebes, Egypt	22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC	Gift of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, TJ-1835
Highlight		Painted Bowl	Between Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan	Nubian A-Group culture, 4th millennium BC	TJ-5957-21
Highlight		The Goddess Sekhmet	Excavated at Thebes, Egypt	New Kingdom (18th Dynasty; reign of Amenhotep III), ca. 1388–1350 BC	TC-422-1
Highlight		Heracles	Excavated at Hatra, Iraq	Parthian period, 1st–2nd century	Gift of the Iraqi Government, TJ-4822
Highlight		Elliptical Bowl	Iran	Sasanian Empire, 5th–7th century	TE-966

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