Artifacts from West Asia and Egypt
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The Goddess Bastet, Egypt, Second half of Late period–start of Ptolemaic period, ca. 5th–4th century BC (Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
July 25, 2023 (Tue) - September 18, 2023 (Mon)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.
| 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 in Saqqara, Egypt | Old Kingdom 6th dynasty, ca. 23rd century BC | TJ-5799 | |||
| Highlight | Mummy Shroud of Padiinher | Excavated in Lower Egypt | Roman period, ca. 1st century | TJ-5811 | |||
| Highlight | Eye Idol | Reportedly excavated at Tell Brak, Syria | Late Chalcolithic 3 Period, ca. 3800-3600 BC | Gift of Ms. Furusawa Shizuko, TJ-5734 | |||
| Highlight | Foundation Peg with a God Figure | Southern Iraq | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC | TJ-5597 | |||
| Highlight | Tiles with Multicolor Glazes | Northwestern Iran | Iron Age, 8th–7th century BC | TJ-5678 | |||
| Highlight | Ornaments | Iran | Achaemenid period, 6th–4th century BC | TJ-5798 | |||
| 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 | The Goddess Bastet | Egypt | Second half of Late period–start of Ptolemaic period, ca. 5th–4th century BC | Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko, TJ-5840 | |||
| 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 | Dish with a Zebu | Iran | Late Hellenistic–Parthian period, second half of 3rd–first half of 1st century BC | TJ-5805 | |||
| Highlight | Skyphoi | Syria | 1st century BC–2nd century AD | TJ-5712 |