Egypt and Western Asia
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Plaque with a Bull, Found in Nimrud, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian period, 8th century BC (Gift of the Iraqi Government)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
January 2, 2024 (Tue) - March 17, 2024 (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.
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
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| 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 | Mother Goddess | Syria or Iraq | Ubaid period, 5th millennium BC | TJ-5531-1 | |||
| Foundation Peg with a God Figure | Southern Iraq | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC | TJ-5597 | ||||
| Highlight | Plaque with a Bull | Found in Nimrud, Iraq | Neo-Assyrian period, 8th century BC | Gift of the Iraqi Government, TJ-4806 | |||
| Highlight | Battle Axe | Luristan, Iran | Late 2nd–early 1st millennium BC | TJ-625-7 | |||
| Highlight | Footed Bowl | Ismailabad, Iran | Neolithic period, first half of the 5th millennium BC | TJ-5506 | |||
| Highlight | Tiles with Multicolor Glazes | Northwestern Iran | Iron Age, 8th–7th century BC | TJ-5678 | |||
| Highlight | Ornament | Iran | Achaemenid period, 6th–4th century BC | TJ-5798 | |||
| Highlight | Cut-Glass Bowl with Circles | Iran, Found in Iran | Second half of the Sasanian period, 5th–7th century | Private collection | |||
| Highlight | Mummy of Pasherienptah | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC | Gift of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, TJ-1835 | |||
| Highlight | Cup ("Skyphos") with an Owl | Apulia, Italy | Ca. 400 BC | Gift of the National Museum of Oriental Art, Italy, TJ-4735 | |||
| 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 | Cut-Glass Goblet | Mesopotamia, Found in Iran | Second half of the Sasanian period, 5th–7th century | Gift of Mr. Matsumoto Tōru, TJ-4865 |