Egypt and Western Asia
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Seated Goddess, Greece, Late Helladic III, ca. 14th–13th century BC (Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
March 19, 2024 (Tue) - June 9, 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 |
CMT | ||
| Tomb Relief of Iny | Excavated in Saqqara, Egypt | Old Kingdom 6th dynasty, ca. 23rd century BC | TJ-5799 | ||||
| Highlight | Fragments of a Woman's Headdress | Reportedly excavated in Thebes, Egypt | New Kingdom (18th dynasty), ca. 15th century BC | TJ-5677 | |||
| Highlight | Stone Fragment with a Cartouche of Pharaoh Akhenaten | Excavated in Tell el-Amarna, Egypt | New Kingdom (18th dynasty; the reign of Akhenaten), ca. 1351–1334 BC | Gift of the University of Pennsylvania, TJ-1590 | |||
| Highlight | Fragment of a Relief | Possibly excavated in Tell el-Amarna, Egypt | New Kingdom, ca. 14th century BC | TJ-5957-53 | |||
| Highlight | Fragment of a Relief Inscribed with the Prenomen of Ramesses II | Excavated in Saqqara, Egypt | New Kingdom (19th dynasty), first half of the 13th century BC | TJ-5957-40 | |||
| Highlight | Beads | Excavated in Syria | Early bronze age, 3rd millennium BC | TJ-4906 | |||
| Highlight | 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 | 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 | Patella Cup | Eastern Mediterranean | 1st century BC–1st century AD | Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko, TJ-5833 | |||
| Mummy of Pasherienptah | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC | Gift of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, TJ-1835 | ||||
| Highlight | Seated Goddess | Greece | Late Helladic III, ca. 14th–13th century BC | Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko, TJ-5949 | |||
| Highlight | Small Long-Necked Jar | Cyprus | Late Bronze Age, 15th century–13th century BC | TJ-1817 | |||
| Highlight | Bowl | Cyprus | Late Bronze Age, ca. 1500–1200 BC | TJ-5985 | |||
| 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 the 3rd–first half of the 1st century BC | TJ-5805 |