Egypt and Western Asia
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Bull-Shaped Rhyton
Cyprus, Late Bronze Age, 14th–13th century BC (Gift of Mr. Tanimura Keisuke)Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
March 4, 2025 (Tue) - May 25, 2025 (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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Fragment of Core-Formed Glass Vessel | Egypt | New Kingdom (19th–20th dynasties), second half of the 13th century–12th century BC | TJ-2331 | |||
| Mummy of Pasherienptah | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | 22nd dynasty, ca. 945–730 BC | Gift of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, TJ-1835 | ||||
| Highlight | Bull-Shaped Rhyton | Cyprus | Late Bronze Age, 14th–13th century BC | Gift of Mr. Tanimura Keisuke, TJ-5521-12 | |||
| 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 century–first half of the 1st century BC | TJ-5805 |