Cylinder seal
1800 BCE-1700 BCE
- Gallery location
- Not on display
Artwork Details
Felton Bequest, 1929
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Clay tablet
IRAQ
Beak-spouted jug
IRAN, Luristan
Cheek piece from a horse bit
IRAN, Luristan
Jar
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN / GAUL
Stamped brick
IRAQ, Ur
Medici vase
Stefano della BELLA
The Crossing of the Red Sea
Nicolas POUSSIN
Comb
EGYPT, Diospolis Parva
Beaker (Gnathia ware)
ITALY, Apulia
Flask
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Bust of Serapis
EGYPT
Head of Gudea
IRAQ
Bottle or Unguentarium (Italic/Corinthian ware)
ITALY
Torso of an athlete
GREECE / ITALY
String of beads
EGYPT
The Hands and the Faces
John BRACK
Funerary cone
EGYPT
Pelike (South Italian red-figure ware)
SOUTH ITALY
Lekanis (South Italian black-glaze ware)
SOUTH ITALY
Unguent bottle
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN / ITALY / GAUL
Jar
EGYPT
Jug (bichrome I-II ware)
CYPRUS
Sculptor's model for the head of a king
EGYPT
Head of Isis
EGYPT
Plate (Attic geometric black-figure ware)
GREECE, Attica
Head of Septimius Severus
ITALY
Geometric wreath mosaic
NORTH COAST OF AFRICA, (Carthage)
Bowl
SYRIA / CYPRUS
Vase
EGYPT
Clay tablet
IRAQ