Dido, Queen of Carthage

Belt buckle with a griffin

Possibly Greek or Pontic, 1st century B.C.

gold

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Bulla with Daedalus and Icarus

Etruscan, 5th century B.C.

gold

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Horse pendant

Greek, 3rd-1st century B.C.

gold 

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Blue faience saucer and stand

Egyptian, c. 1400-1325 B.C.

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Necklace with a child's head pendant (and detail)

Roman, 1st century B.C. to 1st century A.D. 

gold and carnelian

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Pair of bracelets with antelope heads

Greek, 4th century B.C.

gold

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Chest with inscription in demotic and depiction of a sacrifice to Sobek

Egyptian, c. 1st century B.C.

wood

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Box for ushabtis or canopic jars

Egyptian, c. 850-700 B.C.

wood with paint

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Dog game piece

Egyptian, c. 2850 B.C. 

hippopotamus ivory 

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Inlay in the form of a jackal

Egyptian, c. 380-250 B.C.

black and white glass with jasperoid bands  

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Intaglio of Dionysus

Greek, 323-30 B.C.

garnet

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Medallion with the Roman emperor Caracalla

Roman, c. A.D. 215-243 

gold

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This medallion was part of a series made to honor the Roman emperor Caracalla by representing him as a descendant of Alexander the Great. The observe (top) depicts Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemus I of Epirus, wife of Philip II of Macedon, and mother of Alexander the Great. The reverse (bottom) shows a nereid (perhaps meant to be Thetis, mother of the hero Achilles) riding on a hippocampus. 

Block statue of Ankh-pekhred

Egyptian, 380-340 B.C.

granodiorite

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Rhyton with griffins 

Greco-Egyptian, 3rd-2nd century B.C.

Egyptian faience 

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Slab with goat

From Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana) in northern Syria 

Syrian, 10th-9th century B.C.

limestone

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