~ Wooden figure of the Anubis-jackal, with long tail.
Cultures/Period: Late Period
Place of origin: Egypt
Medium: Wood
Source: britishmuseum.org
~ Nike.
Date: ca. 190 B.C.
Place of discovery/origin: Myrina (tomb 112 B), Greece
Source: collections.louvre.fr
~ Dragon, horse, snake, rooster, and rat from a set of zodiac figures.
Place of origin: China
Date: 14th century
Medium: Earthenware with mineral pigments.
Source: collections.artsmia.org
~ Solidus with Licinia Eudoxia.
Period: Byzantine, Reign of Valentinian III
Date: A.D. 439
Mint: Ravenna
Medium: Gold
Source: collections.mfa.org
~ Female face.
Date: ca. 280-150 B.C.
Provinience: Tarquinia, Tomb of the Orcus (Tomb of the Ogre, Tomb of Murina) (Tarquinia, Tomba dell’Orco (Tomba dei Murina)).
Source: ancientrome.ru
~ Figure of Nehebkau.
Period: Late Period, 26th Dynasty
Date: 664–525 B.C.
Place of origin: Egypt
Medium: Faience
Source: metmuseum.org
~ Fragmentary Figure.
Culture: Olmec
Period: Middle Preclassic
Date: 900-300 B.C.
Medium: Jadeite
Source: museum.doaks.org
~ Unguentarium.
Date: A.D. 1st-2nd century
Period/Culture: Roman Imperial
Medium: Transparent, almost colorless, slightly greenish glass.
Source: artmuseum.princeton.edu
~ Dagger with Leaf-shaped Blade.
Date: 2500-2000 B.C.
Place of origin: Luristan, Iran
Medium: Bronze
Source: dia.widen.net
~ Funerary Statuette: Bird Trainer.
Place of origin: China
Period: Six Dynasties (A.D. 220-589)
Date: A.D. 5th-6th
Medium: Gray terracotta, traces of paint and white slip
Source: mbam.qc.ca
~ Statue of Valentinian II.
Place of origin: Aphrodisias (now Geyre, Aydin).
Date: ca. A.D. 390
Medium: Marble
Source: ancientrome.ru
~ Ring Inscribed with Hieroglyphs.
Place of origin: Egypt
Date: 305–30 B.C.
Medium: Gold
▪︎ From the source: Upon death, people who were thought to have lived moral lives were reborn in the afterlife as a form of the god Osiris. This ring is inscribed with the title “Osiris,” followed by the owner’s names and titles, attesting to his faith that he would become one with the god after death.
Source: artic.edu
~ Plaque.
Culture: Italic, Etruscan
Period: Late Archaic Period or early Classical Period
Date: ca. 470 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Source: collections.mfa.org
~ Noble Lady.
Date: 700's
Period: Tang dynasty
Culture: Chinese
Medium: Earthenware with paint
~ Twenty-Nine Hole Game Board.
Date: ca. 664-332 B.C. (?)
Period: 26th dynasty, Late Period
Source: collections.louvre.fr
~ Libation Dish Depicting Ka-Arms Presenting an Ankh-Sign.
Period: Early Dynastic Period, 1st Dynasty
Date: ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Place of origin: Egypt
Medium: Greywacke
Source: metmuseum.org
~ Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Parthia with bust of Orodes II.
Culture: Greek
Period: Late Hellenistic Period
Date: 57–37 B.C.
Mint: Kingdom of Parthia
Place of origin: Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris (Babylonia)
Medium: Silver
Source: collections.mfa.org