~ Vignette from funerary papyrus (Book of the Dead) from papyrus N 3149.
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Medium: Papyrus
Source: collections.louvre.fr
~ Strap-handle whistle vessel: snake with human and serpent heads.
Culture: Wari (Huari)
Date: A.D. 650–900
Medium: Ceramic and slip paints
Source: dma.org
~ Portrait Head of a Woman, probably the Empress Faustina Minor.
Date: ca. A.D. 165
Place of origin/Culture: Italy, Roman
Medium: Marble
Source: clevelandart.org
~ Kalacakra deity in yabyum position with Visvamata.
Date: 15th century
Place of origin: Tibet
Medium: Distemper on cotton
Source: collections.mfa.org
~ 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