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Ancient Turkey (Room 54)
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery
About 5500
– 300 BC
Ancient Anatolia (modern Turkey) forms an important land link between Europe and Asia. Objects in Room 54 show different Anatolian cultures from Prehistoric to Hellenistic times.
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Ivory figure of a griffin-headed demon, 8th-7th century BC
More informationIvory figure of a griffin-headed demon, 8th-7th century BC
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Gold figurine of a god, 1400-1200 BC
More informationGold figurine of a god, 1400-1200 BC
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Silver bull, around 2350 BC
More informationSilver bull, around 2350 BC
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Clay tablet with a cuneiform letter and its envelope, around 1850 BC
More informationClay tablet with a cuneiform letter and its envelope, around 1850 BC
Examples of Early Bronze Age craftsmanship on display include silver bull and cup. Business archives of Middle Bronze Age merchants illustrate trading between central Anatolia and Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Delicate gold jewellery and figurines date from the Hittite period. Iron Age objects from Urartu, eastern Turkey, include winged bulls and griffins used to decorate furniture.
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