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Knife

The jade handle of this small knife is decorated in the styl…
Limestone cylinder seal

This limestone cylinder seal was found by the excavator Leon…
Lion weight

This cast tin-bronze lion weight was discovered in western A…
Painted jar

This painted jar has designs like those found on pottery fro…
Peter Mundy, A briefe relation of the Turckes, their Kings, Emperors or Grandsigneurs, their conquests, religion, custom

Peter Mundy was an English traveller in Istanbul in 1618. In…
Pottery jar

This is an example of 'Atchana' ware from the site of ancien…
Pottery jug

This pottery jug was excavated in 1900-1 from the very large…
Pottery jug

This jug, in the shape of a stylized bird, is typical of the…
Silver bowl

Bowls such as this one, carinated and bearing a lotus flower…
Silver bull

This silver bull with gold inlay on a copper stand may have …
Silver dish

Little is known of the region where this bowl is said to hav…
Silver ingot

This silver ingot is inscribed in Aramaic with the name 'Bar…
Silver two-handled cup

This silver cup, which is said to have been found near Troy,…
Spouted jug with dragon handle

The jug may have been used as a liturgical vessel. The Armen…
Stone gable-shaped seal

This period saw an increase in permanent settlements based o…
Two-handed black burnished cup

This cup comes from the mound of Hisarlik in western Turkey,…
Element of a necklace

This trapezoidal plaque was originally part of a larger neck…
Gold and enamel reliquary cross

This superb small pendant is said to have been found on the …
Icon of St John the Baptist

In this compelling painting, St John gazes directly at the v…
Icon of St Peter

This striking panel was discovered in a London restorer's st…
Icon of Triumph of Orthodoxy

The overthrow of Iconoclasm in AD 843 was seen as a triumph …
Ivory panel showing an archangel

This exceptionally beautiful leaf is the largest surviving B…
Marble transenna with eagles and hares

A transenna is a large slab that formed part of a marble scr…
The Lampsacus spoons

'O handsome youth, do not believe too much in beauty', reads…
Albrecht Dürer, Landscape with a Cannon, an etching

The subject matter of this print is obscure. A Turk stands p…
Bronze coin of Ephesos, reign of Valerian

This bronze coin of Ephesos comes from the period of the rul…
Silver cistophorus of Augustus

In 133 BC, the last Greek king of Pergamon (Pergamum) bequea…
Silver tetradrachm of Orophernes

The minor Hellenistic kingdom of Cappadocia, in the east of …
Beaker in Pergamene Relief Ware

The beaker was hand-thrown, ring handles (now missing) were …
Bronze head of a goddess, probably Aphrodite

In about 1872 a man digging his field on the site of ancient…
Marble frieze slab from the Nereid Monument

This slab comes from a frieze on the base of the Nereid Monu…
Marble head of a member of the Hekatomnid dynasty

The architectural details of the Temple of Athena at Priene …
Relief from the Nereid Monument

The upper walls of the Nereid Monument were crowned with a f…
Basalt stela showing the goddess Kubaba

This freestanding basalt monument depicts the Neo-Hittite go…
Gold figures of deities

Most of the thirty-eight small gold figures (five illustrate…
Gold ornament

This is a small strip of gold with openwork decoration. It m…
Coin-set pendant

This special double solidus of the Roman emperor Constantine…
Silver bowl from the first Cyprus treasure

This bowl, together with a paten, hexagonal censer and twent…
Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle

The scarab beetle ( Scarabeus sacer ) is one of the enduring…
Silver tetradrachm of Augustus

Considerations of profit apart, the ancient Romans tended no…
The pot-hoard from the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos

Deciding which are the earliest coins, let alone when they w…
Bone spectacle fibula (brooch)

Votive offerings have been found in the area of the foundati…
Colossal seated statue of a man from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos

This impressive statue was carved from one block of Pentelic…
Colossal statue of a woman from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos

This colossal female figure, originally carved from one bloc…
Fragments of horses from Halikarnassos

A four-horse chariot group ( quadriga ) was positioned on th…
Marble column drum from the later Temple of Artemis at Ephesos

This is the best preserved column drum from the Temple of Ar…
Marble head of a woman

This female face is one of the most beautiful of the survivi…
Marble head of Apollo from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos

This statue, from which only this head survives, was carved …
Marble statue of a charioteer

This marble figure, with its air of quiet dignity, can be id…
Marble statue of a woman seated in a chair

Many statues were found along the Sacred Way of the Temple o…
Marble statue of Demeter

The Sanctuary of Demeter at Knidos was laid out at about the…
Sculptured marble plinth

This carved square plinth comes from the later Temple of Art…
Slabs from the Amazonomachy frieze from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos

This is one of the most interesting sections of the Amazonom…
Upper part of a marble male figure

The back part of the head, chest, right shoulder and arm of …
Peter Paul Rubens, Eight Turkish Women, a drawing

The figures are simply drawn in pen and brown ink. Like Gent…
Silver cistophorus of Claudius

In the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles, the s…
Bronze model of a city wall

This bronze model of a city wall comes from Toprakkale (anci…
Decorated bronze shield

This bronze shield comes from Toprakkale (ancient Rusahinili…
Ivory figure of a griffin-headed demon

Ivory carvings were widely used to decorate important pieces…
Stonepaste 'Golden Horn' bottle

This tall elegant bottle is made from stonepaste, with under…
Winged bull with human torso and head and clasped hands

This bronze figure of a winged bull with a human torso and h…
Letter from T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) to Leonard Woolley

Between 1911 and 1914 a British Museum expedition carried ou…
Painted wooden panel showing riders with bowls

Before the advent of Islam in the eighth century AD, Khotan …
Silver tetradrachm with the head of Alexander

Following his death in 323 BC Alexander’s generals div…
£10 note, Bank of England

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is famous across the world …
Colossal marble lion from a tomb monument

This colossal lion weighs some six tons. Made from one piece…
Marble sarcophagus with a Bacchic scene

The size of this sarcophagus indicates that it was probably …
Marble statue of a kore (girl) holding a bird

This kore (maiden) wears a chiton (tunic) belted under t…

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