alam; standard Museum number 1888,0901.16 | Cultures/periods x23245 Safavid dynasty | Production date 1650-1700 | Production place Made in:Iran
album; painting Museum number 1920,0917,0.4 | Cultures/periods x23192 Mughal dynasty | Production date 1610 | Production place Made in:India | Findspot Found/Acquired:India
altar-vase Title One of the David Vases | Museum number PDF,B.613 | Cultures/periods x14710 Yuan dynasty | Production date 1351 | Production place Made in:Jingdezhen
altar-vase Title One of the David Vases | Museum number PDF,B.614 | Cultures/periods x14710 Yuan dynasty | Production date 1351 | Production place Made in:Jingdezhen
anatomical votive Museum number 139443 | Cultures/periods x14572 Ancient South Arabian | Production date 2ndC-3rdC | Production place Made in:Yemen | Findspot Found/Acquired:Yemen
astrolabe Museum number 1893,0616.3 | Cultures/periods JewishLate Medieval | Production date 14thC | Production place Made in:SpainMade in:Italy
axe Museum number 1901,0206.1 | Cultures/periods x14337 Neolithic | Production date 4500BC-4000BC 4000BC-2000BC | Production place Made in:Italy | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Canterbury (Kent)
banknote Museum number CIB,EA.260 | Authority BIOG157576 Issuer:Board of Revenue (China) | Cultures/periods Ming dynastyHongwu | Production date 1375 | Production place Issued in:China
beaker Title Hedwig beaker | Museum number 1959,0414.1 | Cultures/periods x41208 Norman | Production date 12thC | Production place Made in:Syria
bell Museum number 1965,0612.1 | Cultures/periods x13822 Eastern Zhou dynasty | Production date 5thC BC | Production place Made in:China | Findspot Found/Acquired:Henan (province)
bi Museum number 1937,0416.140 | Cultures/periods Shang dynastyQing dynasty | Production date 1200BC-1050BC 1790 | Production place Made in:ChinaMade in:Beijing (city)
box Title The Standard of Ur | Museum number 121201 | Cultures/periods x41321 Early Dynastic III | Production date 2500 BC | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Royal Cemetery (Ur)
broadside; print Title Rhinocerus | Museum number 1895,0122.714 | Producer name BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer | Production date 1515
calligraphy Museum number 1949,0409,0.86 | Cultures/periods x14382 Ottoman dynasty | Production date 1520-1566 | Production place Made in:Istanbul (city)
cape Title The Mold Gold Cape | Museum number 1836,0902.1 | Cultures/periods x13796 Early Bronze Age | Production date 1900BC-1600BC | Findspot Found/Acquired:Mold
chair; sculpture Title Throne of Weapons | Museum number Af2002,01.1 | Producer name BIOG125147 Made by:Cristóvão (Kester) Canhavato | Production date 2001 | Production place Made in:Maputo (city)
chariot; model Title Oxus Treasure | Museum number 123908 | Cultures/periods x13574 Achaemenid | Production date 5thC BC-4thC BC | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Takht-i Kuwad
chess-piece Title The Lewis Chessmen | Museum number 1831,1101.78 | Cultures/periods x41036 Late Medieval | Production date 1150-1200 | Production place Made in:ScandinaviaMade in:Norway | Findspot Found/Acquired:Uig
chopping tool; core Title The Olduvai stone chopping tool | Museum number 1934,1214.1 | Cultures/periods x103371 Lower Palaeolithic | Production place Made in:Africa | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Olduvai Gorge
clovis point Museum number 1962,1206.137 | Cultures/periods x113481 Clovis | Production date 11000BC | Production place Made in:North America | Findspot Found/Acquired:Arizona (state)
codex; map Title Mapa de Santa Barbara Tamasolco Pintura de propriedades de descendientes de los Se | Museum number Am2006,Drg.22070 | Producer name BIOG171039 Scribe:Mateo Quauhtli | Cultures/periods x72338 Colonial (Americas) | Production date 16thC(late) | Production place Painted in:Mexico
coffin Museum number EA6678 | Cultures/periods x14428 Ptolemaic | Production date 240BC | Production place Made in:Luxor (Thebes) | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Asasif (Thebes)
coin Museum number 1991,0733.1 | Producer name BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint | Authority BIOG68944 Ruler:Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom | Production date 1903 | Production place Minted in:London (England)Issued in:British Isles
coin Museum number 1874,0706.1 | Authority BIOG118129 Ruler:'Abd al-Malik | Cultures/periods x23299 Umayyad dynasty | Production date 696-697 | Production place Minted in:Damascus
coin Museum number 1894,0506.962 | Authority BIOG110838 Ruler:Kumaragupta I | Cultures/periods x45686 Gupta | Production date 415-447 | Production place Minted in:India
coin Museum number 1919,0820.1 | Authority BIOG94455 Ruler:Lysimachus | Cultures/periods x13918 Greek | Production date 305BC-281BC | Production place Minted in:Lampsacus
coin Museum number 1956,0604.1 | Authority BIOG67054 Ruler:Charles II, King of Spain | Production date 1664-1700 | Production place Minted in:Duchy of Brabant
coin Museum number 2009,4133.77 | Cultures/periods x41012 Anglo-Saxon | Production place Minted in:London (England) | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:North Yorkshire
coin Museum number 1920,0907.382 | Authority BIOG41827 Ruler:Philip II, King of Spain | Production date 1556-1598 | Production place Issued in:Potosi (town/city)
coin Museum number RPK,p146B.1.Sam | Authority BIOG57653 Ruler:Croesus | Cultures/periods x13918 Greek | Production place Minted in:Lydia
coin Museum number 1950,0805.1 | Authority BIOG41827 Ruler:Philip II, King of Spain | Production date 1556-1598 | Production place Minted in:Spain | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:TobermoryExcavated/Findspot:The San Juan de Sicilia
credit card; specimen Museum number 2009,4128.2 | Producer name BIOG217253 Made by:Cupola Plastic Cards | Authority Issuer:Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking CorporationIssuer:Visa | Production date 2009 | Production place Issued in:United Arab EmiratesMade in:Dubai
credit card; specimen Museum number 2012,4133.2 | Authority Issuer:Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking CorporationIssuer:Visa | Production date 2012 | Production place Issued in:United Arab Emirates
credit card; specimen Museum number 2012,4133.1 | Authority Issuer:Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking CorporationIssuer:Visa | Production date 2012 | Production place Issued in:United Arab Emirates
cup Museum number 1959,1120.1 | Cultures/periods Timurid dynastyOttoman dynasty | Production date 1420-1449 | Production place Made in:Samarkand
drinking-cup Title The Warren Cup | Museum number 1999,0426.1 | Cultures/periods x14450 Roman | Production date 15BC - AD15 | Production place Made in:Levant | Findspot Found/Acquired:Jerusalem
drum Museum number Am,SLMisc.1368 | Ethnic group x83045 Made by:Akan | Production date 18thC | Production place Made in:Ghana | Findspot Found/Acquired:Virginia (state)
figure Museum number 1936,1012.223 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1936,1012.224 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1936,1012.221 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1936,1012.225 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1936,1012.227 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number Am,+.7001 | Cultures/periods x72382 Huaxtec | Production date 900-1450 | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Mexico
figure Museum number 1830,0612.4 | Cultures/periods BuddhistAnuradhapura | Production date 8thC | Production place Made in:Sri Lanka | Findspot Found/Acquired:TrincomaleeFound/Acquired:Batticaloa
figure Title Hoa Hakananaiʻa Moai | Museum number Oc1869,1005.1 | Ethnic group x116213 Made by:Rapanui | Production date 1000 -1200 | Production place Made in:Rano Kao | Findspot Found/Acquired:Orongo
figure Museum number 1936,1012.220 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1936,1012.232 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1936,1012.222 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1936,1012.231 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Title The Buddha | Museum number 1895,1026.1 | Cultures/periods x25064 Kushan | Production date 2ndC-3rdC | Production place Made in:Gandhara (Pakistan) | Findspot Found/Acquired:Jamalgarhi
figure Title Bronze Group of a Bull and Acrobat | Museum number 1966,0328.1 | Cultures/periods x14162 Late Minoan I | Production date 1600BC-1450BC | Findspot Found/Acquired:Rethymnon
figure Museum number 1936,1012.226 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1980,0325.1-2 | Cultures/periods x13823 Edo Period | Production date 1655-1670 | Production place Made for:EuropeMade in:Kakiemon Kiln
figure; model Museum number EA35506 | Cultures/periods x14314 Naqada I | Production date 3500 BC | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Amra, el-
figure Museum number 1936,1012.229 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figure Museum number 1872,0701.70 | Production date 12thC-13thC | Production place Made in:Orissa | Findspot Found/Acquired:Orissa
figure Museum number 1936,1012.228 | Cultures/periods x14596 Tang dynasty | Production date 728 | Findspot Found/Acquired:Luoyang
figurine Museum number Am1921,0721.1 | Cultures/periods x72386 Inca | Production date 1400-1532 | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Peru
gui Museum number 1977,0404.1 | Cultures/periods Western Zhou dynastyCheng Wang | Production date 11thC BC | Findspot Found/Acquired:Henan (province)
handaxe Museum number 1934,1214.49 | Cultures/periods x103371 Lower Palaeolithic | Production place Made in:Africa | Findspot Found/Acquired:Olduvai Gorge
handscroll; painting Title Nüshi zhen tu 女史箴图 The Admonitions Scroll | Museum number 1903,0408,0.1 | Producer name After:Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之Made by:Zou Yigui 鄒一桂 | Production date 5thC-7thC | Production place Painted in:China
helmet Title The Sutton Hoo Helmet | Museum number 1939,1010.93 | Cultures/periods GermanicEarly Anglo-Saxon | Production date late 6thC-early 7thC | Production place Made in:SwedenMade in:England | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Sutton Hoo
icon Title Icon with the Triumph of Orthodoxy | Museum number 1988,0411.1 | Cultures/periods x272759 Late Byzantine | Production date 1400 | Production place Painted in:Constantinople
intaglio; morse Title The Lothair Crystal | Museum number 1855,1201.5 | Cultures/periods CarolingianMedieval | Production date 855-869 15thC | Production place Made in:AachenMade in:Lotharingia | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Meuse, River (Belgium/France)
label Museum number EA55586 | Cultures/periods x13547 1st Dynasty | Production date 2985BC | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Abydos
lamp Museum number As2010,3036.1 | Producer name BIOG223192 Designed by:D.Light | Production date 2010 | Production place Made in:Shenzhen
lead; lamp Museum number As2010,3036.2 | Producer name BIOG223192 Designed by:D.Light | Production date 2010 | Production place Made in:Shenzhen
lintel Title The Yaxchilan Lintels | Museum number Am1923,Maud.4 | Cultures/periods x103733 Classic Maya | Production date 723-726 | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Lintel 24
mahiole hulu manu Museum number Oc,HAW.108 | Ethnic group x110469 Made by:Hawaiian | Production date 18thC | Production place Made in:Hawaii | Findspot Found/Acquired:Hawaii
map Museum number Am2003,19.3 | Ethnic group x84307 Made by:Miami | Production date 1770 | Findspot Found/Acquired:North America
marine chronometer Museum number 1958,1006.1957 | Producer name BIOG68867 Made by:Thomas Earnshaw | Production date 1795-1805 | Production place Made in:London (England)
mask; pendant Museum number Am1938,1021.14 | Cultures/periods OlmecMaya | Production date 900BC-400BC | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Peten
metope Title The Parthenon Sculptures | Museum number 1816,0610.12 | Producer name BIOG60077 Designed by:Pheidias | Cultures/periods x101854 Classical Greek | Production date 447BC-438BC | Production place Made in:Athens | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Parthenon
mirror Museum number 1927,1014.2 | Cultures/periods x13941 Heian Period | Production date 12thC | Production place Made in:Japan
mizusashi; cooking-vessel; lid Museum number OA+.20 | Cultures/periods x14042 Jomon Period | Production date 5000BC 19thC(early) | Production place Made in:Japan
mosaic floor Title The Hinton St Mary Mosaic | Museum number 1965,0409.1 | Cultures/periods x41218 Romano-British | Production date 4thC(early) | Findspot Found/Acquired:Hinton St Mary
mould; yoke; games/sporting equipment Museum number Am,St.398 | Cultures/periods x310513 Classic Veracruz | Production date 300 - 1200 | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Veracruz (state)
nef; clock Title The Mechanical Galleon | Museum number 1866,1030.1 | Producer name BIOG78195 Made by:Hans Schlottheim | Production date 1580-1590 | Production place Made in:Augsburg
oinochoe; flagon Title The Basse-Yutz Flagons | Museum number 1929,0511.2 | Cultures/periods Iron AgeLa Tène I | Production date 420 BC - 360 BC | Production place Made in:France | Findspot Found/Acquired:Basse-Yutz
oinochoe; flagon Title The Basse-Yutz Flagons | Museum number 1929,0511.1 | Cultures/periods Iron AgeLa Tène I | Production date 420 BC - 360 BC | Production place Made in:France | Findspot Found/Acquired:Basse-Yutz
papyrus Title The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus | Museum number EA10058 | Producer name BIOG214836 Scribe:Ahmose | Cultures/periods x14492 Second Intermediate | Production date 1550 BC | Findspot Found/Acquired:Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
papyrus Title The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus | Museum number EA10057 | Cultures/periods x14492 Second Intermediate | Production date 1550 BC | Findspot Found/Acquired:Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
pectoral; mosaic Title The Turquoise Mosaics | Museum number Am1894,-.634 | Cultures/periods AztecMixtec | Production date 1400-1521 | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Mexico
pepper-pot Title The Hoxne 'Empress' pepper pot Hoxne | Museum number 1994,0408.33 | Cultures/periods x41218 Romano-British | Production date 300-400 | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Hoxne (parish)
pestle Museum number Oc1908,0423.1 | Ethnic group x84612 Made by:Papua New Guinean | Cultures/periods x14420 Prehistoric | Production date 6000BC-2000BC | Production place Made in:Papua New Guinea | Findspot Found/Acquired:Aikora River
pillar Museum number 1880.21 | Cultures/periods x25076 Mauryan | Production date 3rdC BC | Findspot Found/Acquired:Delhi (city)
plaque Title Benin Plaques | Museum number Af1898,0115.23 | Ethnic group x83578 Made by:Edo | Production date 16thC-17thC | Production place Made in:Benin City | Findspot Found/Acquired:Benin City
plate Museum number 1990,0506.1 | Producer name Decorated by:Imperial Porcelain FactoryFactory of:Imperial Porcelain Factory | Production date 1901 1921 | Production place Decorated in:St Petersburg
plate Museum number 124091 | Cultures/periods x13816 Early Sasanian | Production date 4thC | Findspot Found/Acquired:Turkey
print Title Kanagawa-oki nami-ura 神奈川沖浪裏 Fugaku sanjūrokkei 冨嶽三十六景 | Museum number 2008,3008.1.JA | Producer name Print artist:Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Published by:Nishimuraya Yohachi (西村屋与八) | Cultures/periods x14601 Tenpo Era | Production date 1831 | Production place Published in:Edo
print; book-illustration Title In the dull village Fourteen Poems by C P Cavafy | Museum number 1981,1212.8.8 | Producer name Print made by:David HockneyPublished by:Editions Alecto Ltd | Production date 1966
print; broadside Title Göttlicher Schrifftmessiger, woldenckwürdiger Traum, welchen der Hochlöbliche...Churfürst zu Sachsen | Museum number 1880,0710.299 | Producer name BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous | Production date 1617 | Production place Published in:Leipzig
relief Museum number 124911 | Authority BIOG62948 Ruler:Sennacherib | Cultures/periods x14331 Neo-Assyrian | Production date 700BC-692BC | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:South West Palace (Nineveh)
reliquary; relic Title The Holy Thorn Reliquary | Museum number WB.67 | Cultures/periods x41036 Late Medieval | Production date 1400 | Production place Made in:Paris (France)
roof-tile Museum number 1992,0615.24 | Cultures/periods x14651 Unified Silla Dynasty | Production date 7thC-8thC | Production place Made in:Gyeongju | Findspot Found/Acquired:Sungbok Temple
sculpture Title The Ife Head | Museum number Af1939,34.1 | Ethnic group x85250 Made by:Yoruba | Production date 14thC-15thC(early) | Production place Made in:Ife | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Ife
sculpture Title The Ain Sakhri lovers | Museum number 1958,1007.1 | Cultures/periods x107039 Natufian | Findspot Found/Acquired:Ain Sakhri
sculpture Museum number Am1923,Maud.8 | Cultures/periods x298209 Late Classic Maya | Production date 715 | Findspot Excavated/Findspot:Maize god
