British Museum Collection (page 12)

Gold Roman bracelet set with sapphires, emeralds, and pearls, 3rd century. The openwork ivy-leaf bands which were once curved are now flattened

Gold Roman hair ornament, set with sapphires, emeralds, and pearls, 3rd century. Found in Tunis/Carthage, and from the British Museums collection

Gold Roman bracelet, set with glass to imitate emeralds, from the British Museums collection

Gold Roman Gorgons head pendant on a gold necklace, from the British Museums collection

Silver coin of Eucratides I, a King of Bactria
Silver coin of Eucratides I (reigned 170-45 BC), a King of Bactria, with the Greek-style name in the title Great King. From the British Museums collection

Head of Tanit on a gold tridrachm from the first Punic War against Rome, from the British Museums collection

Silver disc brooch of AEdwen, Anglo-Scandinavian, first half of the 11th century. The decoration shows the Viking Ringerike style

The Strickland Brooch, Anglo-Saxon, mid-9th century. Plain gold panels with a pattern of dog-like animals with collars, deeply carved to form an openwork effect

Detail of a turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century
Detail of a turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. It is carved in wood and covered with turquoise mosaic

Mask representing a god, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, early 16th century
Aztec Turquoise Mosaic Mask.Mask representing a god, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, early 16th century. A turquoise and shell mask usually thought to represent the god Quetzalcoatl

Marble portrait of Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Earlier portraits of Alexander, in heroic style, look less youthful than those made after his death

Detail of the Basse-Yutz Flagons, Iron Age, c400 BC. Two bronze flagons were found in 1927, at Basse-Yutz, France. They are two of the finest examples of Early Celtic or Early La Tene Art

Roman depiction of the Celtic goddess Epona
Roman period depiction of the Celtic goddess Epona, who was associated with horses. From the British Museums collection

Metope of a Centaur and Lapith from the Parthenon
Metope of a Centaur and Lapith from the south side of the Parthenon, from the British Museums collection

A Sassanid silver dish showing King Shapur II, 4th century
An Early Sassanian gilded silver dish showing King Shapur II hunting a stag, 309-379. From the British Museums collection

Lintel 24, Maya, Late Classic period, c600-900
Maya relief of a priest cutting his tongue on a rope of thorns, from Lintel 24, House E, at Menche, Late Classic period, c600-900

Zapotec pottery figure of an old man god, 5th century
Zapotec pottery figure of an old man god, from the British Museum, 5th century

Tablet showing King Hammurapi at worship, First Dynasty of Babylon, about 1760-1750 BC
Detail of a relief of King Hammurapi at worship. Fragment of a stone stele dedicated by Itur-Ashdum, First Dynasty of Babylon, about 1760-1750 BC, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq

Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing chariots and soldiers, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC
Detail of the Standard of Ur, showing four-wheeled chariots and soldiers, from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. The main panels are known as War and Peace

Detail of the standard of Ur showing a Sumerian Harpist and a Ruler, about 2600-2400 BC
Detail of the standard of Ur showing a Sumerian Harpist and a Ruler, from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC

The Peace side of the Standard of Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC
The Peace side of the Standard of Ur from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Inlay of shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli in Bitumen on a hollow box

Stone panels from northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c700-c681 BC
Relief of Assyrian slingers at the siege of Lachish, from the north-west palace at Nineveh of Sennacharib, from the British Museums collection

The Rosetta Stone, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC
The Rosetta Stone, showing hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek scripts.The Rosetta Stone, showing hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek scripts, Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC

Limestone model of an ancient Egyptian house
Limestone model of a New Kingdom Egyptian house. The home is mud brick, with a stone doorway and window grills. Currently from the British Museums collection

Egyptian model of workers in a grain store from a tomb, from the British Museums collection

Detail of the inside of an Egyptian mummy-case, showing gods of the underworld
Detail of the inside of a mummy-case, showing snake and vulture-headed gods of the underworld. The interiror of the coffin of Ahmose, chief doorkeeper of the temple of Mut at Thebes

Mask of a woman, from Egypt, Roman Period, c100-c120. The woman wears a yellow tunic, leaving her breasts exposed, a collar and a winged scarab beetle, and has a garland of rosebuds in her hair

Egyptian small falcon-headed wooden coffin
Small falcon-headed wooden coffin, which contained a model imitation mummy with the attributes of Osiris, made of corn grains wrapped in linen to commemorate the god of ripening grain

Egyptian painted limestone shabti
Painted limestone shabti of a chantress of Amun, found at Thebes (?), Egyptian, 19th Dynasty. This shabti was made for a woman who was a musician of Amun at Thebes. From the British Museums collection

Early Egyptian burial known as Ginger
Early Egyptian burial, showing natural mummification due to the dryness of the soil. Now in the British Museums collection, and commonly known as Ginger

Papyrus of Anubis preparing a mummy: a detail from the papyrus of Ani, a Theban Book of the Dead from the British Museums collection

Japanese painting of fish, from the British Museums collection

Scythian depiction of an archer on horseback, from the British Museums collection

Early Sumerian stone tables, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols
Early Sumerian stone tablets, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols, and one of the earliest examples of Sumerian writing. From the British Museums collection

Assyrian relief of a genie protector, from the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad
Assyrian relief of a genie protector with a bucket and a cedar cone, from the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad. From the British Museums collection

Assyrian relief of a genie protector from the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad. From the British Museums collection

Limestone bust of Hairan, son of Marion from Palmyra, Syria, c150-200
Limestone bust from a Palmyrene funerary relief, from Palmyra, Syria, c150-200. Bearded man wearing toga, holding a strip of writing material in his left hand

The Dying Lion, a stone panel from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC
The Dying Lion, stone panel from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC. Wall panel showing a lion struck by one of the kings arrows. It has long been acclaimed as a masterpiece

Limestone bust of Aqmat, daughter of Hagago, Palmyra, Syria, c100-c150. From a Palmyrene funerary relief; woman wearing the veil of matronhood. From the British Museums collection

Gold embossed costume-fitting, from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5thC BC-4thC BC. Showing the head of the Egyptian dwarf-god Bes. From the British Museums collection

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin, from the Oxus treasure, 5th-4th century BC
Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin, from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. The Oxus treasure is the most important collection of silver

Two coins of Mithridates II of Parthia
Two coins of Mithradates II of Parthia (ruled 123 to 88 BC), from the British Museums collection

Lead figure from the Urartu culture, with an inlay of ivory and glass. From Toprak Kale, from the British Museums collection

Silver plate, Sasanian, c5th-c7th century. Silver bowl representing a Sasanian king undertaking the traditional ancient Near Eastern royal sport of lion hunting

Queens Lyre from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. Stringed instrument with a bulls head. The front panels are made of lapis lazuli, shell and red limestone originally set in bitumen

Lapis lazuli cylinder seal, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600 BC. This cylinder seal comes from the Queens Grave in the cemetery at Ur. The seal is engraved with a banquet scene

Stone panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c645 BC. The relief shows the stringing of the bow i.e the arming of the King in his chariot

Side of the Sumerian Standard of Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC
The Standard of Ur from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Inlay of shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli in Bitumen on a hollow box. The main panels are known as War and Peace

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