British Museum Collection (page 13)

Detail of the Sumerian ruler from the Standard of Ur, about 2600-2400 BC
Detail of the Sumerian ruler from 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

Detail of Sumerian soldiers from the Royal Standard of Ur, about 2600-2400 BC
Detail of Sumerian soldiers from the Royal 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

Neo-Assyrian cylinder-seal impression showing mythical beings making offerings before a sacred tree, from the British Museums collection

Carnelian cylinder seal of Mushezib-Ninurta, Neo-Assyrian, from northern Iraq, 9th century BC
Carnelian cylinder seal of Mushezib-Ninurta, Neo-Assyrian, from Sherif Khan (Tarbisu), northern Iraq, 9th century BC. The king, shown in mirror image

Seal showing the goddess Ishtar, Neo-Assyrian, c720-c700 BC. Assyrian cylinder-seal impression showing Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess of sexuality and warfare. From the British Museums collection

Akkadian cylinder-seal impression showing the flood-epic. Utanapishtim is in the ark, and Gilgamesh is fighting the Bull. From the British Museums collection

Baked clay plaque of two boxers fighting, while musicians play, from Larsa, Iraq, 2000BC-1750BC
Baked clay plaque of two boxers fighting, while musicians play the drums and clapper, from Larsa, Iraq, 2000BC-1750BC. From the British Museums collection

Babylonian terracotta plaque of Gilgamesh, from the British Museums collection

Model terracotta chair from Ur with relief design of two birds. From the British Museums collection

Babylonian lion-headed terracotta monster, probably representing one of the seven evil genii, 699BC. From the British Museums collection

Terracotta statue of a woman, Old Babylonian (?), 2000BC-1750BC. Painted fired clay statue of a woman; hands clasped under her breasts; wearing necklace and bracelets

Stone lions head, Neo-Assyrian, about 680-670 BC, from Sippar, southern Iraq
Stone lions head, Neo-Assyrian, about 680-670 BC, From Sippar, southern Iraq. This lions head of white limestone comes from the Temple of Shamash

Babylonian story of the flood on a clay tablet, probably from Sippor, Old Babylonian, 1635BC. This is one of three tablets which contained the Epic of Ammisaduqa, hero of the Babylonian flood story

Babylonian clay model of a sheeps lung
Clay model of a lung, containing omens, Late Babylonian, 7th Century BC, from Ninevah. Used by baru-priests to teach their students its anatomy and its significance in foretelling the future

Hoard of Babylonian agricultural tools
Hoard of copper Babylonian agricultural tools from Kulala. From the British Museums collection

Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th century BC
Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan, 5th-4th century BC

Roman bronze figure of the sun god Helios (Sol), 3rd century. From the British Museums collection

Roman statuette of Alexander the Great on horseback, from the British Museums collection

Copper alloy figure of Hercules wearing a lion skin, 2nd century. Found at Birdoswald Fort, Cumbria. From the British Museums collection

Romano-British copper alloy head of Minerva with Corinthian helmet, from Felmingham Hall, Norfolk, England. From the British Museums collection

Roman wood writing tablet from Vindolanda with a party invitation, late 1st or early 2nd century
Roman wood writing tablet from Vindolanda with a party invitation written in ink, from Claudia Severa to Lepidina, late 1st or early 2nd century

Roman copper alloy statuette of herm of Priapus from Pakenham, Suffolk. Priapus promises the fertility of gardens and the safety of seafarers. Roman in origin, but rare outside of Italy

Male figure (ti i) made of thespesia wood from the Society Islands in Tahiti, 19th Century
Male figure (ti i) made of thespesia wood from the Society Islands in Tahiti, collected in the 1820s. It is theorised to be a spirit-god invoked by sorcerors. From the British Museums collection

Head of a wooden figure from New Ireland, Melanesian. From the British Museums collection

White-ground lekythos with a pianting of a woman at a wash basin, Attica, Greece, 470BC-460BC. From the British Museums collection

Black-figured neck-amphora depicting the birth of Athena, Attica, Greece
Black-figured neck-amphora depicting the birth of Athena from Zeus head - note Hephaestos with his axe, Attica, Greece. From the British Museums collection

Greek terracotta oil flask of the infant Dionysus
Greek terracotta oil flask (lekythos) of the infant Dionysus standing in a vine-hung grotto. Made in Athens, and from the British Museums collection

Greek terracotta in the shape of a siren, c570BC
Greek terracotta perfume-bottle in the shape of a siren, c570BC. From the British Museums collection

Relief of a centaur and Lapith fighting, The Bassai Sculptures, Temple of Apollo, Bassae, Greece
Marble relief of a centaur and Lapith fighting, The Bassai Sculptures / The Phigaleian Frieze, Temple of Apollo, Bassae, Greece, 420BC-400BC

Greek relief of servants carrying food, from the British Musuem

Marble herm: satyr playing the plagiaulos / flute, Lazio, Rome, Italy, 1st Century. A statue of a satyr playing the flute/plaiaulos with the mouthpiece set at an angle to the pipe

The Arundel Head - bronze head possibly of the Greek tragedian Sophocles, Hellenistic, 2nd century BC. Found in Smyrna, Turkey. From the British Museums collection

Bronze vessel in the form of the head of a young African woman. From the British Museums collection

Greek bronze mirror case with Aphrodite and Pan, c350 BC. Aphrodite and Pan are depicted with an incised drawing playing knucklebones, a popular childrens game. Said to be from Corinth

Greek bronze figure holding a pomegranate and a torch, possibly the Greek goddess Persephone. from the British Museums collection

Bronze standard finial with two felines, Luristan Culture, from western Iran, c10th-7th century BC. From the British Museums collection

Ivory panel of a lioness devouring a boy, Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Phoenician
Inlaid ivory panel of a lioness devouring a boy, palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, northern Iraq, Phoenician, 9th-8th century BC

Copper foundation figurine ending in cone and plaque, Telloh, South Iraq, 2494BC-2465BC
Copper foundation figurine ending in cone and plaque, found in Telloh, South Iraq, Early Dynastic III, 2494BC-2465BC. The peg figurine was passed through the hole in the plaque

Detail of an Achaemenid gold and lapis lazuli staff
Lapis lazuli and gold staff handle, made in Iran. Modern fake in Achaemenid style. From the British Museums collection

Copper alloy figure of the goddess Epona, seated between two ponies, from Wiltshire, England. From the British Museums collection

Roman iron ring with a red jasper gem
Roman iron finger-ring with a red jasper gem depicting the head of a beardless Hercules with lions skin tied round his neck and the letters VS, 2nd century. Found in Malton, North Yorkshire

Roman gold ring from the Backworth treasure
Roman gold snake finger-ring from the Backworth treasure from Tyne and Wear, 1st - 2nd century. The Backworth hoarde is probably a votive deposit to a mother-goddess on the eastern end of Hadrians

Roman bronze jug found in England, from the British Museums collection

Empress pepper pot from the Hoxne hoard, Roman Britain, buried in the 5th century. The pepper pot is in the form of a silver bust of an Imperial lady of the late-Roman period

Detail of a Samian ware pot found in England. From the British Museums collection

Bracelet from the Hoxne hoard, Roman Britain, buried in the 5th century. The bracelet is decorated with figured scenes in relief

Cord-decorated Neolithic Beaker, from the River Thames at Mortlake. From the British Museums collection

The Folkton Drums, found in East Yorkshire, England, Late Neolithic period, 2600-2000 BC
One of the three Folkton Drums, found in East Yorkshire, England, Late Neolithic period, 2600-2000 BC. These objects were found in a child burial in a round barrow excavated by William Greenwell in

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