British Museum Collection (page 6)

Cunieform Inscription from Nimbrud in classical Neo-Assyrian script, 879 BC. Made during Reign of Ashurbanipal II, 879 BC. Ashur-nasir-pal II was king of Assyria from 883 to 859 BC. British Museum

Clay Cuneiform Tablet. 7th century BC. From Nineveh, Astrological Omens concerning Public Affairs. British Museum

Phoenician Ivory, from a piece of furniture, probably made for export to Egypt, c8th century BC. Found at the burnt place at Nimrud. Britsh Museum

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, c858 BC-824 BC. A black limestone Assyrian sculpture with many scenes in bas-relief and inscriptions

Mercury (Hermes) holding a purse (as bringer of good fortune), Roman, 1st century. British Museum

Roman Jewellery Gold Pendant, Head of Gorgon, 2nd century. At British Museum

The Conversion of Sundarananda. Relief from Afghanistan, 2nd century. Nanda was chief disciple of Gautama Buddha. At British Museum

Timur enthroned during celebrations, Mughal manuscript, 1600-1601. Timur was a Turco-Mongol conqueror. At British Museum

Buddhist Stupa with figures of Buddha adored by flying deities, 2nd century. Tw-sided Drum-slab, carved in pale limestone. Relief depicting a stupa with Buddha standing at entrance

Devadattas attempt to murder the Buddha, c2nd-3rd century. Devadettas Men are stricken with remorse when Buddha touches the wall. British Museum

Panel from The Bodhimanda, Buddha prepares for enlightenment, c2nd-3rd century. The Naga, Kalika, and his wife, comfort the Buddha as he takes his seat under the Bodhi-Tree. Relief carving

Gautama Buddha, The Presentation of the Bowls, Gandhara School. 2nd-3rd century. The seated Buddha holds a bowl in his left hand while his right rests upon it, taking food. Relief carving

Buddha with daughters of Sena, Gandhara Style, c2nd-3rd century. Before his enlightenment and emaciated by austerities, Buddha receives food from the daughters of Sena, Gandhara Style

Chinese Stoneware, Seated Daoist Deity, Ming Dynasty, 16th century. British Museum

Buddha meditating with disciples, Sariputta and Moggallana, c2nd-3rd century. Buddha preaching from a lotus flanked by two bodhisattvas, (from Jamalghari, Yosufzai) Gandhara Style. British Museum

Ivory Dagger Handle of Camels Head, India, Mughal, 17th century. British Museum

Tomb of Jesus on Easter Morning, Wood Panel, Byzantine casket, 5th century. British Museum

Pilate Condemns Christ and St Peter Denies Him, Ivory Panel, Byzantine Casket, early 5th century

The Incredulity of Thomas, Ivory Panel, Byzantine Casket, 5th century. British Museum

The Stoning of St Paul, Ivory Panel from Casket, Rome, late 4th century. At British Museum

Ariadne Deserted by Theseus, Roman wall painting from Herculaneum, 1st century. Ariadne on the shores of Naxos. British Museum

Etruscan Sarcophagus of Funeral procession approaching a shrine. At British Museum

Detail of Gold bracelet from Praeneste, Etruscan Jewellery, 7th century BC. The Etruscan civilization is the modern name given to a powerful

Sassanian Silver Dish (detail), people with weapons, circa late 4th century. The Sasanian Empire known to its inhabitants as Eranshahr

Maori Woodcarving representing panel detail of Ancestor. Panel from meeting-house. The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, they originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia

Hunting Magic, Design on pottery vessel, Zuni tribe, Pueblo Indian. Note the line to read the hunters arrow to the buffalos heart. British Museum, London

Gold Condor from Columbia, Pre-Columbian
Gold Condor from Columbia - Pre-Columbian. British Museum

Neanderthal Woman: Reconstruction at British Museum, National History, c20th century
Neanderthal Woman, Reconstruction at British Museum, National History, c20th century

Parthenon Frieze, Elgin Marbles, Sacrifice Procession with Ram, c5th century BC. Artist: Phidias
Parthenon Frieze, Elgin Marbles, Sacrifice Procession with Ram, c5th century BC. The Parthenon frieze is a high-relief pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon

Hoplites Fighting, detail of a Greek pot, (Hydria), c530-510 BC. Found at Caere. Held in British Museum

Romano-British rendering of Roman God Mars, 3rd century
Roman period. Romano-British rendering of Roman God Mars, 3rd century. Bronze Statuette from cSouthbroom, Wiltshire. British Museum

Roman Earrings from Samsun in Asia Minor, 3rd Century. At British Museum

Water Newton Roman Silver from Peterborough, 3rd-4th century. This is the earliest known group of Christian silver from the Roman Empire (at British Museum)

Silver and Gold Plaque with Christian Chi-Rho from Water Newton Treasure, 3rd-4th century. From near Peterborough, England

Bronze Egyptian sistrum, dated after 850BC. A sistrum is a musical instrument of the percussion family, chiefly associated with ancient Iraq and Egypt. Crossbars and jingles are modern. British Museum

Bronze arched sistrum with Hathor head decoration, late Period, after 600BC. A sistrum is a musical instrument of the percussion family, chiefly associated with ancient Iraq and Egypt

Greek Vase Painting, Woman with Offerings at a Tomb, 460-450 BC. Held at British Museum

Greek Red-figured Kylix, (Drinking Cup), c440-430 BC. Artist: Codrus Painter
Greek Red-figured Kylix, (Drinking Cup), c440-430 BC. Attributed to the Kodros Painter. Found at Vulci, Italy. Centre shows Theseus and Minotaur. Edges show Theseus fighting

Detail of Dionysus Seated, Greek Plate, Painted by Psiax, c520 BC. Artist: Psiax
Detail of Dionysus Seated, Greek Plate, Painted by Psiax, c520 BC. Found at Vulli. Held at British Museum

Celtic Dagger and Sheath in Iron and Bronze, c600BC-c550BC
Celtic Dagger and Sheath in Iron and Bronze, c600BC -c550BC. Found in the River Thames at Cookham, Berkshire. Short iron daggers kept in sheaths appeared during the Hallstatt D period

Roman Silver Pepper-Pot in the form of a Negro slave, c2nd-3rd century. The Chaourse Treasure is a hoard of Roman silver found in Chaourse, a village near Montcornet

Papyrus of Ani, c1250 BC. The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and color illustrations created c. 1250 BCE, in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian Hieratic Script, c10th century BC. The Hieratic script was invented and developed more or less at the same time as the hieroglyphic script

Papyrus of Ani, Mourners Ancient Egyptian Funeral Procession, c1250 BC. This section of Ani?s Book of the Dead shows his funeral procession, . hed at British Museum

Detail of the Papyrus of Ker Asher, from Theses, 1st century BC. Anubis leading Ker Asher (the deceased) followed by Hathor, British Museum

Rich burial at Welwyn Garden City, Celtic Iron Age, late 1st century. British museum

Book of Hours in Latin, probably made in Toledo, c1480. The miniature shows St. Eustace and the vision of the Stag. (British Museum)

Roman clay lamp, 2nd century
Roman clay lamp, decorated with a two-handled cup, now in the British Museum, made in Tunisia, 2nd century

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