BM: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Sharing artworks from Brooklyn Museum's Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art department. Not associated with the Brooklyn Museum.

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Amphora, 5th century B.C.E, Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: 3 5/16 x 1 3/4 in. (8.4 x 4.5 cm) Medium: Glass

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/5790

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Small Amulet Representing a Vulture, 664-343 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Medium: Electrum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/117413

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Magic Gem, Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: Base: 3/8 x 1/2 in. (1 x 1.2 cm) Medium: Bloodstone

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/60089

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Terracotta oinochoe (jug), early 3rd century B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Rogers Fund, 1903 Size: H. 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm) Medium: Terracotta

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247096

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Beaker, 4th-6th century C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: 3 13/16 x greatest diam. 1 15/16 in. (9.7 x 4.9 cm) Medium: Glass

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/13824

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Oval bowl with running tigresses on each side, ca. 6th–7th century A.D., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern Art

Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989 Size: 3 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 10 5/16 in. (9.8 × 6.1 × 26.2 cm, 726.8g) Medium: Silver, niello inlay

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327426

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Fragment of a Small Vase, ca. 1352-1332 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: 2 11/16 x 2 15/16 in. (6.8 x 7.4 cm) Medium: Glass

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/38533

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Figure of a Seated Cynocephalus Ape, 664-332 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Small alabaster, or marble, figure of a seated cynocephalus ape. Conventional type with hands resting on knees. Small uninscribed base. Condition: Good. Socket in head implies loss of headdress. Size: 1 5/8 x 3/4 x 3/4 in. (4.1 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm) Medium: Egyptian alabaster

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/19144

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Ritual Bell, 13th-15th century, Brooklyn Museum: Asian Art

Size: 5 ½ x 2 ¾ in. (14 x 7 cm) Medium: Bronze

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/112208

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Green Glazed Steatite Scarab, ca. 1850-1860 C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (2 x 4.7 x 6.3 cm) Medium: Steatite, glaze

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/62514

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Hair Ringlet with Ram Head, c. 4th Century BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Size: Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.) Medium: gold

https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.102.a

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Bowl, 1644-1911, Brooklyn Museum: Asian Art

Size: 3 ¼ x 8 in. (8.3 x 20.3 cm) Medium: Porcelain

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/60795

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Harvest Ritual(?), ca. 1352-1334 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Limestone relief. In sunk relief, incompletely preserved head and shoulders of a male figure with outstretched right hand clasping (? picking) unidentified plant, possibly wheat, for offering (?). Trace of another hand in lower left corner. Man is in unusually large scale and presumably is royal. Condition: Both lower corners lost with piece replaced at lower left corner. Deep gash on hand. Size: 9 3/16 x 20 1/2 in. (23.4 x 52 cm) Medium: Limestone, pigment

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3696

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Spindle, 313-642 C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Wooden spindle. Size: Diam. 1 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (4.2 x 23 cm) Medium: Wood

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/118482

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Top of Chair Back, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Upper cross-piece of a chair back. Size: 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 16 3/8 in. (8.3 x 4.5 x 41.6 cm) Medium: Wood

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/117095

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Laurel Leaves Probably from a Wreath, late 4th century B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Made of sheet gold. Condition: Tip and stem bent; crease near bottom. Size: 11/16 x 2 7/16 in. (1.8 x 6.2 cm) Medium: Gold

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/97480

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Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic and Greek, February 9, 108 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Light tan papyrus dated to the year 9 of Ptolemy Soter II (Feb. 14, 108 B.C.) and dealing with a deferred sale. The text is in Demotic. On the recto, parallel to the fibres are 28 lines of text. On the verso, written across the fibres, are signatures. Condition: Incomplete. Size: Glass: 10 7/16 x 17 in. (26.5 x 43.2 cm) Object: 6 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (16.9 x 34.6 cm) Medium: Papyrus, ink

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/118322