Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The institution holding most of the objects documented on this site. Its open collection records are the source for their details, and the photographs are the museum's own, under CC0.
Address checked on 22.10.2026 · Visiting details, hours and tickets are on the museum's own site only; this site does not store them.
Objects
On display here per the records 14
Display status is what the public record said on the day it was checked; confirm on the museum's site before visiting. What do held, displayed and loaned mean?
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Cypriot amphora with a Phoenician inscription
A Cypriot vessel, a Phoenician inscription and a findspot nobody recorded: one object that teaches us to separate what is written on it from where it came from.
Gallery 171, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Syrian glass jug with cobalt trails
A small blue-green glass jug with blue trails around the rim and neck. The record gives a three-century range that crosses the site's boundary between "Roman" and "Byzantine", so the jug is not placed on the timeline.
Gallery 171, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Scarab with a crocodile-headed figure
A small seal-amulet of glazed steatite that the museum records "From Canaan, Levant" and dates by an Egyptian dynasty. Place, dating scheme and culture are three separate questions here.
Gallery 111, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Bronze coin of Cyzicus
A Roman civic coin from Asia Minor: a bust of Alexander Severus on one side, a table with imperial busts and sacrificial implements on the other. The coin that accompanies the article on coins and hoards as a comparison, not as a coin from the hoard.
Gallery 168, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Small serpentinite axe from Crete
A polished stone tool less than five centimetres long, which the record describes in one word: "celt". A Neolithic object from Crete that recalls how long the Neolithic is outside the Levant too.
Gallery 171, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Roman mold-blown glass jug
A turquoise-green glass jug 9.5 cm high, blown in a four-part mold. The record documents the mold seams on the vessel but does not say where the jug came from; it is therefore recorded in the region "place not stated".
Gallery 168, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Scarab amulet from Lisht
A one-centimetre amulet of glazed faience found in the debris of a tomb at Lisht South. The record documents an exact findspot and a display in Gallery 109; what it lacks is an open photograph.
Gallery 109, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
Text frame in place of a photograph
Blue-green glazed faiencel. 1 cm (3/8 in)
The source record has no image
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Shabti from the tomb of Sennedjem
An uninscribed limestone figurine found in the tomb of Sennedjem at Deir el-Medina in the excavations of 1885-86. The museum dates it to the reign of Ramesses II and displays it in Gallery 126.
Gallery 126, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Hexagonal glass jug of the Jerusalem type
A six-sided glass jug shaped in a mould and dated 500-650. The museum calls it a vessel "of the Jerusalem type" but says nothing of where it was made or found, so it is shown by its source date only.
Gallery 300, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 24.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Moulded glassOverall: 6 3/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 11/16 in. (15.7 × 7.4 × 6.8 cm)
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Hippopotamus ("William")
A blue faience hippopotamus figurine found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of Senbi II at Meir. Three of its legs have been restored: according to the museum, they were probably broken on purpose, so that the animal could not harm the deceased.
Gallery 111, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 24.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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FaienceL. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); W. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); H. 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
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Model Bakery and Brewery from the Tomb of Meketre
A painted wooden model of a single workshop in which bread is baked and beer brewed in separate rooms. It was found in 1920 in a hidden chamber of Meketre's tomb at Thebes, one of twenty-four almost perfectly preserved models.
Gallery 105, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 24.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Wood, gesso, paint, linenl. 73 cm (28 3/4 in); w. 55 cm (21 5/8 in); h. 29 cm (11 7/16 in); average height of figures: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
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Wall painting with a female figure from Nishapur
A fragment of a wall painting on stucco, 9th-10th century, found in the drain of a house in the Sabz Pushan neighbourhood of Nishapur. The record names no period, so it is placed by its date range.
Gallery 453, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 24.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Stucco; paintedH. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); mount: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm), W. 10 5/16 (26.2 cm)
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Early Cycladic marble female figure
A marble figure of a woman, 62.79 cm high, which the museum attributes to the "Bastis Master" and dates 2600-2400 BCE, Early Cycladic II. The record names no findspot and no island: the figure is placed on the timeline by date, culture and style only.
Gallery 151, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 24.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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MarbleH. 24 3/4 in. (62.79 cm)
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Marble statue of a kouros (youth)
A marble statue almost two metres high that the museum describes as one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. It marked the grave of a young Athenian aristocrat and is dated ca. 590-580 BCE.
Gallery 154, The Met Fifth Avenue · According to the museum record as read on 24.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
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Marble, Naxian76 5/8 × 20 5/16 × 24 7/8 in. (194.6 × 51.6 × 63.2 cm); height without plinth 76 5/8 in. (194.6 cm); height of head 12 in. (30.5 cm); length of face 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm); shoulder width 20 5/16 in. (51.6 cm)
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Objects
Held here per the records 18
Holder details from the official record; the link opens the institution's website.
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Canaanite jar
A large Late Bronze Age clay jar that the museum records as "Canaanite" and "Levant" with no findspot. A pointed base and two handles: a form made for storage and transport, which says something about the vessel before anyone knows where it came from.
Held here, per the record
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Roman terracotta oil lamp
A small mold-made lamp with a locust eating grapes on the discus. The record proposes "probably Syria-Palestine" as the place of manufacture, not a findspot.
Held here, per the record
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Cypriot jug with white-painted decoration
A small clay jug with white decoration, dated to the Middle Cypriot period. In the site's period scheme for Cyprus it is placed in the Middle Bronze Age, by the period name in its record.
Held here, per the record
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Bronze spearhead from Cyprus
A leaf-shaped blade with a pronounced midrib and a socket with two rivet holes. The record even describes the fabric impression left on the socket; what it lacks is a findspot.
Held here, per the record
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Ivory plaque from Nimrud with two sphinxes
An ivory furniture plaque excavated in 1962 at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud: two sphinxes flanking a cartouche. The record attributes the style to the Phoenician and notes that none of the inlays survived.
Held here, per the record
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Gold daric with a king
A small gold coin of the Achaemenid empire, assigned by the museum to Iran and dated to the fourth century BCE. The figure is a "king" per the record's title; more than that the record does not say.
Held here, per the record
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Lidded box of Muhammad al-Hamawi
An oval brass box inlaid with silver, which the museum attributes to Syria and dates to the 15th century. The record disagrees with itself: by one description the box was commissioned for a mosque official, by another Muhammad al-Hamawi was the artist who made it.
Held here, per the record
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Brass; engraved and inlaid with silverH. 4 in. (10.2 cm); W. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
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Necklace centerpiece with birds
A gold and glass centrepiece of a necklace with a pair of birds on a crescent, which the museum attributes to Syria and dates to the 11th century. A northern attribution and a date that runs up to the 1099 boundary: the object is not assigned to a period.
Held here, per the record
Text frame in place of a photograph
Gold, glassH. 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm); W. 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm); D. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 0.4 oz. (11.3 g)
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Cypriot bronze lampstand
A bronze lampstand 65.4 cm high, which the museum dates to the late 6th century BCE and assigns to Cypriot culture and the Archaic period. No findspot is given, and the record describes how this kind of object was used, not this lampstand.
Held here, per the record
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BronzeH. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm)
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Cypriot terracotta tripod
A small terracotta tripod that the museum dates to about 1050-950 BCE, "Cypro-Geometric I". Two of its three legs carry human figures, and the museum links its decoration to bronze stands made on Cyprus at the very end of the Bronze Age.
Held here, per the record
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TerracottaH. 7 in. (17.8 cm); diameter 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm)
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Standing male worshiper from Tell Asmar
A small gypsum alabaster figure of a worshiper with clasped hands and a wide-eyed gaze, 29.5 cm high, which according to the museum was placed in the "Square Temple" at Tell Asmar. The record dates it about 2900-2600 BCE, to Early Dynastic I-II.
Held here, per the record
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Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen11 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (29.5 x 12.9 x 10 cm)
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Panel with a striding lion from Babylon
A panel of glazed bricks with a striding lion, dated by the museum ca. 604-562 BCE, the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II. According to the record, such lions lined Babylon's Processional Way north of the Ishtar Gate; the exact position of this panel is not stated.
Held here, per the record
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Ceramic, glaze39 1/4 × 90 3/4 in. (99.7 × 230.5 cm)
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Stucco window roundel from Ctesiphon
A wheel-shaped window of stucco, decorated on one side only, found in pieces at the house Ma'aridh II in the Ctesiphon area. The museum dates it ca. 6th century CE and sees in it evidence of an exchange of artistic ideas between Mesopotamia and the eastern Mediterranean.
Held here, per the record
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Stucco24 1/2 in., 80 lb. (62.2 cm)
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Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel
A small silver figure of a robed bull holding a spouted vessel, dated by the museum about 3100-2900 BCE and attributed to Proto-Elamite culture. The record gives "Southwestern Iran" but no findspot, and the museum itself writes that its function "remains uncertain".
Held here, per the record
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Silver6 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/4in. (16.3 x 6.3 x 10.8cm)
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Plate with a king hunting rams
A gilded Sasanian silver plate that the museum dates to about the mid-5th to mid-6th century CE. The king's identity is uncertain, and the findspot is known only from what was "said" at the time of acquisition.
Held here, per the record
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Silver, mercury gilding, niello inlayH. 1 7/8 in. (4.6 cm), Diam. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
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Minoan terracotta larnax
A clay chest-shaped coffin with its lid, recorded as one object (1996.521a, b) and dated by the museum to the "mid-13th century BCE", Late Minoan IIIB. The record gives no findspot: "Minoan" and "Crete" come from the type and the catalogue, not from an excavation.
Held here, per the record
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TerracottaOverall with lid 40 x 18 x 42 1/4 in. (101.6 x 45.7 x 107.3 cm); H. of body 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm); H. of lid 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag
A silver drinking vessel with gold inlay, ending in the forepart of a stag, which the museum dates ca. 14th-13th century BCE and assigns to the Hittite Empire. Its rim frieze shows a religious ceremony; its findspot is not recorded.
Held here, per the record
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Silver, gold inlay7 1/16 × 5 5/16 × 7 1/16 in., 0.7 lb. (18 × 13.5 × 18 cm, 0.3 kg)
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Cuneiform tablet and case: quittance for a loan in silver
A small clay tablet and its sealed case, "probably from Kültepe (Karum Kanesh)", of the 20th-19th century BCE. The tablet records the discharge of a debt for a silver loan owed to Ashur-taklaku, and the case bears impressions of four different seals.
Held here, per the record
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ClayTablet: 4.6 × 4.7 × 1.5 cm (1 13/16 × 1 7/8 × 9/16 in.); case: 5.2 × 5.4 × 2.5 cm (2 1/16 × 2 1/8 × 1 in.)
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What this site draws from the museum's records
The Met's public collection records are the source for the objects on this page: title, dating as worded, material, dimensions, geography as recorded, accession number and display status. Every object page quotes its record and links to it. Photographs appear only where the museum marks them as public domain (Open Access, CC0) under its image policy. Source 1.
"On view" and "Not on view"
The record states whether the object is currently on view and in which gallery ("On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171") or "Not on view". This site copies the status as read on the day it was checked and states the date; check the museum's site before a visit, because displays change. The linked article explains held, displayed and loaned.
What this page does not claim
This page gathers the objects this site has documented from the museum's open collection, each linked to its original record. Hours, prices and visiting details are on the museum's site only.
Source
Sources and further reading
The research and references behind this page. Rights to external content remain with their owners.
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Image and Data Resources: Open Access (The Metropolitan Museum of Art policy page)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Checked
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Terracotta amphora with Phoenician inscription, collection record 74.51.2300
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Checked
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Shabti, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), collection record 86.1.23
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Checked
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Terracotta oil lamp, collection record 74.51.2256
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