Historical Fragments

Archaeological fragments reflecting ancient inscriptions and craftsmanship, including limestone and clay items from different periods.

Hearing stone with the presentation of a climbing lion flanked by two French lilies, 1564 Hearing stone with representation of a climbing lion to the right (heraldic) flanked by two French lilies and accompanied of the year 1564. Southern Netherlands earthenware vitrification Hearing stone with representation of a climbing lion to the right (heraldic) flanked by two French lilies and accompanied of the year 1564. Southern Netherlands earthenware vitrification

Bell (fragment; inscription: TNERUS) parish church Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ołpina

Fragment of a limestone crown belonging to a statue of the Great Goddess 2nd half of the 4th century B.C. Cypriot Fragment of large statue, high head-dress with mural crown.. Fragment of a limestone crown belonging to a statue of the Great Goddess 242191

Seal Impression with Sphinx. Egypt, New Kingdom - Greco-Roman Period (1500 BCE - 100 CE). Tools and Equipment; seal impressions. Lightly baked clay, yellowish in color

Fragment of a Female Head. Unknown

Hearing stone with the presentation of a climbing lion flanked by two French lilies, 1564 Hearing stone with representation of a climbing lion to the right (heraldic) flanked by two French lilies and accompanied of the year 1564. Southern Netherlands earthenware vitrification Hearing stone with representation of a climbing lion to the right (heraldic) flanked by two French lilies and accompanied of the year 1564. Southern Netherlands earthenware vitrification

Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560387

Base ragment with name and epithets of the Aten. Dimensions: H. 11.2 × W. 12.5 × D. 9.7 cm (4 7/16 × 4 15/16 × 3 13/16 in.); cartouche: W. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Akhenaten. Date: ca. 1353-1336 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Shard. China, Shang dynasty, about 1700-1023 B.C.. Fragments; shards. Wheel-thrown earthenware with carved designs

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546538

Firepage, glazed. Firepage, glazed, with two climbing lions and the year 1598.

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565326

Bracelet ca. 8th-7th century B.C. Iran. Bracelet 325634

Fragment from a Rim with Vegetal Decoration 9th-10th century. Fragment from a Rim with Vegetal Decoration. 9th-10th century. Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Ceramics

Seal Impression with Honorific Title and Name of a Man. Egypt, probably Late Period (724 - 333 BCE). Tools and Equipment; seal impressions. Blackened clay

Pendant Plaque 4th-5th century Byzantine. Pendant Plaque 466118

Hearing stone with representation of two hovers, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1600 Highstone with an image of two hurdles. In the middle a flower Liège earthenware Highstone with an image of two hurdles. In the middle a flower Liège earthenware

Funerary Cone of the High Priest Ahmose ca. 1479-1425 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Ahmose who was high priest of Amun in the mortuary temple of Thutmose III and owned Theban tomb 121. For other examples of this type of cone see 15.10.9; 30.6.126; 31.3.169. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 297. Ahmose also had a second second type of stamped cone - see 15.10.8; 35.3.331, 35.3.332 (http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 300).. Funerary Cone of the High Priest Ahmose Funerary Cone of the High Priest Ahmose ca. 1479-1425 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Ahmose who was high priest of Amun in the mortuary temple of Thutmose III and owned Theban tomb 121. For other examples of this type of cone see 15.10.9; 30.6.126; 31.3.169. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 297. Ahmose also had a second second typ

Funerary Cone ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 2030-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north temple gateway, MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12-13

Shabtis of Meroitic Nubian King. Taharqa. 7th cent. B.C.

Plume 9th-11th century Lambayeque (Sicán). Plume 309434

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546542

Fragment of a Bowl 14th-15th century. Fragment of a Bowl 445557

Fragment 9th century. Fragment 450339

Votive Plaque 10th-16th century Tibet or Central Asia(). Votive Plaque 40045

Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Southern rubbish mounds, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18

Funerary cone of Ahmose ca. 1479-1425 B.C. New Kingdom See 15.10.8. Funerary cone of Ahmose. ca. 1479-1425 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Ahmose (TT 121), MMA excavations, 1930-31. Dynasty 18

Document Sealing ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, King's Palace, West magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18

Seal Impression with Cartouche of Amasis. Egypt, Late Period, 26th Dynasty, reign of Ahmose II (Amasis) (569 - 526 BCE). Tools and Equipment; seal impressions. Baked clay

Magical Figure ca. 1802-1550 B.C. Late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period These tablets of unfired clay with attached crude faces were found as a group by the Museum's excavators at Lisht South in loose surface sand west of the mastaba of Senwosretankh, a high official and possibly the architect of the pyramid complex of Senwosret I (ca. 1961-1917 B. C.), east of which he erected his own very elaborate mastaba tomb (see acc. nos. 33.1.2 and other pieces). The mud figures and little coffin (acc. no. 33.1.66) that had contained some of them must have been buried, however, considerably later than the early twelfth dynasty tomb close to which they were found. In fact, during the thirteenth and following dynasties people deposited a number of objects in the by then sacred area around a legendary ruler's pyramid and its dependant monuments, believing conceivably that potent magical powers could thus be released. These flat mud figures, for instance, are inscribed in now much-faded red

Water Jar (habb). Iraq, 12th century. Ceramics. Earthenware, molded, applied, and incised decoration

Fragment figurki kobiety na łożu. unknown, author

Female Head. Unknown

Bowl ca. 1000-700 B.C. Iran. Bowl 324170

Vessel with a hieratic inscription; around 2686- 2181 BC ; Old PA

Hearing stone with winged deer, Anonymous, 1603 Highstone with windows with winged deer. On the stone: "1603". Southern Netherlands earthenware Highstone with windows with winged deer. On the stone: "1603". Southern Netherlands earthenware

Amphora stopper with a dog and a goose inspired by the Aesop's fables from Antinopolis (Sheikh-'Ibada)

Fireplace with representation of two winged deer, placed in two windows. Fireplace with representation of two winged deer, placed in two windows. With the year 1606.

Cylinder seal ca. 16th-14th century B.C. Mitanni. Cylinder seal 327192

Double-Sided Engraved Gem with Magical Inscription; Roman Empire; 2nd - 4th century; Brecciated jasper & chalcedony; 7 × 1.5 cm (2 3,4 × 9,16 in.)

Fragment 14th-15th century. Fragment 445601

Female Head. Unknown

Shard: Neck of Vessel with Carnivore ca. 4th-5th century Pakistan. Shard: Neck of Vessel with Carnivore 51103

Stamp seal ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian. Stamp seal. Sasanian. ca. 3rd-7th century A.D.. Carnelian, brown. Sasanian. Iran

Funerary Cone of the Guardian of the Treasury Mahu ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Mahu who was guardian of the treasury. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 587.. Funerary Cone of the Guardian of the Treasury Mahu Funerary Cone of the Guardian of the Treasury Mahu ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Mahu who was guardian of the treasury. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 587.. Funerary Cone of the Guardian of the Treasury Mahu. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Magical Figure ca. 1802-1550 B.C. Late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period These tablets of unfired clay with attached crude faces were found as a group by the Museum's excavators at Lisht South in loose surface sand west of the mastaba of Senwosretankh, a high official and possibly the architect of the pyramid complex of Senwosret I (ca. 1961-1917 B. C.), east of which he erected his own very elaborate mastaba tomb (see acc. nos. 33.1.2 and other pieces). The mud figures and little coffin (acc. no. 33.1.66) that had contained some of them must have been buried, however, considerably later than the early twelfth dynasty tomb close to which they were found. In fact, during the thirteenth and following dynasties people deposited a number of objects in the by then sacred area around a legendary ruler's pyramid and its dependant monuments, believing conceivably that potent magical powers could thus be released. These flat mud figures, for instance, are inscribed in now much-faded red

Eye idol. Dimensions: 2 7/8 x 2 x 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.2 x 0.7 cm). Date: ca. 3700-3500 B.C..This type of figurine known as an eye idol, made of stone and having incised eyes, has been excavated at Tell Brak, where thousands were found in a building now called the Eye Temple. They were probably dedicated there as offerings. Many are incised with multiple sets of eyes, others with jewelry, and still others with representations of "children"--smaller eyes and body carved on the body of the larger idol. Wide eyes demonstrate attentiveness to the gods in much of Mesopotamian art. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Funerary Cone of the Steward Padihorresnet ca. 688-525 B.C. Saite Period This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Padihorresnet who was steward of the divine adoratress. His father was overseer of the chamberlains of the divine adoratress Akhetamunru. Funerary Cone of the Steward Padihorresnet. ca. 688-525 B.C.. Pottery. Saite Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, el-Khokha, Tomb MMA 832 (H 3), Forecourt, MMA excavations, 1915. Dynasty 26

Hearing stone with lion's head in profiled diamond, c. 1575 - c. 1625 Hearing stone with a representation of Leeuwenkop in Lauwerkrans, placed in profiled diamond, which motif repeated itself in the half windows on the sides. The Hale windows at the top and bottom are filled with half medallions with star motif. Southern Netherlands earthenware Hearing stone with a representation of Leeuwenkop in Lauwerkrans, placed in profiled diamond, which motif repeated itself in the half windows on the sides. The Hale windows at the top and bottom are filled with half medallions with star motif. Southern Netherlands earthenware

Fireplace with presentation of two climbing lions, placed in two windows. Fireplace with a show of two climbing lions, placed in two windows and accompanied by the year 1599. The half windows at the top and bottom are filled with diamond-shaped flowers.

Vase fragment Roman, Gaul Seated male nude, floral patterns.. Vase fragment. Roman, Gaul. Terracotta. Vases

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546531

Amulet - a p VII-i century BC ; Half-period-Ptolemam period (-700-00-00-1-00-00);BES (Mitol.), Society of the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, Tyszkiewicz, Michał (1828-1897), Tyszkiewicz, Michał (1828-1897) - collections, gift (provenance), plaque

Coin dated A.H. 147/ A.D. 764. Coin 457638

Funerary Cone of the Scribe Min ca. 1479-1425 B.C. New Kingdom See 09.185.6. Funerary Cone of the Scribe Min. ca. 1479-1425 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Statuette of Grotesque Priapos. Unknown

Coin 8th century. Coin. 8th century. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Coins

Pot Fragment 4th-7th century Coptic. Pot Fragment 478726

Cuneiform tablet: quittance for a loan in silver. Culture: Old Assyrian Trading Colony. Dimensions: 4.6 x 4.7 x 1.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 5/8 in.). Date: ca. 20th-19th century B.C..Kültepe, the ancient city of Kanesh, was part of the network of trading settlements established in central Anatolia by merchants from Ashur (in Assyria in northern Mesopotamia) in the early second millennium B.C. Travelling long distances, and often living separately from their families, these merchants traded vast quantities of goods, primarily tin and textiles, for Anatolian copper and other materials. Although the merchants adopted many aspects of local Anatolian life, they brought with them Mesopotamian tools used to record transactions: cuneiform writing, clay tablets and envelopes, and cylinder seals. Using a simplified version of the elaborate cuneiform writing system, merchants tracked loans as well as business deals and disputes, and sent letters to families and business partners back in Ashur. At Kü

niche plaque, 7th century, Cigarral del aserradero, Museo de los Concilios y la Cultura Visigoda, Church of San Román, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Disc with sphinxes and winged bulls ca. 10th-9th century B.C. Iran. Disc with sphinxes and winged bulls. Iran. ca. 10th-9th century B.C.. Bronze. Iron Age II. Western Iran

Celtiberian oil- Lamp decorated with God cernunnos from SPAIN.

Bottle with Woven Mat Emblem and Inscription. Guatemala or Honduras, Maya, 600-900 CE. Ceramics. Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment

Polychrome Shabti or funerary figure from the 18th-22nd dynasties of ancient Egypt. Birmingham city art gallery

Part of pipe image, pedestal with frame, sculpture visual material soil find ceramic pipe earth, in mold formed baked Pedestal of pipe sculpture. Fragment with long plinth On the left side remains of broken parts. Has probably risen saint image. Possible part of home altar archeology Rotterdam railway tunnel indigenous pottery devotion altar worship religion Soil discovery Rotterdam tracé rail tunnel.

Statue wig fragment, inlays missing New Kingdom, Ramesside ca. 1550-1070 B.C. View more. Statue wig fragment, inlays missing. ca. 1550-1070 B.C.. Faience. New Kingdom, Ramesside. From Egypt. Dynasty 18-20

Sherd ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sherd 322821

Fireplace of baked earth with diamond-shaped distribution, with two medallions. Fireplace of baked earth with diamond-shaped distribution, with two medallions.

Fragment of a terracotta architectural tile. Culture: Lydian. Dimensions: Overall: 6 11/16 x 5 13/16in. (17 x 14.8cm). Date: 6th century B.C..Incised lines with egg and dart pattern. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Funerary Cone of the Wab-Priest Tjay ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Khaemwaset, who was wab-priest of Djeserkare (Amenhotep I). For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 272.. Funerary Cone of the Wab-Priest Tjay Funerary Cone of the Wab-Priest Tjay ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Khaemwaset, who was wab-priest of Djeserkare (Amenhotep I). For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 272.. Funerary Cone of the Wab-Priest Tjay. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Funerary Cone of the Scribe Neta ca. 1390-1213 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone of the Scribe Neta. ca. 1390-1213 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Khokha, Tomb MMA 828 ( 4), courtyard rubbish, MMA excavations, 1915. Dynasty 18-19

Flat rectangular metal weight or playing stone, marked, weight game ground find lead tin copper metal, cast engraved Square (irregular shape) flat solid metal object. Undefined metal. Possibly weight or playing stone playing disc. Marked on one side with incised number Inscraped: 31 archeology Rotterdam playing railroads Soil discovery: trajectory rail tunnel Rotterdam.

Seal of the Colony of Virginia. Dimensions: 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (2.2 x 11.7 cm). Date: 1767-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Girdle ornament China. Girdle ornament 43007

Head with Melon Coiffure. Unknown

Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Double Treasury Khonsu ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Khonsu who was overseer of the double treasury. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 264.. Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Double Treasury Khonsu Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Double Treasury Khonsu ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Khonsu who was overseer of the double treasury. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 264.. Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Double Treasury Khonsu. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Hearing stone with image of two climbing lions, Anonymous, 1598 Highstone with image of two climbing lions. With the year 1598. Southern Netherlands earthenware Highstone with image of two climbing lions. With the year 1598. Southern Netherlands earthenware

Hearing stone with a representation of a men's and women's head in two profiled windows, anonymous, c. 1550 - c. 1599 Hearing stone with a representation of a men's and women's head and Profil, placed in two profiled windows. The half and quarter windows at the top and bottom are filled with flower decorations in laurel opportunities. Southern Netherlands earthenware Hearing stone with a representation of a men's and women's head and Profil, placed in two profiled windows. The half and quarter windows at the top and bottom are filled with flower decorations in laurel opportunities. Southern Netherlands earthenware

Funerary Cone of the Royal Cup-Bearer Suemniut ca. 1479-1400 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a royal cup-bearer named Suemniut wo was owner of Theban tomb 92. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 156.. Funerary Cone of the Royal Cup-Bearer Suemniut Funerary Cone of the Royal Cup-Bearer Suemniut ca. 1479-1400 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a royal cup-bearer named Suemniut wo was owner of Theban tomb 92. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 156.. Funerary Cone of the Royal Cup-Bearer Suemniut. ca. 1479-1400 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Mold with Cartouche of Ramses II. Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramses II (1304 - 1237 BCE). Tools and Equipment; molds. Terracotta

Hearing stone with image, anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1950 Hardstones. "One griphood". Southern Netherlands earthenware Hardstones. "One griphood". Southern Netherlands earthenware

Siana Cup Fragment. Unknown

Fragment misy z inskrypcją. warsztat nubijski, factory

Fireplace on which an angel between Arabesken. Fireplace on which an angel between Arabesken.

Ornament Korea. Ornament. Korea. Bronze. Goryeo dynasty (918-1392). Metalwork

Brick Fragment. Iran, 1265-1150 B.C.. Fragments. Baked clay

Coin dated A.H. 37/ A.D. 98. Coin 457243

Roman Calendar.

Fragment of an Applique; Rome, Lazio, Italy; 2nd century; Silver; 13.5 × 14.8 × 4 cm (5 5,16 × 5 13,16 × 1 9,16 in.)

Lamp. 16, rue de l'Arbalète, coll. MAGNE. Terracotta. Late Antiquity. Cross Ansée. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Late antique, Ansee cross, lamp, terracotta

Ptolemaic () Cup; Egypt; 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D; Steatite; 14.9 cm (5 7,8 in.)

Unattributed Trebizond Coin. Unknown

Door of a cupboard with deep cutting work with weapon whose helmet mark consists of sculpting with rooster and ladder, anonymous, 1500 Door of a cupboard of oak. The door is decorated with deep, partially opened ornament. The crowned visor helmet is presented frontally and has the shape of a sample surrounded by curled thistle leaves. The arms figures have become invisible due to disguising; The helmet sign consists of the selection pole, on which a rooster and a ladder. During the acquisition, the door was part of a largely modern cupboard. (See also inv.no. BK-KOG-605-A and -B). Northern Netherlands (possibly) wood (plant material). oak (wood) Door of a cupboard of oak. The door is decorated with deep, partially opened ornament. The crowned visor helmet is presented frontally and has the shape of a sample surrounded by curled thistle leaves. The arms figures have become invisible due to disguising; The helmet sign consists of the selection pole, on which a rooster and a ladder. Durin

Pa. German Coffee Pot. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 23.9 x 16.2 cm (9 7/16 x 6 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" wide; 7 3/8" long. Medium: black and white photograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Von Urban.

Oil lamp. unknown, craftsman

FWB, Roof blank, shield-shaped cover plate with initials FWB and guide tool, plummet lead metal, Roof lead shield-shaped cover of the nails with embossed various guide tools and the initials of the plumber F.W.. on picture: F.W.. leader

Fragment of a Feeding Cup ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Fragment of a Feeding Cup 556893

Cylinder Seal. Iran, circa 9th-8th century B.C.. Tools and Equipment; seals. Red marble

Limestone cippus of Demetriane ca. 2nd-3rd century A.D. Roman, Cypriot. Limestone cippus of Demetriane 241934

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