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  • Mother goddess, Sabean, South Arabian, 4th millennium BC
    Mother goddess, Sabean, South Arabian, 4th millennium BC
    Basalt
  • Akinakes (Short Sword), Achaemenid, reign of Artaxerxes I (465-424 BC)
    Akinakes (Short Sword), Achaemenid, reign of Artaxerxes I (465-424 BC)
    Gold, iron and wood
  • Reclining Woman, Parthian Empire (Iran), 2nd - 1st century BC
    Reclining Woman, Parthian Empire (Iran), 2nd - 1st century BC
    Gypsum, with gold jewellery and inlaid eyes
  • Mummy mask of a lady, Roman Egypt, 1st century BC - 1st century AD
    Mummy mask of a lady, Roman Egypt, 1st century BC - 1st century AD
    Linen, gesso/lime, and polychromy
  • Goat, Arabian Peninsula, 1st century BC - 2nd century AD
    Goat, Arabian Peninsula, 1st century BC - 2nd century AD
    Bronze
  • Oscillum in two parts: one side a young man bringing goods into town; the other a satyr pouring wine into a crater, Roman, Augustan Period (63 BC - 14 AD)
    Oscillum in two parts: one side a young man bringing goods into town; the other a satyr pouring wine into a crater, Roman, Augustan Period (63 BC - 14 AD)
    Marble
  • Orpheus with the animals, fountain ornament, Roman, Late 3rd to Early 4th century
    Orpheus with the animals, fountain ornament, Roman, Late 3rd to Early 4th century
    Marble
  • Plate with Iphigeneia in Aulis, Roman Empire (possibly Rome or Alexandria), early 3rd century
    Plate with Iphigeneia in Aulis, Roman Empire (possibly Rome or Alexandria), early 3rd century
    Silver, partly gilded
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