London-British Museu..groveling prisoner10
From the Nineveh palace reliefs
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London-British Museu..king a walled town12
From the Nineveh palace reliefs
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London-British Museum-Aztec Mask6
1400-1521 A pair of serpents is entwined around the eyes, nose and mouth of this mask. Two serpent tails meet at the top and a feathered plume hangs down on either side. Snakes were used metaphorically to represent the attributes of two well-known Aztec deities: the Rain God Tlaloc and the Creator God Quetzalcoatl.
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London-British Museu..ttle and Civilians13
Battle scene to the left, and refugees fleeing to the right From the Nineveh palace reliefs
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London-British Museu.. Professor Munakata5
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London-British Museu..k Fleshhook Segment2
Originally oak shafts linked the three bronze sections. A surviving fragment is inset with small strips of bronze in a herringbone pattern. The two sets of birds may be drawn from mythology. One represents two adult birds, resembling ravens, and the other a family of two adult and three young water birds. Bird images were used on a wide range of artefacts in Late Bronze Age Europe. Late Bronze Age, about 1090-900 BCE, Dunaverney, Co. Antrim Ireland (PE 1856,1222.1)
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London-British Museum-Duck Rhyton18
Three pottery rhyta with duck's head or with elephant's head Northern Central China Tang Dynasty 7th or early 8th C CE (OA 1937.7-16.34)
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London-British Museum-Flame Pot4
This flame pot is about 5000 years old, the same age as stonehenge, and was made by Japan's oldest known culture, the Jomon people. It takes its name from the elaborate flame-like protrusions around the rim. The rims and mouths of these pottery vessels held special importance for the Jomon, as the would have been the focal point for the family gathered around the hearth. Middle Jomon period, about 3000 BCE. Iwanohara site, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Earthenware
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London-British Museum-Humbaba1
Face of the demon Humbaba Humbaba was the monster who was featured in the Epic of Gilgamesh. This example of his features was used in the interpretation of omens. An inscription on the back suggests that animal intestines might be arranged to look like Humbaba's face. From Sippar (ME 116624)
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London-British Museu..illing an Prisoner11
Closeup of the prisoner scenes From the Nineveh palace reliefs
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London-British Museu..yre Player Reliefs16
Assyrian, about 700-692 BCE Nineveh, South-West Palace Three musicians are marched under escort through mountainous country. Their dress indicates that they come from somewhere to the west of Assyria, possibly Phoenecia. (W.A. 124947)
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London-British Museu..r of Celtic Flagons3
Basse-Yutz, easten France About 450 BCE These bronze flagons were found with two Etruscan bronze Stamnoi (vessels used for mixing wine) at Basse-Yutz, Lorraine, France in 1927. It seems they came from a grave. The flagons are masterpieces of what is known as 'early Celtic' or 'La Tène' art. This art first appeared on metal objects from eastern France and western Germany about 450 BCE. It borrowed from and altered motifs found on Greek and Etruscan objects, which are sometimes found in Iron Age graves. The overall shape of the flagons is similar to Etruscan beaked flagons. Dogs, which form the flagon handles are also found in Greek art. (P&E 1929.0510.1, 1945.0511.1-3)
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London-British Museu.. Chariot Isometric17
The Egyptian god Bes is depicted on the front of this chariot. Bes was the protective deity of the young, and this would be appropriate if this model chariot was made for a boy. Chariots with the same profile and wheel constructions are shown on sculptures at Persepolis and the so-called Darius seal in this gallery. 5th-4th C BCE Oxus Treasure: 123908
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London-British Museu..ers being led away14
From the Nineveh palace reliefs
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London-British Museu..e ten-headed demon19
South India, 18th C Ravana is the demon who kidnapped Sita, and held her captive in Lanka until her rescue by Rama, her husband, and the army of monkeys led by Hanuman. When intact this figure carried a different weapon in each of its many hands.
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London-British Museu..setta Stone Closeup7
Greek and Coptic (from repica)
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London-British Museu..setta Stone Closeup8
Heiroglyphic and Coptic text (replica)
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London-British Museu..ser's Gate Fragment9
These gates were erected by Shalmaneser III (858-824 BCE) in his templs at Balawat. The original gates were wood, partly covered and reinforced with bronze strips, which are the only parts that survive. The bronze strips are embossed with scenes from Shalmaneser's campaigns. Each strip contains events from a single campaign. The Assyrian army marches forth from camp; enemies are defeated in open battle or attacked in their towns; the Assyrians offer sacrifices and set up memorial stelae. Cuneiform captions give the names of countries captured or from which the king was receiving tribute. The variety in the details of the workmanship and of the subject matter suggests that several workmen were involved in the manufacture, possibly one for each strip. Other fragments of the Balawat gates are in museums in Baltimore, Paris and Istanbul. (ANE 121651-121663)
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London-British Museum-Stoneware Duck20
Si Satchanalai (Sawankalok), north-central Thailand, 14th-16th Century
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London-British Museum-Swimming reindeer21
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London-British Museu..rs before the king15
From the Nineveh palace reliefs
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London-Tate Modern-H..the Welder closeup22
David Smith (1906-1965) Home of the Welder 1945 Home of the welder was made shortly after WWII and reflects Smith's personal circumstances. He had just been released from his wartime job as a welder, which he believed had restricted his creative work. Like a coded autobiography, various elements in this sculpture relatre to his dreams and frustrations at the time. The millstone, for example, was identified by Smith as representing his job, while images of women and children may represent tensions in his childless first marriage. (L01025)
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London-Westminister Abby-Eye and Abbey24
On New-Years Eve
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Rome-Capitoline Museum-Roman Duck28
Bronze duck, one of a pair
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Salisbury-Stonehenge-23
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Vatican City-Vatican..ini Wedding Fresco27
Fresco Fragment thought to represent the preliminary stages of a nuptial ceremony. Rome, end of the 1st, beginning of the second C CE (after a Greek original of the 4th C BCE) From the area near the church of San Giuliano Ospitaliere, Rome (built 1601), demolished in 1874 to make room for the Piazza Vittorio. Formerly in the collection of Cardinal Pietro Aldobriandini, purchased by Pius VII in 1818.
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Vatican City-Vatican..Handle from a Cist26
Large oval cist with the battle among the Amazons. From vulci. Excavations Vi. Campanari 1833. Late 4th C BCE
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Vatican City-Vatican..e Gold Duck Fibula25
Large gold fibula with disc shaped staff. From Cerveteri, Regolini-Galassi romb, rear chamber. Second quarter 7th C BCE. (20552)
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