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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
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