Ancient Pottery Fragments

A set of archaeological pottery shards and stone artifacts from various historical contexts, showcasing ancient craftsmanship and cultural significance.

Scherf of a pot from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in Or Before 1743 pot Stoneware, Rhenish, Westerwald, pot; of body, sim. NG 1980-27H2624r. Westerwald stoneware Second

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Vase fragment Aegean. Vase fragment. Aegean. Terracotta. Helladic. Vases

Scherf of a pot from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in Or Before 1743 pot Stoneware, Rhenish, Westerwald, pot; of body, sim. NG 1980-27H2624r. Westerwald stoneware Second

Shard from one can be from the wreck of the East Indiesman Hollandia. Stoneware, rhenish, frechen-ware, jug; Fragm or base.

Stone Celt before 16th century Taíno The most numerous category of polished stone sculpture emerging from the Taíno world of the ancestral Caribbean islands are ceremonial axes and blades, which take many forms and may have been an important medium of exchange. Axes feature abstract zoomorphic forms in stone, or consisted of wooden handles with stone blades hafted to them. Stone axe handle-shaped figures may have been ceremonial scepters. Ceremonial blades made of different types of greenstone, both local and imported, have been recovered in large numbers. These axes, known as petaloid celts for their resemblance to flower petals, could have served as dedicatory offerings, which have a long history on the Caribbean mainland in Mesoamerica.. Stone Celt 317170

Bowl 4th-7th century Coptic. Bowl 478864

Fragment of a Jar 9th century. Fragment of a Jar 451122

Vase fragment Minoan. Vase fragment 247821

Arrowhead. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: W. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); L. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Celt before 16th century Taíno () The most numerous category of polished stone sculpture emerging from the Taíno world of the ancestral Caribbean islands are ceremonial axes and blades, which take many forms and may have been an important medium of exchange. Axes feature abstract zoomorphic forms in stone, or consisted of wooden handles with stone blades hafted to them. Stone axe handle-shaped figures may have been ceremonial scepters. Ceremonial blades made of different types of greenstone, both local and imported, have been recovered in large numbers. These axes, known as petaloid celts for their resemblance to flower petals, could have served as dedicatory offerings, which have a long history on the Caribbean mainland in Mesoamerica.. Celt 317257

Vase fragment 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Roman Seated figure.. Vase fragment 250308

Vase fragment Minoan. Vase fragment 247831

Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh, 715-656 BC. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 25. Terracotta; overall: 1.8 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (11/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.).

Fragment 7th-10th century. Fragment 455175

Sickle Blade, 1980-1801 BC. Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12. Flint; overall: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.).

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bead 500-600 Frankish. Bead 464973 Frankish, Bead, 500600, Glass, Overall: 3/8 x 11/16 in. (0.9 x 1.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.191.267)

Flint Blade before 16th century Mexican. Flint Blade 317319

Arrowhead Japan. Arrowhead 62388

Plaque ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian. Plaque 322668

Arrowheads, needles, hooks and harpoons. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: W. 1 in. (2.5 cm); L. 1 in. (2.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Intaglio. Eastern Mediterranean, Graeco-Roman or Gnostic, 332 B.C.E.-C.E.395. Tools and Equipment; seals. Glass

Sealing piston (talisman)

Fragments of two majolica dishes fused together, blue on white, loose motifs on the rim, plate dish crockery holder earth discovery ceramics pottery glaze, majolica Cooked archeology City Triangle Rotterdam Town Hall Stadhuis indigenous pottery craft stewardry ground archaeological find in the soil Raadhuisterrein Rotterdam.

Tesson (common name), 1400. Sandstone with brown under cover. Cernuschi Museum, Asia Museum of Asia in the city of Paris.

Shard of one can be from the wreck of the East India Hollandia.Stoneware, Rhenish, Frechen-Ware, Jug; Fragm or body.

Fragment of a reIIef

Fragment Facetted Steel of a flute glass from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in Or Before 1743 drinking glass Glass, stem glass, steel, faceted; fragment, id. NG 1980-27H711. Netherlands glass Second

Stone Pulidor before 16th century Mexican. Stone Pulidor 317085

Fragment 9th century. Fragment 448739

Oil lamp. Terracotta. High Empire. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 50034-1 High-Empire, oil lamp, terracotta

PIEZA DE AJUAR PALEOLITICO: RAEDERA SIMPLE CONVEXA DE SILEX, DE LA CUEVA DE LA ERMITA, BURGOS (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

Excerpt copper from the wreck of the East Indies Hollandia, 1700 - in or before 1743 fragment Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; copper. Netherlands copper (metal) Second

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 8th-9th century. Fragment 448827

Arrowhead. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: L. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); W. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Celt before 16th century Maya () Greenstone axe heads, commonly known as “celts,” were some of the most important works of art across ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. Created from jadeite mined from the Motagua River Valley of southern Guatemala, or using local green stones from highland Mexico, celts were first created by the Olmec peoples of the Gulf Coast after 1000 B.C. The Olmec conceived of green celts as sprouts of maize and thus “planted” celts in dedicatory offerings, activating ceremonial spaces and perpetuating agricultural fertility. For the later Maya peoples, celts also served as dedicatory materials, but more so as adornments for the royal bodies of kings and queens. Often the celts would be thinned into celt-shaped plaques, strung together in pairs and triads in order to create belt assemblages that would have clinked with the sound of jades striking one another. Tombs from the Classic Period (ca. AD 250-900) contain celts of jadeite and various greenstones fro

Vase fragment Minoan. Vase fragment 247791

Corundum. minerals. Asia; Sri Lanka

Handaxe, Palaeolithic Period. Quartzite hand-held axe. Found in Saltley, Birmingham, England

Button from the wreck of the East Indied Flying Heart. Button from wood.

Enstatite. minerals. Europe; Norway; Telemark Province; Bamble

Four brass buttons with braid decor, knot clothing accessory clothing soil find brass metal largest, cast Four knots one with molded thread eye three without eye quarter sphere archeology Rotterdam rail tunnel fastening cloths Soil discovery: trajectory rail tunnel Rotterdam.

Note tablet from a Sewing Box (Nécessaire), c. 1765. Austria, Vienna(), 18th century. Gold and mother-of-pearl;

Vase fragment ca. 4000-3000 B.C. Neolithic, Gonia. Vase fragment 253268 Neolithic, Gonia, Vase fragment, ca. 40003000 B.C., Terracotta, length 1 5/16in. (3.3cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous Gift, 1930 (30.119.63)

Amulet of a Crocodile. Egyptian. Date: 1550 BC-664 BC. Dimensions: 1.9 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (3/4 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.). Faience. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.

Celt before 16th century Maya () Greenstone axe heads, commonly known as “celts,” were some of the most important works of art across ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. Created from jadeite mined from the Motagua River Valley of southern Guatemala, or using local green stones from highland Mexico, celts were first created by the Olmec peoples of the Gulf Coast after 1000 B.C. The Olmec conceived of green celts as sprouts of maize and thus “planted” celts in dedicatory offerings, activating ceremonial spaces and perpetuating agricultural fertility. For the later Maya peoples, celts also served as dedicatory materials, but more so as adornments for the royal bodies of kings and queens. Often the celts would be thinned into celt-shaped plaques, strung together in pairs and triads in order to create belt assemblages that would have clinked with the sound of jades striking one another. Tombs from the Classic Period (ca. AD 250-900) contain celts of jadeite and various greenstones fro

Ring. Ring 243465

Landschaftsjaspis Landschaftsjaspis Copyright: xZoonar.com/lantapixx 1104296

Pottery vase with inscription labeling a royal estate. Dimensions: H: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); diam: 10.1 cm (4 in.). Date: ca. 3100 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Glass Fragment from a Vessel 4th-early 5th century Coptic. Glass Fragment from a Vessel 477139

Celt 10th-4th century B.C. Olmec. Celt. Olmec. 10th-4th century B.C.. Stone. Mexico, Mesoamerica. Stone-Implements

Mold for a Persea Fruit Pendant ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. Mold for a Persea Fruit Pendant. ca. 1353-1336 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Town manufactories, Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891-92. Dynasty 18

Ritual Object () 1st-mid-8th century Moche. Ritual Object () 309255

Arrowhead Japan. Arrowhead 62400

Fragment of a Dish 14th-15th century. Fragment of a Dish 446448

Vase fragment Minoan. Vase fragment 247819

Attic Red-Figure Astragalos Fragment; Attributed to Syriskos (Greek (Attic), active 480 - 460 B.C.); Athens, Greece; about 470 B.C; Terracotta; 8.4 cm (3 5,16 in.)

Stone Celt before 16th century Taíno The most numerous category of polished stone sculpture emerging from the Taíno world of the ancestral Caribbean islands are ceremonial axes and blades, which take many forms and may have been an important medium of exchange. Axes feature abstract zoomorphic forms in stone, or consisted of wooden handles with stone blades hafted to them. Stone axe handle-shaped figures may have been ceremonial scepters. Ceremonial blades made of different types of greenstone, both local and imported, have been recovered in large numbers. These axes, known as petaloid celts for their resemblance to flower petals, could have served as dedicatory offerings, which have a long history on the Caribbean mainland in Mesoamerica.. Stone Celt. Taíno. before 16th century. Stone. Dominican Republic, Caribbean. Stone-Implements

Razor-tweezer ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Razor-tweezer. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Bronze or copper alloy. New Kingdom. From Egypt. Dynasty 18

Stone Celt before 16th century Costa Rica. Stone Celt 317173

Shard ca. 4th-5th century Pakistan. Shard 50858

Imsety Bead from a Mummy Bead Net. Egypt, 25th - 26th Dynasty Late Period (755 - 525 BCE). Jewelry and Adornments; beads. Faience, blue glaze, executed in bas-relief

Brok from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw', Before 1613 Brok from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Lead White, Raw material for paint. lead white Sint-Helena

Blade Incised with Animal Masks, 960- 1279. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Jade ; overall: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.).

Acute-angled core for blades ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom A core is a stone from which pieces have been detached so that those pieces can be made into tools. Ancient Egyptians detached long narrow blades from this core. The blades could have been used as is, or modified into specific tools, such as sickles inserts. The presence of cores and associated debris at a site usually indicates that production took place there.. Acute-angled core for blades. ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Flint. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North. Dynasty 12-13

Bread

Fragment 8th-9th century. Fragment 448835

Fragment of a Bowl 9th-10th century. Fragment of a Bowl 451503

Fragment 8th-9th century. Fragment 448807

Stone Pulidor before 16th century Mexican. Stone Pulidor 317140

Fragments copper from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, 1700 - in or before 1743 fragment Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; copper. Netherlands copper (metal) Second

Spindle Whorl 10th-16th century () Peruvian. Spindle Whorl 308373

Terracotta vessel fragment with linear decoration. Culture: Helladic. Dimensions: Other: 1 9/16in. (3.9cm). Date: ca. 2000-1550 B.C..Matt-painted ware. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Vase fragment East Greek/Sardis, Lydian. Vase fragment 252831 East Greek/Sardis, Lydian, Vase fragment, Terracotta, Overall: 2 15/16 x 1 7/8in. (7.5 x 4.7cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926 (26.199.267)

Putty knife on white

Frame on shine (title awarded). Sandstone; direct size. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Eccentric Flint. Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, or Mexico, Maya, 600-900 CE. Stone. Chert

Pinhead. Northwestern Iran, circa 1350-800. Jewelry and Adornments; pins. Bronze, cast

ARTE MUEBLE DEL PALEOLITICO SUPERIOR: PLACA O PLAQUETA DE PIEDRA CALIZA CON CIERVA GRABADA,DE LA CUEVA DE PARPALLO (DEPOSITO: MUSEO DE PREHISTORIA DE VALENCIA).

Terracotta truncated-biconical spindle-whorl with angular base ca. 2000-1725 B.C. Cypriot Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the deceased could continue to spin wool in the afterlife.. Terracotta truncated-biconical spindle-whorl with angular base 240500

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 694405

Fragment of a Bowl with Double Molded Rim. Byzantine, western Greece. Date: 1201-1400. Dimensions: 0.6 × 9.2 × 5.1 cm (1/4 × 3 5/8 × 2 in.). Ceramic. Origin: Istanbul. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fragment 14th-15th century. Fragment 445549

Vase fragment Neolithic, Thessaly. Vase fragment 253210 Neolithic, Thessaly, Vase fragment, Terracotta, length 2 1/4in. (5.7cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous Gift, 1930 (30.119.5)

Fragment of a Bowl 14th-15th century. Fragment of a Bowl 445486

rough polymictic sandstone stone on dark macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - rough polymictic sandstone stone on dark granite background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11391906

Fragment of buyer from the wreck of the East India Hollandia.parts or artifacts; eroded fragments: Materials; Copper.

Plaque 11th century B.C. Olmec. Plaque 312159

Model cucumber ca. 1850-1700 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Model cucumber. ca. 1850-1700 B.C.. Faience. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, south of Tomb of Nakht (493), south cemetery, Pit 453, MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12, late-13 to 1700 B.C.

Fragment of a rope from the wreck of the VOC East Indians' tvaarder, c. 1700 - c. 1735 rope The object is a piece of rope, partly surrounded by an iron concretion, possibly originally a metal roll or increase around it. The cross -section is round, the color is brown. Rope. fiber. wood (plant material)

Amulet. Eastern Anatolia, 4th-3rd millemium, B.C.. Jewelry and Adornments; amulets. Stone

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 695246

Beads 8th-13th century. Beads 457999

Madrid, 03/24/2023. Report on fake works in the Archaeological Museum of Madrid. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Scarab

Egg of a Skate, a cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. Dated 21st Century

Stone Celt before 16th century Mexican. Stone Celt 317245

Textile fragment ca. 6th century A.D. Sasanian This wool textile fragment was excavated at Shahr-i Qumis in northern Iran, which has been identified as the ancient city of Hecatompylos, established by the Parthians as their capital by about 200 B.C. However, this fragment comes from Room 23 at Site VI, which was seemingly converted into a burial chamber during the 6th century A.D., a date indicated by a coin of the Sasanian king Hormizd IV (reigned A.D. 579-590). The human remains discovered there consist of disarticulated bones, which is in keeping with Zoroastrian burial practice. Yet the bones appear to have been wrapped in leather and wool, which would be unusual for Zoroastrians, as is the inclusion of a coin with the body. Thus it is possible that in the 6th century Zoroastrian burial practices were still under development or that there were regional variations that are not recorded in surviving texts.. Textile fragment. Sasanian. ca. 6th century A.D.. Wool. Sasanian. Iran, Shahr

Vessel in the Form of Three Plantains 12th-15th century Chimú. Vessel in the Form of Three Plantains 310484

Food Model Amulet: Haunch of Beef, 1295-1069 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasties 19-20. Turquoise faience; overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.).

Shard: Face of Offerer ca. 4th-5th century Pakistan. Shard: Face of Offerer 51277

Left Hand Pendant

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Biface, commonly referred to as a hand ax ca. 35,000-5000 B.C. Upper Paleolithic Period. Biface, commonly referred to as a hand ax 552159

Inscribed Element, possibly back pillar with Aten cartouche ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. Inscribed Element, possibly back pillar with Aten cartouche 549627

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment of a Revetment 100 BCE-100 CE Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, there was a high demand for colorful glass that could dazzle banquet guests alongside the expensive silver and gold serving wares meant to impress. Fragments like this one would have once been a part of larger mosaic dishes. The mosaic pattern was made by sagging molten glass into bowl-shaped molds, a technique used on many of these fragments is similar to millefiori, ìthousand flowersî in Italian, a modern glass-making method in which tiny rods of colored glass are bundled together, wrapped in a sheet of glass, fused, and then thinly sliced to reveal swirls of a flower-like patterns. They were arranged side by side, sometimes together with bits of colored glass, and fused together with heat.. Glass, mosaic glass technique . Ancient Roman

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 694181

Incense

Bead 8th-13th century. Bead 855920

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ritual Stone (pulidor). Culture: Olmec. Dimensions: H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm). Date: 12th-8th century B.C..Small, rounded hard stones such as this example were mounted to a wooden handle and used to polish stone sculptures in ancient Mesoamerica. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Red car near on a rock on a white background

Ring

Terracotta vessel fragment ca. 4000-3000 B.C. Greek Neolithic From Gonia in the Peloponnese. Terracotta vessel fragment 253274 Greek Neolithic, Terracotta vessel fragment, ca. 40003000 B.C., Terracotta, Other: 1 1/8in. (2.9cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous Gift, 1930 (30.119.69)

Basalt Throat Axe. Neolithic period. North Africa. 21.6cm.

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 696597

Small stone axe 5th-3rd millennium B.C. Greek Neolithic Celt.. Small stone axe. Greek Neolithic. 5th-3rd millennium B.C.. Stone. Neolithic. Miscellaneous-Stone

Cuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive ca. 7th-4th century B.C. Babylonian or Achaemenid. Cuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive 322075

Celt 10th-4th century B.C. Olmec. Celt 317294

polished Spreustein with microcline stone on dark macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - polished Spreustein with microcline stone on dark granite background from Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11392026

Bead or Spindle Whorl 30 B.C.-A.D. 364. Bead or Spindle Whorl 444846

Handle 9th century. Handle 447644

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 8th-9th century. Fragment 448853

Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh, 715-656 BC. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 25. Terracotta; overall: 5.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm (2 5/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.).

Fragments and grit from plaster from the wreck of the East Indiesman Hollandia. Parts or artifacts; eroded fragments: Materials; Plaster.

Bakje or NAP from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw', Before 1613 Wooden container or NAP with stand ring from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw'. wood (plant material) Sint-Helena

Plaque. Egypt, Amarna, New Kingdom (circa 1569 - 1081 BCE). Sculpture. Faience

Terracotta vessel fragment ca. 4000-3000 B.C. Greek Neolithic From Hagiorgetika in the PeloponneseDark lines on light ground.. Terracotta vessel fragment 253285 Greek Neolithic, Terracotta vessel fragment, ca. 40003000 B.C., Terracotta, length 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous Gift, 1930 (30.119.80)

Sharf of ross -baking earthenware, on the outside with a painting in blue on a gray surface, c. 1500 - c. 1899 fragment earthenware. glaze

Arrowhead. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: W. 1/2 in. (1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bottle 11th-12th century. Bottle 448371

Button. Culture: Sasanian. Dimensions: Diam. 3.7 cm x D.5 cm. Date: ca. 3rd-7th century A.D.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cuneiform tablet: fragment of an agreement concerning a dowry () ca. late 5th century B.C. Achaemenid (). Cuneiform tablet: fragment of an agreement concerning a dowry () 321837

Knob ca. 8th century B.C. Assyrian This is one of a group of ivory knobs found in a storage room in the large building at Nimrud named Fort Shalmaneser by the excavators. Carved ivory was widely used in the production of elite furniture during the early first millennium B.C. Ivory plaques and strips were often inlaid into a wooden frame using joinery techniques and glue. Knobs such as these could have been used to mask dowel holes and nail heads in a finished piece of furniture. Built by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, the palaces and storerooms of Nimrud housed thousands of pieces of carved ivory. Most of the ivories served as furniture inlays or small precious objects such as boxes. While some of them were carved in the same style as the large Assyrian reliefs lining the walls of the Northwest Palace, the majority of the ivories display images and styles related to the arts of North Syria and the Phoenician city-states. Phoenician style ivories are distinguished by their use of i

Shard ca. 4th-5th century Pakistan. Shard. Pakistan. ca. 4th-5th century. Painted terracotta. Ceramics

Fragment of Lotus Collar Terminals ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Fragment of Lotus Collar Terminals. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Faience. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18

Round Plaque 3rd century B.C.-A.D. 2nd century Vicús. Round Plaque 315518

Fragment 13th century Crusader. Fragment 475355

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 696616

Beads, 3. Dimensions: Diameter (largest bead): 13/16 in. (2 cm)Diameter (smallest bead): 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment of a cameo glass cup Roman, about 15 BC - AD 25, by M. Perennius Tigranus, in Arezzo (Central Italy) Roman, about 25 BC - AD 15

Fragment of an Animal. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: Overall: 3 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in. (8.6 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm). Date: 4th-7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment 9th century. Fragment 445344

Kohl Jar 1550 BCE-1295 Egypt. Egyptian alabaster . Ancient Egyptian

Clay pipe with heel and heel mark, slim and double conical model, clay pipe smoking equipment smoke floor pottery ceramics pottery, pressed finished baked Pipe with heel. Approach around the boiler opening. Slim and double conical head Heel mark. heel mark: HC archeology Rotterdam rail tunnel indigenous earthenware smoking tobacco Soil discovery: rail tunnel Rotterdam.

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jar. Terracotta with glaze. Paris, Cernuschi museum. Quadrilobed beaded medallions each containing a stylized flower Glacide, glazed, iridescent, iridescent, jar, jar, terracotta, terracotta

Sharf of red -baking earthenware, with blue glaze on the top with decoration of stripes in brown, yellow and green, anonymous, 1600 - 1650 Northern Netherlands earthenware. glaze majolica Northern Netherlands earthenware. glaze majolica

HACHA NEOLITICA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Pottery Fragment 4th-7th century Coptic. Pottery Fragment 479329

Pendant: head of a satyr 5th century B.C. Italic. Pendant: head of a satyr. Italic. 5th century B.C.. Amber. Classical. Miscellaneous-Amber

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 694232

Ritual Stone (pulidor) 15th-early 16th century Aztec (). Ritual Stone (pulidor) 316291

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 695419

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Scarab: Uninscribed. Egyptian. Date: 2055 BC-1773 BC. Dimensions: 1.6 × 1.3 × 1 cm (5/8 × 1/2 × 3/8 in.). Amazonite. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.

Coin Weight 12th century. Coin Weight 453546

Cylinder Seal. Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic Style of Mesopotamia, about 2750-2350 B.C.. Tools and Equipment; seals. Banded marble

Pendant; late 5th - 4th century B.C; White chalcedony; 3 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm (1 3,16 × 5,8 × 1,2 in.)

Fragment probably 11th century. Fragment 451606

Umbel Pendant ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Umbel Pendant. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Faience. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, MMA excavations, 1910-11. Dynasty 18

Feeding cup for infant. Dimensions: h. 5 cm (1 15/16 in); diam. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 12, early-mid. Date: ca. 1950-1850 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fossil shell Glycemeris sp. on white background

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 695337

Celt

Fragment of a Dish 11th-12th century This object was excavated at Nishapur.Nishapur was a vital city in the early and middle Islamic periods, located along one of the main trajectories that connected Iran and West Asia Islamic lands with Central Asia and China. These itineraries are often referred to by the term Silk routes but were in fact crucial to the movement of constellations of materials and objects, as well as people and ideas. The diverse population of Nishapur and its surroundings, from the better-researched elite groups of merchants, land-owning aristocracy, and literates, to the less-known artisans, farmers, miners, and servants, were instrumental in adapting global cultural trends to create their own distinctive visual languages. This is seen in the material remains of everyday life in medieval Nishapur - from pots and pans to lighting devices, inkwells, textiles and trimmings, jewelry, games and toys, talismanic devices, weapons, coins, and architectural fragments.Nishapu

China: An ox scapula oracle bone divining future good or bad fortune. Xiaotun, Anyang County, Henan Province, c. 1300-1050 BCE. Oracle bone inscriptions (Chinese: ; pinyin: jiagu) are the ancient Chinese characters carved on animal scapulas (shoulder blades) or turtle plastron (underside). The oracle bone inscriptions were mainly used for divination and keeping records of events that happened in the late Shang Dynasty (c. 1300-1050 BCE).

Relief depicting a wooden doorway - see 26.3.353-5 ca. 2051-2030 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief depicting a wooden doorway - see 26.3.353-5. ca. 2051-2030 B.C.. Limestone, paint. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu (TT 319, MMA 31), MMA excavations, 1923-25, 1930-31. Dynasty 11

Fragment imadła amfory za stemplem. unknown, author

Point drill on blade. Mali, Neolithic. 12cm.

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

polished Ammonite fossil on dark background macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - polished Ammonite fossil on dark granite background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11380341

Ormer or Abalone orEar Shell, auris maris

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 695364

Green fragment of beaker, with burr in which green button, beaker glass bottomfound glass, archeology Rotterdam City center Stadsdriehoek New harbor Soil discovery Rotterdam Nieuwe Haven 1st round cesspit

Tool 5th-3rd millennium B.C. Iran This obsidian tool was excavated in 1937 at a prehistoric site in the vicinity of Nishapur in northeastern Iran. While Nishapur itself was founded by the Sasanian king Shapur I (reigned ca. A.D. 241-272), this tool shows that human habitation there goes back to the prehistoric period. Furthermore, the prehistoric pottery from Nishapur has close affinities with ceramic materials from Central Asia rather than with contemporary sites in Iran, meaning that in this period its inhabitants were likely culturally linked to their neighbors to the east. At the same time, Nishapurs location on what later became known as the Great Khorasan Road suggests that it was part of the trade network that facilitated the import of precious stones such as lapis lazuli, carnelian and turquoise from Central Asia to Mesopotamia.. Tool 323695

Wreath palette from Henryk Siemiradzkis funeral

Plain Onyx Vessel before 16th century Mexican. Plain Onyx Vessel 317564

Miniature Tumbler late 8th-9th century. Miniature Tumbler 449752

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 696599

Amulet. Egypt, Amarna, New Kingdom (circa 1569 - 1081 BCE). Jewelry and Adornments; amulets. Faience

Shabti of Tchenetipet. Egyptian; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri. Date: 1069 BC-945 BC. Dimensions: 7.75 × 3 × 1.5 cm (3 × 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in.). Faience. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.

Civil War bullets , Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862, Charles F. Walcott Archaleogical Collection

Garment fragment with pleats, probably male ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. Garment fragment with pleats, probably male 549771

Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.

Ring 300 B.C.-A.D. 400 Thailand. Ring. Thailand. 300 B.C.-A.D. 400. Bronze. Late period. Jewelry

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

polished Turritella Agate gemstone on dark macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - polished Turritella Agate gemstone on dark granite background from Wyoming, USA Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11380617

Italy, prehistory, lower paleolithic. Amygdale from Grotte di Torre Talao in Scalea, Cosenza.

Awl -

Excerpt rib from a beef from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, 1700 - in or Before 1743 Faunal remains: bones; mammalian species; cattle bones; fragm of rib, eroded, split. bone (material) Second

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment. European or Middle Eastern. ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Glass, ceramic. Glass-Vessels

aegirine crystals in microcline gemstone on white macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - black aegirine crystals in microcline gemstone on white marble background from Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11951408

Stucco Fragment probably 8th-12th century. Stucco Fragment. probably 8th-12th century. stucco; carved; painted. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Stucco

Cap 1830-50 Slovak. Cap 173313

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 696571

European Otter (Lutra lutra) skull, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Spindle Whorl Coptic. Spindle Whorl 475033

Red wooden box, Anonymous, 1775 - 1825 box Red wooden box belonging to NG-2008-5-2. The inside of the box is filled with cotton wool. England wood (plant material). copper (metal) painting Suriname

black aegirine in tumbled Sanidine and nepheline macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - black aegirine in tumbled Sanidine and nepheline stone on dark granite background from Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11391966

Mold for small ring ornaments ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Mold for small ring ornaments. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, MMA excavations, 1910-11. Dynasty 18

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 695166

Tile Fragment 1334-1434. Tile Fragment 450560

Bead 8th-10th century The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an apotropaic function. Easily reproduced with a tool and visible in many cultures and times, this symbol may have lost its meaning, and become simply a decorative pattern, or may have one that we have not yet discovered.. Bead 450878

Excerpt removable lid of a package from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in Or Before 1743 lid Container, lid, detachable; fragm, eroded, squashed; circular, flat, fold-over rim. Netherlands copper (metal) Second

Stonepaste; painted under transparent glaze 13th-16th century. Stonepaste; painted under transparent glaze. 13th-16th century. Stonepaste; painted under transparent glaze. Attributed to Egypt. Ceramics

Mace head ca. 4500-4000 B.C. () Predynastic Period. Mace head. ca. 4500-4000 B.C. (). Stone. Predynastic Period. From Egypt

Fragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 695318

Engageante with floral tambooering, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1775 Engageante with floral tambooering work. The Engageante seems to consist of two layers due to a circumference twice. West-Europa whole: Linen (Material) embroidering Engageante with floral tambooering work. The Engageante seems to consist of two layers due to a circumference twice. West-Europa whole: Linen (Material) embroidering

Costume Ornament 11th-12th century Central coast (). Costume Ornament. Central coast (). 11th-12th century. Silver. Peru. Metal-Ornaments

Mussel Shell, Plated brass, In the shape of a mussel shell, narrower end flips open, hinged on underside. Striker on underside., late 19th century, containers, Decorative Arts, Matchsafe, Matchsafe

Mold for small ring ornaments ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Mold for small ring ornaments. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, MMA excavations, 1910-11. Dynasty 18

Egg-shaped copper lid, lid closure holder soil find brass metal, hammered soldered Egg-shaped copper lid Short raised edge. Triangular hinge point archeology Rotterdam City Triangle Groenendaal underground pit store transport archaeological find in the soil Rotterdam underground pit Groenendaal 1977.

Awl -

brake pads two brake pads on white Copyright: xZoonar.com/RuslanxNassyrovx 3543242

Foliate and lacy point in cut stone. Neolithic period. North Africa. 4 cm.

Stone Fish Pendant 8th-mid-16th century Peru; north coast (). Stone Fish Pendant 309256

Small Head

Indian arrowhead from Georgia and North & South Carolina , Archaeological assemblages, Charles F. Walcott Archaleogical Collection

Fragment 14th century. Fragment 445610

Seal amulet in the form of a recumbent fox ca. 3500-2900 B.C.. Seal amulet in the form of a recumbent fox. ca. 3500-2900 B.C.. Marble, mustard color. Late Uruk-Jemdet Nasr. Mesopotamia or southwestern Iran

polished epidote gemstone on dark background macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - polished epidote gemstone on dark granite background from Segozero, Karelia in Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11380335

petrified animal bone, closeup

'Vitelotte' potatoe

Coin Weight 12th century. Coin Weight. 12th century. Mold-pressed glass. Attributed to Egypt. Glass

Cork for wine stopper Cork for wine stoppers made from bark tissue of the Cork Oak Quercus suber Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 8923125

Faience plate on stand surface, entirely white glazed, plate crockery holder soil find ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze, hand turned fried glazed fried White faience plate on stand Just shoulder on the transition from mirror to flag at the top. Fully covered with tin glaze pink tinted Craquelé in glaze. Cooked in archeology Valckensteyn Poortugaal Albrandswaard native earthenware serving food Soil discovery of Poortugaal Castle Valckensteyn.

Ring probably 19th century Chinese This collection of largely ethnographic jewelry includes examples from cultures in South America, North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa and dates from the Pre-Columbian period to the twentieth century. Owned by renowned art collector and fashion enthusiast Muriel Kallis Newman, the collection represents her knowledge and appreciation of a wide range of jewelry design and making traditions. Numerous items in her collection are composite artifacts made from various cultures and time periods reappropriated as modern jewelry creations by or for Muriel. It is important to note that Newman wore many of the pieces in the collection, interpreting them to suit and express her own singular, often avant-garde style.. Ring 141629

Hair-ring 1st millennium B.C. () Iran. Hair-ring 325652

macro shooting of natural mineral stone - polished Hydrogoethite gemstone from Crimea isolated on white background

Cowrie Shell Money, Shang period tomb, 1500 BC. CHINA.

Cap 1829 American Baby caps have traditionally been lavished with finely worked embroidery, laces and ribbons. They abound in museum collections, as they were kept by families for their exquisite workmanship and and obvious sentimental value. The embroidery on this cap is excepitonally fine and dense, the net insertions and double ruffle extra decorative touches. The pattern of the embroidery is created specifically to fit the shape of the cap, further testament to its exceptional design and workmanship.. Cap 157741

Shark's teeth fossils on white background

Fragment. Culture: European or Middle Eastern. Dimensions: L. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Date: ca. 1150-ca. 1250. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lamp mid-14th century. Lamp. mid-14th century. Earthenware; applied, incised, cut, glazed. Attributed to Egypt. Ceramics

Cuneiform tablet: unidentified fragment ca. late 1st millennium B.C.. Cuneiform tablet: unidentified fragment 328926

Dumortierit Dumortierit Copyright: xZoonar.com/lantapixx 1080500

Cartouche Tile

Rusted old screw isolated on white background

Chocolate Easter eggs wrapped in shiny blue foil yellow background, flat lay top view, with copy space Happy Easter concept sweet candy snack. Chocolate Easter eggs wrapped in shiny blue foil yellow background, flat lay top view, with copy space Happy Easter concept

Mosaic cone ca. 3500-3100 B.C.. Mosaic cone 325524

Pure copper, clipping, object

Fragment of a Bowl 14th-15th century. Fragment of a Bowl 446424

Beads 9th-12th century. Beads. 9th-12th century. Carnelian; carved. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Jewelry

wood cutting board isolated on white background

Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Finger Ring 1325 BCE Egypt. Faience . Ancient Egyptian

Roundel, disk. Roundel, disk. Bone

Stone Pulidor before 16th century Mexican. Stone Pulidor 317129

Lily Pendant ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Lily Pendant. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Faience. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, MMA excavations, 1910-11. Dynasty 18

Small Amulet with Wdjat Eye of Health. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period - Ptolemaic Period (1080 - 30 BCE). Jewelry and Adornments; amulets. Faience

Ornament ca. late 3rd millennium B.C.. Ornament. ca. late 3rd millennium B.C.. Faience. Early Bronze Age. Mesopotamia, Tell Taya

Arrangement of beach treasures - twigs, seashells, pebbles - collected on sea shore

Amulet - Bunch of Grapes

Textile Ornament 14th-15th century Chimú. Textile Ornament 308746

Pearl oyster. This oyster, also known as the 'black lip', may grow to 20cm in diameter. It is widely distributed and is fished for the shell (mother of pearl) as well as for pearls, in northern Australia, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Pacific Ocean. This example is from the Seychelles.

Fish Ornament. Culture: Peru; central coast (). Dimensions: L. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm). Date: 11th-12th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

cross kick, Museum of the Councils and the Visigoth Culture, Church of San Román,Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Cycladic figurine, from Naxos, Greece, Early Cycladic culture evolved in three phases, between c. 3300 - 2000 BCE, when it was increasingly swamped in the rising influence of Minoan Crete

Tooth decay on black background. Macro shot of a decayed teeth till root after extraction of dentist. Real tooth anatomy due lack of care. Top view of caries teeth texture on black paper. Dental care.

Stone Beads probably 8th-12th century. Stone Beads. probably 8th-12th century. Stone. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Jewelry

Forms of a Pig Lantern Artist Unknown Alacahoyuk, Turkey

Bonnet 1880-87 American or European. Bonnet 113304

Ornament, Christmas Tree (USA); dough

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Macro photo of gold foil from packaging of Chinese tea. Macro photo of crumpled gold foil with seam from packaging of Chinese tea Copyright: xZoonar.com/OvchinnikovaxOlgax 10878510

Female Figure 3rd century B.C.-A.D. 4th century Chupicuaro. Female Figure 313175

MILIARIO ROMANO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO Ver Monasterio S Pedro Galligan. GERONA. SPAIN.

Cuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive ca. 7th-4th century B.C. Babylonian or Achaemenid. Cuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive 322100

Mosaic glass fragment. The small glass fragment shows several flowers in millefiori technology on turquoise ground. To a red dot rows several red-rimmed blue dots. In Roman times, one used colored, ornamented glass for vessels, mosaics, wall decorations and furniture ornaments. For the production, different colored glasses were shaped to tubes and rods. These were compressed and heated, causing a long bar. The glass sliced now had a wide variety of amorphous or floral patterns.

Frog Amulet ca. 2150-2100 B.C. Late Old Kingdom. Frog Amulet. ca. 2150-2100 B.C.. Green feldspar. Late Old Kingdom. From Egypt; Said to be from Southern Upper Egypt, Aswan (Syene)

Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) ofUdang

Bead 9th-19th century. Bead 457858

Little gold color pebble in the hand

Sample of "South African jade" in Paper Bag. Culture: China. Dimensions: H. 3/8 in. (1 cm); W. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); L. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm). Date: 20th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

12th century limestone discoid steleVisigoth - early medieval, Valladolid Museum , Castile and Leon, Spain.