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One of a Pair of Temple Pendants, with Confronted Birds (front) and Human Heads (back)
Kyivan Rus’
11th–12th century
“Udumbara Flowers” (Udonge) Temple Plaque
Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki)
carved 1741
Cuneiform tablet: Sumerian dedicatory(?) inscription from Ekur, the temple of the god Enlil
Kassite
ca. 16th–15th century BCE
Cuneiform tablet: temple account
Achaemenid
ca. 482 BCE
One of a Pair of Temple Pendants, with Confronted Birds (front) and Human Heads (back)
Kyivan Rus’
11th–12th century
Temple Model
Mexica (Aztec)
15th–early 16th century
Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the rebuilding of the temple of the mother-goddess Ninmah/Belet-ili at Babylon
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BC
Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the rebuilding of the temple of the mother-goddess Ninmah/Belet-ili at Babylon
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1665
Temple Pendant, One of a Pair
late 19th–early 20th century
Temple Model
Mexica (Aztec)
1400–1521
Cuneiform tablet: measurements of the interior of the E-sagil temple
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. late 4th century BCE–early 3rd century CE
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom
China
17th–18th century
Banner with Bodhisattva, possibly Mahamayuri
China (Dunhuang area, Gansu Province)
9th–10th century
Administrative tablet: grant of land to a temple official (?)
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1725
Keman (Decorative Pendant Disk)
Japan
13th century
Stone Temple Model
Mezcala
1st–8th century
One of a Pair of Temple Pendants, with Busts of Male Saints Holding Martyr's Cross (front) and Leaf and Rosette Motifs (back)
Kyivan Rus’
11th–12th century
Model of the Mahabodhi Temple
India, Bihar
12th century
One of a Pair of Temple Pendants, with Two Birds Flanking a Tree of Life (front) and Leaf and Rosette Motifs (back)
Kyivan Rus’
11th–12th century
Polearm Temple Spear
Japanese
ca. 19th century
Temple Model
Mexica (Aztec)
15th–early 16th century
Temple Banner
China
19th century
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1725
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1725
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea: dedicated when Gudea built the Eninnu temple for the god Ningirsu
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Temple Hanging (?) one of a pair
China
19th century
Temple Hanging with a Hindu Devotee
India (Tamil Nadu), for the Sri Lankan market
late 17th - first quarter of the 18th century
Temple Pendant, One of a Pair
late 19th–early 20th century
Lamaist Temple Hanging
China
17th century or earlier
Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II, describing the rebuilding of Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash at Sippar
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Temple Strut with a Tree Goddess (Shalabhanjika)
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
ca. late 8th to 10th century
Temple Banner
China
18th century
Temple Model
Mexica (Aztec)
15th–early 16th century
Cuneiform tablet: account regarding temple sheep, Ebabbar archive
Achaemenid
ca. 519 BCE
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1725
Map of China
Ai Weiwei
2006
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1725
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1725