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Map of China
Ai Weiwei
2006
Brick with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II recording his work on Ezida, the temple of the god Nabu at Borsippa
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Temple Model
Aztec
15th–early 16th century
Temple Banner
China
19th 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
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
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Niiro Chōnosuke
early 20th-century copy of 8th-century original
Lamaist Temple Hanging
China
17th century or earlier
Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing his work on Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash at Sippar
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Temple Pendant with Two Birds Flanking a Tree of Life (front) and Geometric Lead Motifs (back)
Kyivan Rus’
ca. 1000–1200
Temple Coat
China
1870
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
Temple Hanging with Scenes from the Bhagavata Purana and the Ramayana
Northeast India (Assam)
early 17th century
Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal: temple inventory, Esangila archive
ca. 327 BCE
One of a Pair of Temple Pendants, with Confronted Birds (front) and Human Heads (back)
Kyivan Rus’
11th–12th century
Temple Hanging with a Hindu Devotee
India (Tamil Nadu), for the Sri Lankan market
late 17th - first quarter of the 18th century
Temple Model
Aztec
1400–1521
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1725
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1665
Polearm Temple Spear
Japanese
ca. 19th century
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Gudea: dedicated when Gudea built the Eninnu temple for the god Ningirsu
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2090 BCE
Temple Model
Aztec
1400–1521
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
Temple Model
Aztec
15th–early 16th century
Temple 7
William Wyman
1977
Temple Bracket with a Devata Standing on a Hermit Sage
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
13th century or later
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom
China
17th–18th century
Temple Plaque “Udumbara Flowers” (Udonge)
Yinyuan Longqui (Ingen Ryūki)
carved 1741
Temple Pendant with Filigree Border
Kyivan Rus’
11th–12th century
Cuneiform tablet: Sumerian dedicatory(?) inscription from Ekur, the temple of the god Enlil
Kassite
ca. 16th–15th century BCE
Temple Pendant, One of a Pair
late 19th–early 20th century
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Japan
ca. 1725
Brick with inscription of Ashurbanipal describing building work on Ekur, the temple of the god Enlil at Nippur
Assyrian
ca. 668–631 BCE
Bell with archaistic design
China
dated 1762
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
Temple Pendant, One of a Pair
late 19th–early 20th century
Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nabonidus describing work on Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash, at Sippar
Babylonian
ca. 555–539 BCE
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
Hanging Strip from Temple
China
19th century
Temple Banner
China
19th century