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Nude female figure
Israelite
ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Untitled (jugs and mugs), Number 1
Haim Steinbach
1987

Hills III
Avner Moriah
1986

A King of Judah and Israel
Martin Fréminet
n.d.

The Adoration of the Magi
Joos van Wassenhove
1472–74

Glass cup in the shape of a Black African's head
Roman
2nd half of 1st century CE

Plate 14: Senatorial Bridge, today called the Ponte Rotto (Broken Bridge). 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna Virilis. 3. Part of the ancient Palatine. (Ponte Senatorio oggi detto Ponte rotto), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748

One Hundred Monsters Ancient and Modern (Hyakki shūi) 百鬼拾遺; 今昔百鬼拾遺(こんじゃくひゃっきしゅうい) ; 百鬼夜行拾遺(ひゃっきやぎょうしゅうい)
Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕
1781, spring (An'ei 10)

Jérusalem, Vallée de Josaphat, Détails du Tombeau d'Absalom
Auguste Salzmann
1854

Jael Slaying Sisera
Carlo Maratti
1625–1713

Furniture plaque carved in relief with two addorsed, ram-headed sphinxes
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Furniture plaque carved in relief with volutes and a palmette
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE

Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshiper
Urartian
ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a “woman at the window”
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Openwork furniture plaque with leaves
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Cloisonne furniture plaques with the child Horus and vultures
Assyrian
ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Senatorial Bridge, today called the Ponte Rotto [Broken Bridge], Temple of Vesta, Temple of Fortuna Virilis, and Part of the ancient Palatine, tavola 14 from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti analzati da Romani parte de quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

printed after 1775

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a “woman at the window”
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡
Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝)
1784, early spring (Tenmei 4)

Jewelry Elements
late 14th–16th century

Marble female figure
Cycladic
ca. 3000–2700 BCE (?)

Glass pin
Roman
1st century CE

Glass pin
Roman
1st century CE

Hexagonal Jug with Handles
Byzantine
6th–mid-7th century

Glass jar in the shape of a bunch of grapes
Roman, Palestinian
ca. 3rd century CE

Moses Striking the Rock
Abraham Bloemaert
1596

Glass multiple cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
Roman, Syrian
5th century CE

Glass hexagonal bottle
Roman
1st century CE

Beaker signed by Meges
Roman, Syro-Palestinian
mid–1st century CE

Hexagonal Jug
Byzantine
6th–mid-7th century

Octagonal Bottle
Byzantine
500–629

Glass beaker signed by Jason
Roman, Syro-Palestinian
mid–1st century CE

Healing Scroll
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
19th century

Healing Scroll
Amhara or Tigrinya peoples
19th century

Standing male worshiper
Sumerian
ca. 2900–2600 BCE

Daniel Praying
William Holman Hunt
1849

Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)

Northern Highlands däbtära (religious scholar)

19th century

Shekel, Simon Prince of Israel, 69 A.D., from the Ancient Coins series (N180) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
William S. Kimball & Company
1888

Amhara or Tigrinya peoples

19th century