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"Ancient Art: Gifts from the Norbert Schimmel Collection": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 49, no. 4 (Spring, 1992)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 49 | NUMBER 4

"Ancient Art: Gifts from the Norbert Schimmel Collection"

Hill, Marsh, Joan R. Mertens, Elizabeth J. Milleker, Oscar White Muscarella, and Catharine H. Roehrig
1992
64 pages
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Marsha Hill

Marsha Hill is a curator in the Department of Egyptian Art.

Joan Mertens

Elizabeth Milleker

Oscar Muscarella

Catharine Roehrig

Catharine H. Roehrig is Curator Emerita in the Department of Egyptian Art.

Met Art in Publication

Standing warrior, Copper
ca. late 3rd millennium BCE
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag, Silver, gold inlay, Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Seated goddess with a child, Gold, Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Seated female, Silver, Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Belt ornament in the form of a bird demon, Bronze, Urartian
ca. late 8th–7th century BCE
Belt with scenes of bull and lion hunts, Bronze, Urartian
ca. late 8th–7th century BCE
Pin terminating in three eagles' heads, Silver, Urartian
ca. 7th century BCE
Brooch with a lion, Electrum, Lydian
ca. 6th–5th century BCE
Vessel supported by two rams, Gypsum alabaster, Sumerian
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Foundation figure of a deity, Copper, Sumerian
ca. 2500–2350 BCE
Head of a female, Ceramic, Babylonian
ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Roundel with head of a "hero" surrounded by caprids, Bitumen, gold and silver foil, Elamite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Standard surmounted by a ram, Bronze, Iran
ca. late 2nd millennium BCE
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a ram, Silver, Achaemenid
ca. 5th century BCE
Earring, Gold, turquoise inlay, Achaemenid
ca. 6th–4th century BCE
Oval bowl with running tigresses on each side, Silver, niello inlay, Sasanian
ca. 6th–7th century CE
Object with a handle, perhaps a weight; palm trees and guilloche, Chlorite schist
ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium BCE
Seated female, Steatite or chlorite, alabaster, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Lid (?) with a serpent, Silver, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Female Monkey Holding Its Baby, Amethyst
ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
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