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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Ancient Mediterranean Art
Seated figure
Egyptian
ca. 2000 B.C.
44.34
Head of a woman (Arsinoe II or Arsinoe III)
Egyptian, Alexandria
3rd century B.C.
50.42
Head of an African
Roman
ca. 2nd century
67.127
Female figure
Cycladic
ca. 2500 B.C.
64.126
Votive figure
Sumerian
ca. 2900 - 2500 B.C.
41.34
Bes
Egyptian, Roman period
1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.
47.86
Head from a statue of Pharaoh Thutmosis III
Egyptian
mid-15th century B.C.
52.70
Relief with Ptolemy II making an offering to a god
Egyptian, Behbeit el Hagara
285-246 B.C.
47.57
Horse
Greek, Geometric Style
8th century BCE
77.12
Aphrodite (after Praxiteles)
Greek
2nd - 1st century B.C.
70.105
Kudurru (Boundary Stone)
Babylonian
ca. 1300 B.C.
48.45
Lion
Roman
1st century B.C.-1st century
61.17
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