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Heart Scarab of Hatnefer

Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Accession Number: 36.3.2

Head of Ptolemy II or III

Date: 246–222 B.C.
Accession Number: 66.99.134

Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian

Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.92

Statuette of a Royal (?) Woman with the Cartouches of Necho II on her Arms

Date: 610–595 B.C.
Accession Number: 30.8.93

Processional Cross

Ezra

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 1999.103

Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II

Date: ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
Accession Number: 16.1.3

Kushite priest wearing garment with leopard's head and tassels, subsequently adapted for a king

Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 2010.259

Kora

Mamadou Koyate (bridge by Djimo Koyate)

Date: ca. 1960
Accession Number: 1975.59

Figure: Seated Couple

Date: 18th–early 19th century
Accession Number: 1977.394.15

Brazier of Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar

Date: second half 13th century
Accession Number: 91.1.540

Eroro

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.2604

Bracelet with Agathodaimon, Isis-Tyche, Aphrodite, and Terenouthis

Date: 1st century B.C.–A.D. 1st century
Accession Number: 23.2.1

Plaque: Warrior and Attendants

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1990.332

Ritual Statuette of Thutmose III

Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Accession Number: 1995.21

Prestige Stool: Female Caryatid

Buli Master, possibly Ngongo ya Chintu (Hemba, ca. 1810-1870)

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1979.290

Statue of a goddess, probably Nehemetaui or Nebethetepet

Date: 550–300 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.845

Kushite Pharaoh

Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 2002.8

Ram's-head Amulet

Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.98

Face Mask (Kpeliye'e)

Date: 19th–mid-20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.489

Headdress

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.266

Female Figure

Zlan of Belewale

Date: before 1960
Accession Number: 1978.412.499

Mask: Female Figure (Karan-wemba)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.84

Menat necklace from Malqata

Date: ca. 1390–1353 B.C.
Accession Number: 11.215.450

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head (The Great Bieri)

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.229

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1978.409

Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)

Date: ca. A.H. 410/ A.D. 1019–20
Accession Number: 2007.191

Miniature broad collar

Date: 332–222 B.C.
Accession Number: 49.121.1

Statue of Seated Imhotep

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.852a, b

Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"

Date: second half 9th–mid-10th century
Accession Number: 2004.88

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.323