British Museum

national museum, non-departmental public body, art museum, museum
Year dem found am	1753
Official name	The British Museum
Ein field of work	cultural heritage
Sponsor	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Found by	Hans Sloane
Position held by head of the organization	Principal librarian, Director and principal librarian, Director of the British Museum
Chairperson	George Osborne
Director / manager	Hartwig Fischer
Country	United Kingdom
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	London Borough of Camden
Located on street	Great Russell Street
Associated electoral district	Holborn and St Pancras
Historic county	Middlesex
Ein location	building of the British Museum, Bloomsbury
Coordinate location	51°31′10″N 0°7′37″W
Member of	Digital Preservation Coalition
Significant event	claim for restitution of an artwork
Architect	Robert Smirke
Date of official opening	1759
Open days	all days of the week
Has facility	accessible toilet
Disabled accessibility	wheelchair accessible
Heritage designation	Grade I listed building
Street address	Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Postal code	WC1B 3DG
Phone number	+44 (0)20 7323 8000
Fax number	020 7323 8616
Dema official website	https://www.britishmuseum.org/, http://britishmuseum.org/
Terms of service URL	https://www.britishmuseum.org/terms-use
Main regulatory text	British Museum Act 1963
Activity policy in this place	photos allowed
Has works in the collection	National Museum of World Cultures, Tate
Ground level 360 degree view URL	https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5192048,-0.1274951,2a,75y,198.95h,85.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFyBuFtvu6FeVvVVc5--uiw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
WordLift URL	http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/british-museum
Online catalog URL	https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection
Category for the exterior of the item	Category:Exterior of the British Museum
Category for the interior of the item	Category:Interior of the British Museum

De British Museum be a public museum wey be dedicated to human history, art den culture wey dey locate insyd de Bloomsbury area of London. Ein permanent collection of eight million works be de largest insyd de world.^[1] E dey document de story of human culture from ein beginnings to de present. Na dem establish am insyd 1753, na de British Museum be de first public national museum.^[2] Insyd 2023, na de museum receive 5,820,860 visitors, 42% more dan de previous year. At least na one group rate am de most popular attraction insyd de United Kingdom.

For ein beginning, na de museum dey largely base on de collections of de Anglo-Irish physician den scientist Sir Hans Sloane.^[3] Na dem gbele am to de public insyd 1759, insyd Montagu House, for de site of de current building. Na de museum ein expansion over de following 250 years largely be a result of British colonisation wey na result insyd de creation of chaw branch institutions, anaa independent spin-offs, na de first be de Natural History Museum insyd 1881. Sam of ein best-known acquisitions, such as de Greek Elgin Marbles den de Egyptian Rosetta Stone, be subject to long-term disputes den repatriation claims.^[4]

Insyd 1973, na de British Library Act 1972^[5] detach de library department from de British Museum, buh na e continue dey host de now separated British Library insyd de same Reading Room den building as de museum til 1997. Na de museum be a non-departmental public body wey be sponsored by de Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Like all UK national museums, e no dey charge admission fee except for loan exhibitions.^[6]

History

Sir Hans Sloane

Although today principally a museum of cultural art objects plus antiquities, Na dem found am as 'universal museum'. Its foundations lie insyde de will of de Anglo-Irish physician plus naturalist Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), a London-based doctor and scientist from Ulster. As e dey live, especially when e marry di widow of rich Jamaican planter,^[7] Sloane gathah plenty curiosities, plus him no wan make dem spoil after im die, so he gree give am to King George II, for the nation, for £20,000 (that one be like £3,846,793 for 2023) wey Parliament go pay give him heirs.^[8] E purposely do am like dat so e go be lower than wetin dem fit value the artefacts, wey dem dey talk say fit be £50,000 (like £9,616,983 for 2023) or even more, and some people dey even talk say e fit reach £80,000 (like £15,387,173 for 2023) or more as others talk am.^[9]^[10]

At that time, Sloane em collection dey consist of around 71,000 objects of all kinds^[11] wey de include some 40,000 printed books, 7,000 manuscripts, extensive natural history specimens wey include 337 volumes of dried plants, prints den drawings wey include those by Albrecht Dürer plus antiquities from Sudan, Egypt, Greece, Rome, de Ancient Near plus Far East plus de Americas.^[12]

Foundation (1753)

For 7 June 1753, King George II don gree dem make dem start British Museum.Template:Refn Di British Museum Act 1753 still add two libraries join Sloane collection, wey be Cottonian Library wey Sir Robert Cotton build for Elizabethan times, plus Harleian Library wey di Earls of Oxford get. Dem come join 1757 by di 'Old Royal Library', wey now be Royal manuscripts, wey different British kings come gather. Together, dis four 'foundation collections' get plenty of di most valuable books wey dey for British Library,^[13] like di Lindisfarne Gospels plus di only surviving manuscript of Beowulf.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

British Museum be di first kind of museum wey no belong to church or king, e dey open for everybody and e wan collect everything. Sloane collection get plenty different things, e show im scientific interests.^[14] When dem add di Cotton and Harley manuscripts, e bring literary and old-school vibe, now British Museum don be both National Museum plus library.^[15]

Cabinet of curiosities (1753–1778)

Di body of trustees choose one fine 17th-century mansion, Montagu House, make e be di place for di museum, wey dem buy am from di Montagu family for £20,000. Di trustees no gree for Buckingham House, wey dem later change am to di Buckingham Palace wey we sabi today, on de grounds of cost plus de unsuitability of its location.^[16]^{[lower-alpha 2]}

With de acquisition of Montagu House,, dem open di first exhibition galleries and reading room for scholars on 15 January 1759.^[17] At dat time, di big parts of di collection be di library wey dey take most of di rooms for ground floor and di natural history objects wey dey occupy one whole wing for first floor. For 1763, di trustees of di British Museum, influenced by Peter Collinson and William Watson, employ Daniel Solander wey be former student of Carl Linnaeus, to reclassify di natural history collection based on di Linnaean system, so di museum fit become public learning center wey every European natural historian fit access.^[18] For 1823, George IV gave de King Library wey George III arrange,^[19] plus Parliament give am de power to collect every book wey dem publish for di country, so di museum library go dey grow plenty. After dem start am, British Museum receive plenty gifts, like di Thomason Collection wey get Civil War Tins plus David Garrick library wey get 1,000 plays dem print. Di plenty natural history, books and manuscripts start to reduce when for 1772, di museum buy e first big ancient things for £8,410 from Sir William Hamilton 'first' Greek vases collection.^[20]

Indolence den energy (1778–1800)

Since 1778, dem show plenty things from South Seas wey James Cook and other explorers bring come after their round-the-world waka. People dey craze for the new places wey dem see. In 1800, dem get fresh books, fine gems, coins, prints, and drawings from Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode wey make the museum shine well-well. but Montagu House don become increasingly full with crowd den decrepit plus e dey apparent that it would be unable to cope with further expansion.^[21]

Di first big addition wey di museum get for im collection since e start na from Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), di British Ambassador wey dey Napoli. E sell im Greek plus Roman artefacts to di museum for 1784 plus some other old items plus natural history samples. Dem get one list wey talk about donations to di museum, dated 31 January 1784, wey mention di Hamilton gift of one 'Colossal Foot of an Apollo insyde Marble'. Dis one na one of di two items wey Hamilton collect, wey Francesco Progenie draw for am, im be student of Pietro Fabris, wey also send some drawings of Mount Vesuvius wey Hamilton give di Royal Society for London.

Growth plus change (1800–1825)

Left to Right: Montagu House, Townley Gallery plus Sir Robert Smirke's west wing under construction, July 1828

De Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Room, 1920s

For early 19th century, dem start build strong collection of sculptures, and Greek, Roman plus Egyptian artefacts dey lead the show for di antiquities display. After dem chop defeat of di French campaign insyde di Battle of di Nile, wetin happen for 1801, British Museum take more Egyptian sculptures join dem collection. Den for 1802, King George III come carry di Rosetta Stone come give dem, wey be key to decode di hieroglyphs.^[22] Gifts plus purchases from Henry Salt, di British consul general for Egypt, start from di Colossal bust of Ramesses II for 1818, na im lay di foundation for di Egyptian Monumental Sculpture collection.^[23] Plenty Greek sculptures come after, like dis first exhibition space wey dem build purposefully, the Charles Towneley collection, most of am na Roman sculpture, for 1805. Den for 1806, Thomas Bruce, wey be 7th Earl of Elgin, wey dey represent Ottoman Empire from 1799 go 1803 carry plenty marble sculptures from Parthenon for Acropolis for Athens, come take am go UK. For 1816, dem collect dis western art masterpieces for British Museum through Act of Parliament and keep am for de museum after.^[24] Dem dey add Bassae frieze from Phigaleia, Greece wey come 1815. The Ancient Near Eastern collection start for 1825 when dem buy Assyrian and Babylonian artifacts from Mary Mackintosh Rich, wey be the widow of Assyriologist Claudius James Rich.^[25]

For 1802, dem form committee wey go plan to expand di museum, plus in 1822, dem get donation from di King wey be di King Library, wey be personal library of King George III, dey get 65,000 books, 19,000 pamphlets, maps, charts plus topographical drawings.^[26] Di neoclassical architect, Sir Robert Smirke, wey dem call, draw plan for di eastern extension for di museum wey go take Royal Library and picture gallery above am.^[27] E even suggest plan for di quadrangular building wey we fit still see today. Dem don break down Old Montagu House wey dey spoil and dem start work for King’s Library Gallery for 1823. Dem finish the East Wing extension by 1831. But, after dem open de National Gallery for London for 1824,^{[lower-alpha 3]} de Picture Gallery wey dem plan no be necessary again, so dem give that floor space to Natural history collections.^[28]

Di first Synopsis of di British Museum drop insyde 1808. E talk wetin dey insyde di museum, plus how dem show di objects room by room. Dem dey publish new editions every few years.

De largest building site insyde Europe (1825–1850)

As Sir Robert Smirke big neoclassical building dey rise small-small, de museum turn construction site. The King's Library, wey dey ground floor of East Wing, dem hand am over for 1827, plus dem talk say na one of de best rooms for London. Even though e no fully open to everybody till 1857, dem arrange special openings for de time of The Great Exhibition of 1851.

For 1840, di museum don start dey do im first overseas excavations,Charles Fellows expedition go Xanthos insyde Asia Minor, where dem find remains of di tombs of di rulers of ancient Lycia, like di Nereid and Payava monuments. Then for 1857, Charles Newton discover di 4th-century BC Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, one of di Seven Wonders of di Ancient World. For di 1840s plus 1850s, di museum dey support excavations for Assyria by A.H. Layard plus others at sites like Nimrud den Nineveh. Di curators sabi say dem go discover Ashurbanipal's big library of cuneiform tablets, wey help make di museum main place for Assyrian studies.^[29]

Sir Thomas Grenville (1755–1846), wey be trustee for British Museum since 1830, gather library wey get 20,240 books, e give dem for him will. De books come for January 1847 inside twenty-one horse-drawn vans. Di only place dem fit put dis large library be one room wey dem plan for manuscripts, between Front Entrance Hall den Manuscript Saloon. Dem books dey there until British Library move go St Pancras for 1998.

Collect wey come from di bigger world (1850–1875)

Di forecourt wey dem open for 1852 be di last part of Robert Smirke's plan wey start for 1823, but e be like dem need adjust some tins because collection don dey grow too fast. Dem build infill galleries for Assyrian sculptures and Sydney Smirke's Round Reading Room wey fit hold one million books, wey open for 1857. As space still dey tight, dem decide to carry natural history go new building for South Kensington, wey go later turn British Museum of Natural History.

Around di same time dem dey build di new house, one man wey dem dey call di "second founder" of di British Museum, di Italian librarian Anthony Panizzi, dey shine. With him oversight, di British Museum Library (now part of di British Library) blow up five times plus turn am into correct place wey fit carry di name national library, di biggest library for di world after National Library of Paris. Di quadrangle wey dey middle of Smirke design no com make sense, e waste fine space, so Panizzi beg make dem fill am with one round Reading Room wey dem build with cast iron, wey Smirke him brother, Sydney Smirke, design.^[30]

Till mid-19th century, di museum collection dey small small but for 1851, dem bring Augustus Wollaston Franks come join dem to manage di collections. Na there dem start collect British and European medieval antiques, plus some prehistory, and dem start branch go Asia too, dey diversify wetin dem get for ethnography. One big win for di museum na when dem buy di Duke of Blacas rare den valuable collection of antiques for 1867, even as di French no gree. Dem still dey excavate overseas plus John Turtle Wood find di remains of di 4th century BC Temple of Artemis for Ephesos, another Wonder of di Ancient World.^[31]

Scholarship den legacies (1875–1900)

Di natural history collections dey important part of di British Museum till dem carry am go new British Museum of Natural History for 1887, wey now dem dey call di Natural History Museum for South Kensington. When dem move and finish di new White Wing (wey dey face Montague Street) for 1884, more space show for antiquities plus ethnography, plus di library fit grow more. Dis na time wey innovation dey shine as dem start use electric light for di Reading Room den exhibition galleries.^[32]

De William Burges collection wey get plenty weapons land for museum since 1881. For 1882, de museum join hand establish de independent Egypt Exploration Fund (now Society), wey be de first British group wey go do research for Egypt. Miss Emma Turner drop some cash for 1892 wey help finance excavations insyde Cyprus. Then for 1897, de big collector plus curator, A. W. Franks, die, den him leave behind an immense bequest wey include 3,300 finger rings, 153 drinking cups, 512 pieces of continental porcelain 1,500 netsuke, 850 inro, plus over 30,000 bookplates plus different kinds of jewellery den plate, wey include de Oxus Treasure.^[33]

For 1898, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bequeathed de Waddesdon Bequest, all di fine things wey dey insyde im New Smoking Room for Waddesdon Manor. E get almost 300 pieces of objets d'art et de vertu, wey get fine jewellery, plate, enamel, carvings, glass plus maiolica. Among dem get di Holy Thorn Reliquary, wey dem creat aroud de 1390s insyde paris for John, Duke of Berry. Dis collection dey follow di tradition of Schatzkammer wey dey like di ones wey di Renaissance princes of Europe form.^[34] Baron Ferdinand make sure say im will dey clear, if dem no follow di terms e go spoil, di collection suppose be

dem put am for special room wey dem go call Waddesdon Bequest Room, separate from all di oda tings for di Museum, and from dat day, dem go keep am for dat room or some other room to be substituted for it.^[34]

Dem still de observe these terms ,plus de collection dey occupy room 2a.

New century, new building (1900–1925)

For de last years of 19th century, British Museum get so many things wey dey make their building no fit contain am again. For 1895, dem trustees buy 69 houses wey dey around de museum so dem fit break dem down den build around west, north den east side of de museum. De first stage na to build northern wing beginning 1906.

All dis time, dem collections dey grow. Emil Torday dey collect for Central Africa, Aurel Stein dey do him collection for Central Asia, D. G. Hogarth, Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence dey dig for Carchemish. At dis period, American collector and philanthropist J. Pierpont Morgan come give big number of objects to di museum,^[36] wey de include William Greenwell en collection of prehistoric artefacts wey e buy for £10,000 for 1908. Morgan dey also collect major part of Sir John Evans's coin collection, wey him pikin J. P. Morgan Jr. sell to di museum for 1915. For 1918, as dem dey fear say bomb fit drop during war, dem evacuate some things through de London Post Office Railway to Holborn, National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth) and one country house near Malvern. When dem come bring back old things from war storage for 1919, some of dem don spoil. Dem set up conservation lab for May 1920 plus e turn permanent department for 1931. Na today, e be di oldest wey dey exist.^[37] For 1923, British Museum welcome over one million visitors.

Disruption den reconstruction (1925–1950)

Dem build new mezzanine floors den book stacks rebuilt in an attempt to cope with de flood of books. . For 1931, art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen come give money make dem build gallery for di Parthenon sculptures. E be American architect John Russell Pope wey design am, den dem finish am for 1938. Di way di exhibition galleries dey appear don change as dark Victorian reds don waka go, make way for modern pastel shades.Template:Refn

After George Francis Hill retire as Director and Principal Librarian for 1936, Na John Forsdyke succeed am.

As tension dey rise with Nazi Germany, Forsdyke don dey reason say war fit soon happen. E feel say dem go bomb pass wetin dem do for World War I, so di museum gatz prepare to carry di valuable items go safe place. After di Munich wahala, Forsdyke order 3,300 No-Nail Boxes and pack dem for Duveen Gallery basement. At di same time, e dey find den secure beta locations. As e be, di museum fit quick start carry di selected items go safe places on 24 August 1939, (one day after di Home Secretary talk say make dem do am), go secure basements, country houses, Aldwych Underground station, plus National Library of Wales.^[38] Dem don relocate Many items insyde early 1942 from their initial dispersal locations to a new facility dem develope at Westwood Quarry insyde Wiltshire.^[38] De evacaution happen just in time, because back insyde 1940, them bomb dem Duveen Gallery make e damage well well.^[39] Meanwhile, before de war, di Nazis send one researcher to de British Museum for several years to fit gather anti-Semitic history of Anglo-Jewry.^[40]

After di war, di museum dey continue to collect from all di countries and all di centuries: among di big additions be di 2600 BC Mesopotamian treasure from Ur, wey Leonard Woolley find during im 1922–34 excavations. Gold, silver plus garnet grave goods from di Anglo-Saxon ship burial for Sutton Hoo (1939) and late Roman silver tableware from Mildenhall, Suffolk (1946). Di immediate time after di war dem dey focus on returning di collections from protection den restoring di museum after di Blitz. Work begin too for restoring di damaged Duveen Gallery.

A new public face (1950–1975)

For 1953, di museum mark am 200 years anniversary. Plenty changes come after: dem appoint di first full-time in-house designer plus publications officer for 1964, di Friends organization start for 1968, Education Service begin for 1970 den dem establish publishing house for 1973. For 1963, new Act of Parliament come bring some administrative changes too. E easy now to dey lend objects, de constitution of de board of trustees don change plus de Natural History Museum don also become fully independent. By 1959, de Coins plus Medals office suite wey dem destroy completely during de war, dem don rebuild den reopen am, dem turn attentio towards de gallery work with new tastes for design wey lead to de remodelling of Robert Smirke's Classical plus Near Eastern galleries.^[41] For 1962, Duveen Gallery don finally get restored, plus dem carry Parthenon Sculptures go back insyde, once more at de heart of de museum.

For 1970s, di museum dey expand again. Dem bring more services for di public; visitor numbers dey increase, especially wen dem show di exhibition wey dem call "Treasures of Tutankhamun" for 1972, wey gather 1,694,117 visitors, e be di most successful for British history. Insyde dat same year, di Parliament pass di Act wey establish di British Library, wey separate de collection of manuscripts plus printed books from de British Museum. Dis one left di museum with antiquities; coins, medals plus paper money; prints den drawings; plus ethnography. A pressing problem wey show up be how to find space for di library wey need extra 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) of shelving every year. Di Government talk say make dem fit put di new British Library for St Pancras but di books no leave di museum until 1997.

De Great Court emerges (1975–2000)

De departure of de British Library to a new site at St Pancras, finally dem achieve am insyde 1998, don provide de space needed for de books. E also open chance to redevelop de vacant space insyde Robert Smirke's 19th-century central quadrangle into de Queen Elizabeth II Great Court – wey be de biggest covered square for Europe – wey open for 2000. De ethnography collections wey dey insyde de Museum of Mankind at 6 Burlington Gardens since 1970, dem carry am come back for new purpose-built galleries insyde de museum for 2000.

Di museum don re-adjust its collecting policies as pipo don start to sabi modern tins like prints, drawings, medals plus di decorative arts again. Dem carry out ethnographic fieldwork for places wey different wey dey include New Guinea, Madagascar, Romania, Guatemala plus Indonesia, plus dem do excavations for Near East, Egypt, Sudan and UK. Di Weston Gallery of Roman Britain wey open for 1997 show plenty recently discover treasures wey show say wetin dem think be small matter for di Roman Empire no be so. Di museum dey manage go for private funds to build, acquire den for other purposes.^[42] For 2000, di British Museum collect National Heritage Museum of di Year award.^[43]

Departments

Department of Egypt den Sudan

Room 61 – De famous false fresco 'Pond insyd a Garden' from de Tomb of Nebamun, c. 1350 BC

De British Museum dey house de world ein largest den most comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiquities (plus over 100,000^[44] pieces) outsyd de Egyptian Museum insyd Cairo. A collection of immense importance for ein range den quality,e dey include objects of all periods from virtually every site of importance insyd Egypt den de Sudan. Togeda, dem dey illustrate every aspect of de cultures of de Nile Valley (wey dey include Nubia), from de Predynastic Neolithic period (c. 10,000 BC) thru Coptic (Christian) times (12th century AD), den up to de present day, a time-span over 11,000 years.^[45]

Highlights of de collections dey include:

Predynastic den Early Dynastic period (c. 6000 BC – c. 2690 BC)

Mummy of Ginger den five oda individuals wey komot Gebelein (c. 3400 BC)
Flint knife plus an ivory handle (dem know as de Pit-Rivers Knife), Sheikh Hamada, Egypt (c. 3100 BC)
De Battlefield Palette den Hunters Palette, two cosmetic palettes plus complex decorative schemes (c. 3100 BC)
Ivory statuette of a king, wey komot de early temple at Abydos, Egypt (c. 3000 BC)
King Den ein sandal label wey komot Abydos, mid-1st Dynasty (c. 2985 BC)
Stela of King Peribsen, Abydos (c. 2720–2710 BC)

Old Kingdom (2690–2181 BC)

Artefacts wey komot de tomb of King Khasekhemwy wey komot de 2nd Dynasty (2690 BC)
Granite statue of Ankhwa, de shipbuilder, Saqqara, Egypt, 3rd Dynasty (c. 2650 BC)
Chaw of de original casing stones wey komot de Great Pyramid of Giza, one of de Seven Wonders of de Ancient World (c. 2570 BC)
Statue of Nenkheftka wey komot Dishasha, 4th Dynasty (2500 BC)
Limestone false door of Ptahshepses, Saqqara (2440 BC)
Abusir Papyri, sam of de oldest papyri wey komot ancient Egypt, Abusir (2400 BC)
Wooden tomb statue of Tjeti, 5th to 6th Dynasty (c. 2345–2181 BC)

Middle Kingdom (2134–1690 BC)

Inner den outer coffin of Sebekhetepi, Beni Hasan (c. 2125–1795 BC)
Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu, 12th Dynasty (1985–1795 BC)
Limestone stela of Heqaib, Abydos, Egypt, 12th Dynasty (1990–1750 BC)
Block statue den stela of Sahathor, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat II (1922–1878 BC)
Limestone statue den stelae wey komot de offering chapel of Inyotef, Abydos, 12th Dynasty (c. 1920 BC)
Stela of Samontu, Abydos (1910 BC)
Reliefs wey komot de tomb of Djehutyhotep, Deir-el-Bersha (1878–1855 BC)
Three Granite statues of Senwosret III, Deir el-Bahri (1850 BC)
Statue of Rehuankh, Abydos (1850–1830 BC)
Colossal head of Amenemhat III, Bubastis (1800 BC)
Stela of Nebipusenwosret, Abydos (1800 BC)

Second Intermediate Period (1650–1550 BC)

Coffin of King Nubkheperre Intef, Thebes (1570 BC)
De famous Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, an early example of Ancient Egyptian mathematics, Thebes (1550 BC)

New Kingdom (1549–1069 BC)

Schist head of Pharaoh Hatshepsut anaa ein successor Tuthmosis III (1480 BC)
Statue of Senenmut plus Princess Neferure for ein lap top, Karnak (1470 BC)
Block statue of Sennefer, Western Thebes (1430 BC)
Twenty Sekhmet statues wey komot de Temple of Mut, Thebes (1400 BC)
Fragment of de beard of de Great Sphinx of Giza (14th century BC)
Pair of granite monumental lion statues wey komot Soleb insyd Sudan, (1370 BC)
Hoard of silver bullion wey komot El-Amarna (1352–1336 BC)
Colossal head from a statue of Amenhotep III (1350 BC)
Colossal limestone bust of Amenhotep III (1350 BC)
Amarna Tablets, 99 out of 382 tablets dem find, second largest collection insyd de world after de Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin (203 tablets) (1350 BC)
Stela of Horemheb wey komot ein tomb for Saqqara (1330 BC)
London Medical Papyrus plus 61 medical den magical treatments (1300 BC)
Papyrus of Ani, one of de finest extant Book of de Dead from antiquity, Thebes (1275 BC)
List of de kings of Egypt wey komot de Temple of Ramesses II (1250 BC)
Statue of Khaemwaset, son of Ramses II, Abydos (1250 BC)
De Great Harris Papyrus, de longest surviving papyrus wey komot antiquity, Thebes (1200 BC)
D'Orbiney Papyrus plus de Tale of Two Brothers (1200–1194 BC)
Seated statue of Seti II, Temple of Mut, Karnak (1200–1194 BC)
Face wey komot de sarcophagus of Ramses VI, Valley of de Kings (1140 BC)
Book of de Dead of Nedjmet plus painted offering-vignettes den columns of Hieroglyphic text, Deir el-Bahari (1070 BC)

Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC)

Greenfield papyrus, funerary papyrus of Princess Nesitanebetashru, daughter of Pinudjem II den Neskhons, den priestess of Amen-Ra at Thebes (950–930 BC)
Pair of gold bracelets wey na e belong to General Nemareth, son of Shoshenq I, Sais (940 BC)
Colossal column capital of Hathor wey komot Bubastis, 22nd Dynasty (922–887 BC)
Statue of de Nile god Hapi, Karnak (c. 900 BC)
Mummy case den coffin of Nesperennub, Thebes (c. 800 BC)
Shabaka Stone wey komot Memphis, Egypt, 25th Dynasty (c. 700 BC)
Coffin of king Menkaure, Giza (700–600 BC)
One of de three statues of Amun insyd de form of a ram wey dey protect King Taharqo, Kawa (683 BC)
Inner den outer coffins of de priest Hor, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, 25th Dynasty (c. 680 BC)
Granite statue of de Sphinx of Taharqo (680 BC)

Late Period (664–332 BC)

Saite Sarcophagus of Sasobek, de vizier (prime minister) of de northern part of Egypt insyd de reign of Psammetichus I (664–610 BC)
Sarcophagus lid of Sasobek (630 BC)
Bronze figure of Isis den Horus, North Saqqara, Egypt (600 BC)
Sarcophagus of Hapmen, Cairo, 26th Dynasty anaa later (600–300 BC)
Kneeling statue of Wahibre, wey komot near Lake Mariout (530 BC)
Sarcophagus of Ankhnesneferibre (525 BC)
Torso of Nectanebo I (380–362 BC)
Obelisks den sarcophagus of Pharaoh Nectanebo II (360–343 BC)
Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II, Alexandria (360–343 BC)

Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC)

De famous Rosetta Stone, trilingual stela wey na e unlock de ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics (196 BC)
Naos anaa temple shrine of Ptolemy VIII wey komot Philae (150 BC)
Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle (32–30 BC)
Fragment of a basalt Egyptian-style statue of Ptolemy I Soter (305–283 BC)
Mummy of Hornedjitef (inner coffin), Thebes (3rd century BC)
Wall wey komot a chapel of Queen Shanakdakhete, Meroë (c. 150 BC)
Shrine of Ptolemy VII, Philae (c. 150 BC)

Roman Period (30 BC – 641 AD)

Schist head of a young man, Alexandria (after 30 BC)
De Meriotic Hamadab Stela wey komot de Kingdom of Kush dem find near de ancient site of Meroë insyd Sudan, 24 BC
Lid of de coffin of Soter den Cleopatra wey komot Qurna, Thebes (early 2nd century AD)
Mummy of a youth plus a portrait of de deceased, Hawara (100–200 AD)
Over 30 Fayum mummy portraits wey komot Hawara den oda sites insyd Fayum (40–250 AD)
Bronze lamp den patera wey komot de X-group tombs, Qasr Ibrim (1st–6th centuries AD)
Coptic wall painting of de martyrdom of saints, Wadi Sarga (6th century AD)

Room 64 – Egyptian grave wey dey contain a Gebelein predynastic mummy, late predynastic, 3400 BC
Room 4 – Three black granite statues of de pharaoh Senusret III, c. 1850 BC
Room 4 – Three black granite statues of de goddess Sakhmet, c. 1400 BC
Room 4 – Colossal statue of Amenhotep III, c. 1370 BC
Great Court – Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III, c. 1350 BC
Room 4 - Limestone statue of a husby den wifey]], 1300–1250 BC
Room 63 - Gilded outer coffins wey komot de tomb of Henutmehyt, Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC
Book of de Dead of Hunefer, sheet 5, 19th Dynasty, 1250 BC
Room 4 – Ancient Egyptian bronze statue of a Gayer-Anderson cat wey komot de Late Period, c. 664–332 BC
Room 4 – Green siltstone head of a Pharaoh, 26th–30th Dynasty, 600–340 BC
Great Court – Black siltstone obelisk of King Nectanebo II of Egypt, Thirtieth dynasty, c. 350 BC
Room 62 – Detail from de mummy case of Artemidorus the Younger, a Greek wey na he settle insyd Thebes, Egypt, during Roman times, 100–200 AD

Department of Greece den Rome

De current collection dey include:

Temple of Hephaestus

Marble coffer frame den coffer wey komot de colonnade, (449–415 BC)

Parthenon

De Parthenon Marbles (Elgin Marbles), (447–438 BC)

Propylaea

Capital den column drum, (437–432 BC)

Erechtheion

A surviving column den architectural fittings, (420–415 BC)
One of six Caryatids wey remain, (415 BC)

Temple of Athena Nike

Surviving frieze slabs den capital, (427–424 BC)

Choragic Monument of Thrasyllos

Statue of Dionysos, (270 BC)

Tower of de Winds

Marble Corinthian capital, (50 BC)

Temple of Poseidon, Sounion

Fluted column base, (444–440 BC)

Temple of Nemesis, Rhamnus

Head wey komot de statue of Nemesis, (430–420 BC)

Temple of Bassae

Twenty-three surviving blocks of de frieze wey komot de interior of de temple, (420–400 BC)

Sanctuary of Apollo at Daphni

Fluted columns, column bases den ionic capitals (399–301 BC)

Temple of Athena Polias, Priene

Sculptural coffers wey komot de temple ceiling (350–325 BC)
Ionic capitals, architraves den antae (350–325 BC)
Marble torso of a charioteer (320–300 BC)

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Two colossal free-standing figures dem identify as Maussollos den ein wifey Artemisia, (c. 350 BC)
Part of horse wey komot de chariot group wey dey adorn de summit of de Mausoleum, (c. 350 BC)
De Amazonomachy frieze – A long section of relief frieze wey dey show de battle between Greeks den Amazons, (c. 350 BC)

Temple of Artemis insyd Ephesus

One of de sculptured column bases, (340–320 BC)
Part of de Ionic frieze wey situate above de colonnade, (330–300 BC)

Knidos insyd Asia Minor

Demeter of Knidos, (350 BC)
Lion of Knidos, (350–200 BC)

Xanthos insyd Asia Minor

Lion Tomb, (550–500 BC)
Harpy Tomb, (480–470 BC)
Nereid Monument, partial reconstruction of a large den elaborate Lykian tomb, (390–380 BC)
Tomb of Merehi, (390–350 BC)
Tomb of Payava, (375–350 BC)
Bilingual Decree of Pixodaros, (340 BC)

Temple of Zeus, Salamis insyd Cyprus

Marble capital plus caryatid figure wey dey stand between winged bulls, (300–250 BC)

Wider collection

Prehistoric Greece den Italy (3300 BC – 8th century BC)

Over thirty Cycladic figures wey komot islands insyd de Aegean Sea, na James Theodore Bent collect chaw, Greece (3300–2000 BC)
A large Gaudo culture askos wey komot Paestum, southern Italy (2800–2400 BC)
Kythnos Hoard of wood working metal tools wey komot de island of Naxos, Greece (2700–2200 BC)
Two pottery kernos wey komot Phylakopi insyd Melos, Greece (2300–2000 BC)
Material wey komot de Palace of Knossos wey dey include a huge pottery storage jar, na sam be donated by Sir Arthur Evans, Crete, Greece (1900–1100 BC)
De Minoan gold treasure wey komot Aegina, northern Aegean, Greece (1850–1550 BC)
Artefacts from de Psychro Cave insyd Crete, wey dey include two serpentine libation tables (1700–1450 BC)
Bronze Minoan Bull-leaper wey komot Rethymnon, Crete (1600–1450 BC)
Segments of de columns den architraves wey komot de Treasury of Atreus, Peloponnese, Greece (1350–1250 BC)
Ivory game board dem find for Enkomi, Cyprus (12th century BC)
Nuragic hoard of bronze artefacts dem find at Santa Maria insyd Paulis, Cagliari, Sardinia (1100–900 BC)
Elgin Amphora, highly decorated pottery vase dem attribute to de Dipylon Master, Athens, Greece (8th century BC)
Votive offerings wey komot de Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta (8th century BC)

Etruscan (8th century BC – 1st century BC)

Gold jewellery den oda rich artefacts wey komot de Castellani den Galeassi Tombs insyd Palestrina, central Italy (8th–6th centuries BC)
Ornate gold fibula plus granulated parade of animals wey komot de Bernardini Tomb, Cerveteri (675–650 BC)
Various objects wey dey include two small terracotta statues wey komot de "Tomb of de five chairs" insyd Cerveteri (625–600 BC)
Gold libation bowl wey komot Sant'Angelo Muxaro, Sicily (600 BC)
Contents of de Isis tomb den François Tomb, Vulci (570–560 BC)
Painted terracotta plaques (de so-called Boccanera Plaques) wey komot a tomb insyd Cerveteri (560–550 BC)
Decorated silver panels wey komot Castel San Marino, near Perugia (540–520 BC)
Statuette of a bronze votive figure wey komot Pizzidimonte, near Prato, Italy (500–480 BC)
Bronze helmet plus inscription wey dey commemorate de Battle of Cumae, Olympia, Greece (480 BC)
Bronze votive statuettes wey komot de Lake of de Idols, Monte Falterona (420–400 BC)
Part of a symposium set of bronze vessels wey komot de tomb of Larth Metie, Bolsena, Italy (400–300 BC)
Exquisite gold ear-ring plus female head pendant, one of a pair wey komot Perugia (300–200 BC)
Oscan Tablet, one of de most important inscriptions insyd de Oscan language (300–100 BC)
Hoard of gold jewellery wey komot Sant'Eufemia Lamezia, southern Italy (340–330 BC)
Latian bronze figure wey komot de Sanctuary of Diana, Lake Nemi, Latium (200–100 BC)
Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa wey komot Chiusi (150–140 BC)

Ancient Greece (8th century BC – 4th century AD)

Orientalising gold jewellery wey komot de Camirus cemetery insyd Rhodes (700–600 BC)
Foot wey komot de colossal Kouros of Apollo, Delos (600–500 BC)
Group of life-size archaic statues wey komot de Sacred Way at Didyma, western Turkey (600–580 BC)
Bronze statuette of a rider den horse wey komot Armento, southern Italy (550 BC)
Bronze head of an axe wey komot San Sosti, southern Italy (520 BC)
Statue of a nude standing youth wey komot Marion, Cyprus (520–510 BC)
Large terracotta sarcophagus den lid plus painted scenes wey komot Klazomenai, western Turkey (510–480 BC)
Two bronze tablets insyd de Locrian Greek dialect wey komot Galaxidi, central Greece (500–475 BC)
Bronze mitra dem inscribe on both sides insyd archaic Cretan script plus de Spensithios Decree, Lyttos-Afrati region insyd Crete (c. 500 BC)^[46]
Fragments wey komot a large bronze equestrian statue of de Taranto Rider, southern Italy (480–460 BC)
Chatsworth Apollo Head, Tamassos, Cyprus (460 BC)
Statue of recumbent bull wey komot de Dipylon Cemetery, Athens (4th century BC)
Hoard of gold jewellery wey komot Avola, Sicily (370–300 BC)
Dedicatory inscription by Alexander the Great wey komot Priene insyd Turkey (330 BC)
Head from de colossal statue of de Asclepius of Milos, Greece (325–300 BC)
Braganza Brooch, Ornamental gold fibula wey dey reflect Celtic den Greek influences (3rd century BC)
Hoard of silver patera wey komot Èze, southeastern France (3rd century BC)
Gold tablet wey komot an Orphic sanctuary insyd southern Italy (3rd–2nd centuries BC)
Marble relief of de Apotheosis of Homer wey komot Bovillae, central Italy (221–205 BC)
Bronze sculpture of a Greek poet dem know as de Arundel Head, western Turkey (2nd–1st centuries BC)
Remains of de Scylla monument at Bargylia, south west Anatolia, Turkey (200–150 BC)
Bronze head den hand of de statue of Aphrodite of Satala (1st century BC)
Bronze statuettes wey komot Paramythia (2nd century AD)
Large statue of Europa wey dey tap on de back of a bull wey komot de amphitheatre at Gortyna, Crete (100 BC)

Ancient Rome (1st century BC – 4th century AD)

Pair of engraved oval agate plaques wey dey depict Livia as Diana den Octavian as Mercury (Rome, 30–25 BC)
Guildford Puteal wey komot Corinth, Greece (30–10 BC)
Bronze head of Augustus wey komot Meroë insyd Sudan (27–25 BC)
Cameo glass Portland Vase, de most famous glass vessel wey komot ancient Rome (1–25 AD)
Silver Warren Cup plus homoerotic scenes, dem find near Jerusalem (5–15 AD)
Gladius of Mainz (anaa "Sword of Tiberius") den Blacas Cameo, wey dey depict Roman emperors insyd triumph (15 AD)
Horse trappings insyd decorated silver-plated bronze wey komot Xanten, Germany (1st century AD)
Pair of carved fluorite cups dem know as de Barber Cup den Crawford Cup (100 AD)
Athlete statue, "Vaison Diadumenos", wey komot an ancient Roman city insyd southern France (118–138 AD)
A hoard of silver votive plaques dem dedicate to de Roman God Jupiter Dolichenus, dem discover insyd Heddernheim, near Frankfurt, Germany (1st–2nd centuries AD)
Discus-thrower (Discobolos)^[47] den Bronze Head of Hypnos wey komot Civitella d'Arna, Italy (1st–2nd centuries AD)
Part of a large wooden wheel for draining a copper mine insyd Huelva, southern Spain (1st–2nd centuries AD)
Capitals wey komot sam of de pilasters of de Pantheon, Rome (126 AD)
Colossal marble head of Faustina the Elder, wifey of de Roman emperor Antoninus Pius wey komot Sardis, western Turkey (140 AD)
Marble throne wey komot de prohedria of de Panathenaic Stadium, Athens (140–143 AD)
Hoard of jewellery wey komot a tomb insyd de vicinity of Miletopolis, Turkey (175–180 AD)
Inscribed marble base of de Roman Consul Tiberius Claudius Candidus, unearthed insyd Tarragona, Spain (195–199 AD)

Jennings Dog, a statue of a Molossian guard dog, central Italy (2nd century AD)
Segment of a decorated marble balustrade wey komot de Colosseum, Rome, Italy (2nd century AD)
Politarch inscription wey komot de Vardar Gate, Thessaloniki, Greece (2nd century AD)
Two Roman cavalry bronze parade masks wey komot Nola, Italy den Gaziantep, Turkey,^[48] (2nd century AD)
Bronze tablet dem dedicate to Sextus Pompeius Maximus wey komot de Mithraeum at Ostia, Italy (200 AD)^[49]
Various silver treasures dem find at Arcisate, Beaurains, Boscoreale, Bursa, Chaourse, Caubiac, Chatuzange, Conimbriga, Mâcon den Revel-Tourdan (1st–3rd century AD)
Votive statue of Apollo of Cyrene, Libya (2nd century AD)
Uerdingen Hoard dem find near Düsseldorf insyd Germany (2nd–3rd centuries AD)

De collection dey encompass architectural, sculptural den epigraphic items wey komot chaw oda sites across de classical world wey dey include Amathus, Atripalda, Aphrodisias, Delos, Iasos, Idalion, Lindus, Kalymnos, Kerch, Rhamnous, Salamis, Sestos, Sounion, Tomis den Thessaloniki.

Room 12 – A gold earring wey komot de Aegina Treasure, Greece, 1700–1500 BC
Room 18 – Parthenon statuary wey komot de east pediment den Metopes wey komot de south wall, Athens, Greece, 447–438 BC
Room 19 – Caryatid den Ionian column wey komot de Erechtheion, Acropolis of Athens, Greece, 420–415 BC
Room 20 – Tomb of Payava, Lycia, Turkey, 360 BC
Room 21 – Fragmentary horse wey komot de colossal chariot group wich na e top de podium of de Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of de Seven Wonders of de Ancient World, Turkey, c. 350 BC
Room 22 - Gold oak wreath plus a bee den two cicadas, western Turkey, c. 350–300 BC
Room 22 – Column wey komot de Temple of Artemis insyd Ephesus, one of de Seven Wonders of de Ancient World, Turkey, early 4th century BC
Room 22 - Colossal head of Asclepius wey dey wear a metal crown (now e lost), wey komot a cult statue on Melos, Greece, 325–300 BC
Room 22 – Bronze head den hand of an ancient Hellenistic statue dem discover insyd Satala, Turkey, 200–100 BC
Room 1 - Farnese Hermes insyd de Enlightenment Gallery, Italy, 1st century AD
Room 69 - Roman gladiator helmet wey komot Pompeii, Italy, 1st century AD
Room 23 - De famous version of de 'Crouching Venus', Roman, c. 1st century AD
Room 22 – Roman marble copy of de famous 'Spinario (Boy plus Thorn)', Italy, c. 1st century AD
Room 22 – Apollo of Cyrene (wey dey hold a lyre), Libya, c. 2nd century AD

Department of de Middle East

Highlights of de collections dey include:

Nimrud: Assyrian palace reliefs wey komot:

De North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC)
Palace of Adad-nirari III (811–783 BC)
De Sharrat-Niphi Temple (c. 9th century BC)
Temple of Ninurta (c. 9th century BC)
South-East Palace ('Burnt Palace') (8th–7th century BC)
Central- Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III (745–727 BC)
South-West Palace of Esarhaddon (681–669 BC)
De Nabu Temple (Ezida) (c. 7th century BC)

Sculptures den inscriptions:

Pair of Human Headed Lamassu Lions (883–859 BC)
Human Headed Lamassu Bull, sister piece insyd The Metropolitan Museum of Art (883–859 BC)
Human Headed Lamassu Lion, sister piece insyd de Metropolitan Museum of Art (883–859 BC)
Colossal Statue of a Lion (883–859 BC)
Foundation tablet of Ashurnasirpal II wey komot de Temple of Ishtar (875–865 BC)
Rassam Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal II (873–859 BC)
Stela den Statue of King Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC)
De Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (858–824 BC)
Stela of Shamshi-Adad V (824–811 BC)
Rare Head of Human Headed 'Lamassu', dem recover from de North-West Palace (811–783 BC)
Pair of statues of attendant god dem dedicate to Nabu by Adad-Nirari III den Sammuramat (810–800 BC)
Bilingual Assyrian lion weights plus both cuneiform den Phoenician inscriptions (800–700 BC)
Large sculpture of a male bearded head wey komot a Lamassu plus inscription dem dedicate to Esarhaddon (670 BC)

Nineveh:

Assyrian palace reliefs den sculptures wey komot:

South-West Palace of Sennacherib (705–681 BC)
North-Palace of Ashurbanipal (c. 645 BC), wey dey include de Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal den Lachish relief
De famous Garden Party Relief (645 BC)
Statue of a nude woman (11th century BC)
Broken Obelisk of Ashur-bel-kala, de earliest known Assyrian obelisk (11th century BC)
White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I (1050–1031 BC)

Royal Library of Ashurbanipal:

A large collection of cuneiform tablets of enormous importance, approximately 22,000 inscribed clay tablets (7th century BC)
De Flood Tablet, wey dey relate part of de famous Epic of Gilgamesh (7th century BC)
Taylor Prism, hexagonal clay foundation record (691 BC)
Rassam cylinder plus ten faces, wey dey describe de military campaigns of king Ashurbanipal (643 BC)

Oda Mesopotamian sites

Khorsabad den Balawat:

Alabaster bas-reliefs wey komot de Palace of Sargon II (710–705 BC)
Pair of Human Headed Winged Lamassu Bulls (710–705 BC)
De Balawat Gates of Shalmaneser III (860 BC)

Ur:

De Standard of Ur plus depictions of war den peace (2600 BC)
Queen's Lyre den gold drinking cup wey komot Queen Puabi ein tomb (2600 BC)
De Ram insyd a Thicket, one of pair, de oda dey insyd Philadelphia (2600–2400 BC)
De Royal Game of Ur, an ancient game board (2600–2400 BC)

Wider collection:

Plastered human skull wey komot Jericho, a very early form of portraiture, Palestine (7000–6000 BC)
Tell Brak Head, one of de oldest portrait busts wey komot de Middle East, north east Syria (3500–3300 BC)
Uruk Trough, one of de earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture wey komot de Middle East, southern Iraq (3300–3000 BC)
Pair of inscribed stone objects dem know as de Blau Monuments wey komot Uruk, Iraq (3100–2700 BC)
Hoard of Bronze Age gold jewellery dem find for de Canaanite site of Tell el-Ajjul insyd Gaza (1750–1550 BC)
Statue of Idrimi wey komot de ancient city of Alalakh, southern Turkey (1600 BC)
Bronze bowl den ivory cosmetic box insyd de shape of a fish wey komot Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan (1250–1150 BC)
Group of 16 stone reliefs wey komot de palace of King Kapara at Tell Halaf, northern Syria (10th century BC)
Tablet of Shamash, wey dey depict de sun-god Shamash, wey komot Sippar, Iraq (early 9th century BC)
Hittite lion head wey komot de monument to King Katuwa at Carchemish, southern Turkey (9th century BC)
Two large Assyrian stelae wey komot Kurkh, southern Turkey (850 BC)
Seated statue of Kidudu anaa guardian spirit wey komot de Assyrian city of Assur under Shalmaneser III, Iraq (835 BC)
Basalt bowl plus engraved inscription insyd Hieroglyphic Luwian dem find for Babylon, southern Iraq (8th century BC)
Babylonian Chronicles, series of tablets wey dey record major events insyd Babylonian history, Babylon, Iraq (8th–3rd centuries BC)
Shebna Inscription wey komot Siloam near Jerusalem (7th century BC)
Group of 4 bronze shields plus inscription of king Rusa III wey komot de temple of Khaldi for de Urartian fortress of Toprakkale, eastern Turkey (650 BC)
East India House Inscription wey komot Babylon, Iraq (604–562 BC)
Lachish Letters, group of ostraka dem wrep insyd alphabetic Hebrew wey komot Lachish, Israel (586 BC)

Cylinder of Nabonidus, foundation cylinder of King Nabonidus, Sippar, Iraq (555–540 BC)
De famous Oxus Treasure, de largest ancient Persian hoard of gold artefacts (550–330 BC)
Jar of Xerxes I, alabaster alabastron plus quadrilingual signature of Achaemenid ruler Xerxes I, dem find insyd de ruins of de Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Turkey (486–465 BC)
Idalion Bilingual, bilingual Cypriot-Phoenician inscription, key to de decipherment of de Cypriot syllabary, Idalion, Cyprus (388 BC)
Punic-Libyan Inscription wey komot de Mausoleum of Ateban, key to de decipherment of de Numidian language, Dougga, Tunisia (146 BC)
Amran Tablets dem find near Sana'a, Yemen (1st century BC)
One of de pottery storage jars wey dey contain de Dead Sea Scrolls dem find insyd a cave near Qumran, Jordan (4 BC – 68 AD)
Two limestone ossuaries wey komot caves insyd Jerusalem (1st century AD)
Fragment of a carved basalt architrave wey dey depict a lion ein head wey komot de Temple of Garni, Armenia (1st century AD)
Group of boulders plus Safaitic inscriptions wey komot Jordan/Syria, one of wich na e be donated by Gertrude Bell (1st–2nd centuries AD)
Parthian dynasty gold belt-buckle plus central repoussé figure of eagle plus outstretched wings wey komot Nihavand, Iran (1st–3rd centuries AD)
Silver bowl wey komot Khwarezm wey dey depict a four-armed goddess wey seat for a lion top, Kazakhstan, (658 AD)
One of de rare Hedwig glasses, wey dey originate wey komot de Middle East anaa Norman Sicily (10th–12th centuries AD)
Hoard of Seljuq artefacts wey komot Hamadan wey dey include gold cup, silver gilt belt fittings den dress accessories, Iran (11th–12th centuries)
Islamic brass ewers plus engraved decoration den inlaid plus silver den copper wey komot Herat, Afghanistan den Mosul, Iraq (12th–13th centuries AD)

Room 56 – De 'Ram insyd a Thicket' figure, one of a pair, wey komot Ur, Southern Iraq, c. 2600 BC
Room 56 – De famous 'Standard of Ur', a hollow wooden box plus scenes of war den peace, wey komot Ur, c. 2600 BC
Room 56 - Sculpture of de god Imdugud, lion-headed eagle wey dey surmount a lintel dem make from sheets of copper, Temple of Ninhursag at Tell al-'Ubaid, Iraq, c. 2500 BC
Room 56 - Statue of Kurlil, wey komot de Temple of Ninhursag insyd Tell al-'Ubaid, southern Iraq, c. 2500 BC
Room 56 – De famous Babylonian 'Queen of de Night relief' of de goddess Ishtar, Iraq, c. 1790 BC
Room 57 - Carved ivory object wey komot de Nimrud Ivories, Phoenician, Nimrud, Iraq, 9th–8th century BC
Room 6 – Depiction of de hypocrite, Jehu, King of Israel on de Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, Nimrud, c. 827 BC
Room 10 – Human Headed Winged Bulls wey komot Khorsabad, companion pieces insyd de Musée du Louvre, Iraq, 710–705 BC
Room 55 – Cuneiform Collection, wey dey include de Epic of Gilgamesh, Iraq, c. 669–631 BC
Room 55 – Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal (detail), Nineveh, Neo-Assyrian, Iraq, c. 645 BC
Room 55 - Panel plus striding lion dem make from glazed bricks, Neo-Babylonian, Nebuchadnezzar II, Southern Iraq, 604–562 BC
Room 52 – A chariot wey komot de Oxus Treasure, de most important surviving collection of Achaemenid Persian metalwork, c. 5th to 4th centuries BC
Great Court - Decorated column base wey komot Hundred Column Hall, Persepolis, 470–450 BC
Room 53 - Stela dem say e komot Tamma' cemetery, Yemen, 1st century AD
Room 53 - Alabaster statue of a standing female figure, Yemen, 1st-2nd centuries AD
Room 34 - Cylindrical lidded box plus an Arabic inscription wey dey record ein manufacture for de ruler of Mosul, Badr al-Din Lu'lu', Iraq, c. 1233 – 1259 AD

Department of Prints den Drawings

Der be groups of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, (wey dey include ein only surviving full-scale cartoon), Dürer (a collection of 138 drawings be one of de finest in existence), Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Claude den Watteau, den largely complete collections of de works of all de great printmakers wey dey include Dürer (99 engravings, 6 etchings den chaw of ein 346 woodcuts), Rembrandt den Goya. More dan 30,000 British drawings den watercolours dey include important examples of work by Hogarth, Sandby, Turner, Girtin, Constable, Cotman, Cox, Gillray, Rowlandson, Towne den Cruikshank, as well as all de great Victorians. De collection dey contain de unique set of watercolours by de pioneering colonist John White, de first British artist insyd America den first European make he paint Native Americans. Der be about a million British prints wey dey include more dan 20,000 satires den collections of works by William Blake den Thomas Bewick. De great eleven volume Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum dem compile between 1870 den 1954 be de definitive reference work for de study of British Satirical prints. Over 500,000 objects wey komot de department now dey de online collection database, chaw plus high-quality images.^[50] Na a 2011 donation of £1 million enable de museum make e acquire a complete set of Pablo Picasso ein Vollard Suite.^[51]

Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1440
Hieronymus Bosch - A comical barber scene, c. 1477–1516
Sandro Botticelli - Allegory of Abundance, 1480–1485
Leonardo da Vinci – De Virgin den Kiddie plus Saint Anne den de Infant Saint John the Baptist (prep for 'The Burlington House Cartoon'), c. 1499–1500
Michelangelo – Studies of a reclining male nude: Adam insyd de fresco De Creation of Man on de vault of de Sistine Chapel, c. 1511
Raphael – Study of Heads, Mommie den Kiddie, c. 1509–1511
Titian – Drowning of de Pharaoh ein Host insyd de Red Sea, 1515–1517
Albrecht Dürer - Drawing of a walrus, 1521
Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of Anne Boleyn, 1536
Joris Hoefnagel den Jacob Hoefnagel - Allegory on Life and Death, circa 1598
Peter Paul Rubens - Study for de figure of Christ on de Cross, 1610
Francisco de Zurbarán - Head of a monk, 1625–1664
Claude Lorrain - Drawing of mules, wey dey include one full-length, 1630–1640
Rembrandt – 'De Lamentation at de Foot of de Cross]], 1634–35
Thomas Gainsborough - Drawing of a woman plus a rose, 1763–1765
J. M. W. Turner - Watercolour of Newport Castle, 1796
Isaac Cruikshank - 'De happy effects of dat grand system of shutting ports against de English!!', 1808
John Constable - London wey komot Hampstead Heath insyd a Storm, (watercolour), 1831
James McNeill Whistler - View of de Battersea side of Chelsea Reach, London, (lithograph), 1878
Vincent van Gogh - Man wey dey dig insyd de Orchard (print), 1883

Department of Britain, Europe den Prehistory

Highlights of de collections dey include:

Stone Age (c. 3.4 million years BC – c. 2000 BC)

Palaeolithic material wey komot across Africa, particularly Olduvai, Kalambo Falls, Olorgesailie den Cape Flats, (1.8 million BC onwards)
One of de 11 leaf-shaped points dem find near Volgu, Saône-et-Loire, France wey dem estimate e be 16,000 years old^[52]
Ice Age art wey komot France wey dey include de Wolverine pendant of Les Eyzies, Montastruc decorated stone den Baton fragment, (c. 12–11,000 BC)
Ice Age art wey komot Britain wey dey include de decorated jaw wey komot Kendrick den Robin Hood Cave Horse, (11,500–10,000 BC)

Rare mesolithic artefacts wey komot de site of Star Carr insyd Yorkshire, northern England, (8770–8460 BC)
Terracotta figurine wey komot Vinča, Serbia, (5200–4900 BC)
Callaïs bead jewellery wey komot Lannec-er-Ro'h, intact schist bracelet wey komot Le Lizo, Carnac den triangular pendant wey komot Mané-er-Hroëk, Morbihan, Brittany, western France, (5000–4300 BC)
Mother Goddess figurine wey komot Campo-Fiorello near Grossa, southern Corsica (c.4500 BC)^[53]
Polished jade axe dem produce insyd de Italian Alps wey dem find insyd Canterbury, Kent, southeast England, (4500–4000 BC)
Section of de Sweet Track, an ancient timber causeway from de Somerset Levels, England, (3807/6 BC)
Small collection of Neolithic finds wey dey include a necklace of flat bone beads wey komot Skara Brae, Orkneys, northern Scotland, (3180–2500 BC)
Representative sample of artefacts (sherds, vessels, etc.) wey komot de megalithic site of Tarxien, Malta, (3150–2500 BC)
A number of carved stone balls wey komot Scotland, Ireland den northern England, (3200–2500 BC)
De three Folkton Drums, dem make from chalk wey dem find insyd Yorkshire, northern England, (2600–2100 BC)

Bronze Age (c. 3300 BC – c. 600 BC)

Jet beaded necklace wey komot Melfort insyd Argyll, Scotland, (c. 3000 BC)
Gold lunula wey komot Blessington, Ireland, one of twelve wey komot Ireland, England, LLanllyfini, Wales den Gwithian, Cornwall, (2400–2000 BC)
Early Bronze Age hoards wey komot Barnack, Driffield, Sewell den Snowshill insyd England, Arraiolos den Vendas Novas insyd Iberia den Auvernier, Biecz den Neunheilingen insyd central Europe (2280–1500 BC)
Mold cape, unique cape dem make of gold sheet wey komot Mold, Wales (1900–1600 BC)
Contents of de Rillaton Barrow wey dey include a gold cup, den de related Ringlemere Cup, England, (1700–1500 BC)
Bronze Age hoards wey komot Forró, Paks-Dunaföldvár, Szőny den Zsujta insyd Hungary, (1600–1000 BC)
Large ceremonial swords anaa dirks wey komot Oxborough den Beaune, western Europe, (1450–1300 BC)
Eight bronze shields wey dey include those wey komot Moel Hebog den Rhyd-y-gors, Wales den Athenry, County Galway, Ireland, (12th–10th centuries BC)
Gold hoards wey komot Morvah den Towednack insyd Cornwall, Milton Keynes insyd Buckinghamshire den Mooghaun insyd Ireland, (1150–750 BC)
Gold bowl plus intricate repoussé decoration wey komot Leer, Lower Saxony, northern Germany, (1100–800 BC)

Dunaverney flesh-hook dem find near Ballymoney, Northern Ireland den part of de Dowris Hoard wey komot County Offaly, Ireland, (1050–900 BC & 900–600 BC)
Late Bronze Age gold hoards wey komot Abia de la Obispalía den Mérida, Spain den an intricate gold collar wey komot Sintra, Portugal, (10th–8th centuries BC)
Shropshire bulla, gold pendant dem decorate plus intricately carved geometric designs, (1000–750 BC)
Part of a copper alloy lur wey komot Årslev on de island of Funen, Denmark, one of only about 40 extant den de Dunmanway Horn wey komot County Cork, Ireland (900–750 BC)
Gold bowl plus embossed ornament den fluted wire handle wey komot Angyalföld, Budapest, Hungary, (800–600 BC)

Iron Age (c. 600 BC – c. 1st century AD)

Basse Yutz Flagons, a pair of bronze drinking vessels wey komot Moselle, eastern France, (5th century BC)
Morel collection of La Tène material wey komot eastern France, wey dey include de Somme-Bionne chariot burial den de Prunay Vase, (450–300BC)
Important finds wey komot de River Thames wey dey include de Battersea, Chertsey den Wandsworth shields den Waterloo Helmet, as well as de Witham Shield wey komot Lincolnshire, eastern England, (350–50 BC)
Bronze scabbard plus La Tène engraved decoration, dem find for Lisnacrogher bog, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, (300–200 BC)
Pair of gold collars dem call de Orense Torcs wey komot northwest Spain, (300–150 BC)
Arras culture items wey komot chariot burials insyd de Lady's Barrow near Market Weighton den Wetwang Slack, Yorkshire, (300 BC – 100 BC)

Oda gold neck collars wey dey include de Ipswich Hoard den de Sedgeford Torc, England, (200–50 BC)
Winchester Hoard of gold jewellery wey komot southern England den de Great Torc wey komot Snettisham insyd Norfolk, East Anglia, (100 BC)
Eight out of about thirty extant intact Celtic bronze mirrors plus La Tène decoration wey dey include those wey komot Aston, Chettle, Desborough, Holcombe den St Keverne insyd England, (100 BC – 100 AD)
Cordoba den Arcillera Treasures, two silver Celtic hoards wey komot Spain, (100–20 BC)
Grave find of ornately decorated bronze bucket plus human shaped handles, a pan, jug, three brooches den at least four pottery vessels wey komot Aylesford, Kent, (75 BC – 25 BC)
Lindow Man dem find by accident insyd a peat bog insyd Cheshire, England, (1st century AD)
Stanwick Hoard of horse den chariot fittings den de Meyrick Helmet, northern England, (1st century AD)
La Tène silver hinged brooch wey komot Székesfehérvár, Hungary, (1–100 AD)
Lochar Moss Torc den two pairs of massive bronze armlets wey komot Muthill den Strathdon, Scotland, (50–200 AD)

Romano-British (43 AD – 410 AD)

Tombstone of Roman procurator Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus wey komot London, (1st century)
Ribbed glass bowl dem find insyd a grave at Radnage, Buckinghamshire, (1st century)
Large milestone marker plus inscription wey komot de reign of de emperor Hadrian wey komot Llanfairfechan, Gwynedd insyd North Wales, (120–121 AD)
Ribchester, Guisborough den Witcham helmets wey once be worn by Roman cavalry insyd Britain, (1st–2nd centuries)
Elaborate gold bracelets den ring dem find near Rhayader, central Wales, (1st–2nd centuries)
Hoard of gold jewellery dem find for Dolaucothi mine insyd Carmarthenshire, Wales, (1st–2nd centuries)
Bronze heads of de Roman emperors Hadrian den Nero, dem find insyd London den Suffolk, (1st–2nd centuries)
Vindolanda Tablets, important historical documents dem find near Hadrian's Wall insyd Northumberland, (1st–2nd centuries)

Head of Mercury wey komot Roman-Celtic Temple at Uley, Gloucestershire den limestone head wey komot Towcester, Northamptonshire (2nd–4th centuries)
Wall-paintings den sculptures wey komot de Roman Villa at Lullingstone, Kent, south east England, 1st–4th centuries)
Capheaton den Backworth treasures, remnants of two important hoards wey komot northern England, (2nd–3rd centuries)
Stony Stratford Hoard of copper headdresses, fibulae den silver votive plaques, central England, (3rd century)
Square silver dish wey komot Mileham insyd Norfolk, (4th century)
Gold jewellery dem deposit at de site of Newgrange, Ireland, (4th century)
Thetford Hoard, late Roman jewellery wey komot eastern England, (4th century)

Early Mediaeval (c. 4th century AD – c. 1000 AD)

One of five Largitio silver dishes of de emperor Licinius dem find at Niš, Serbia den a hexagonal gold coin-set pendant of Constantine the Great, (Early 4th century AD)
Two wooden ship figureheads dem dredge from de River Scheldt at Moerzeke den Appels, Belgium, (4th–6th centuries)
Part of de Asyut, Domagnano, Artres, Sutri, Bergamo den Belluno Treasures, (4th–7th centuries)
Lycurgus Cup, a unique figurative glass cage cup, den de Byzantine Archangel ivory panel, (4th–6th centuries)
Three large Ogham stones wey komot de Roofs More Rath, County Cork, Ireland, (5th–7th centuries)
De Sutton Hoo treasure, Taplow burial den Crundale grave objects plus sam of de greatest finds wey komot de early Middle Ages insyd Europe, England, (6th–7th centuries)
One of de Burghead Bulls, Pictish stone relief wey komot northeast Scotland, (7th–8th centuries)

Three Viking hoards wey komot Norway dem know as de Lilleberge Viking Burial, Tromsø Burial, den Villa Farm barrow burial (insyd Vestnes Municipality) plus de Ardvouray, Ballaquayle, Cuerdale, Goldsborough den Vale of York hoards wey komot Britain, (7th–10th centuries)

Irish reliquaries such as de Kells Crozier, Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin den St Conall Cael's Shrine wey komot Inishkeel, (7th–11th centuries)
Early Anglo Saxon Franks Casket, a unique ivory container wey komot northern England, (8th century)
T-shaped Carolingian antler container plus carved geometric interlace den zigzag decoration, dem find near Grüneck Castle, Ilanz, Switzerland, (8th–9th centuries)
A number of luxurious penannular brooches such as de Londesborough Brooch, Breadalbane Brooch den those wey komot de Penrith Hoard, British Isles, (8th–9th centuries)
Three of de twenty extant Carolingian crystal intaglios wey dey include de Lothair Crystal, de Metz engraved gem plus crucifixion den Saint-Denis Crystal, central Europe, (9th century)
Anglo-Saxon Fuller den Strickland Brooches plus dema complex, niello-inlaid design, England, (9th century)
One of de Magdeburg Ivories wey komot a set of 16 surviving ivory panels wey dey illustrate episodes of de Life of Jesus, Magdeburg, Germany, (968 AD)
Seax of Beagnoth, iron sword plus long Anglo-Saxon Runic inscription, London, England, (10th century)

Mediaeval (c. 1000 AD – c. 1500 AD)

A number of mediaeval ivory panels wey dey include de Borradaile, Wernher den John Grandisson Triptychs, (10th–14th centuries)
Several elephant ivory horns wey dey include de Borradaile Horn, Clephane Horn den Savernake Horn, (11th–12th centuries)
De famous Lewis chessmen dem find insyd de Outer Hebrides, Scotland, (12th century)
Reliquary of St. Eustace wey komot de treasury of Basel Munster, Switzerland den fragments of a rare Romanesque crucifix wey komot South Cerney, England, (12th century)
Armenian stone-cross anaa Khachkar wey komot de Noratus cemetery insyd Armenia, (1225 AD)
Items wey komot de tomb of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor at Palermo Cathedral, Sicily, wey dey include ein mitre, silk pall den shoe, (late 12th century)

De unique Warwick Castle Citole, an early form of guitar, central England, (1280–1330)
Set of 10 wooden door panels dem engrave plus Christian scenes wey komot de Hanging Church insyd Old Cairo, Egypt, (1300)
Asante Jug, dem mysteriously find at de Asante Court insyd de late 19th century, England, (1390–1400)
Holy Thorn Reliquary wey be bequeathed by Ferdinand de Rothschild as part of de Waddesdon Bequest, Paris, France, (14th century)
Dunstable Swan Jewel, a gold den enamel brooch insyd de form of a swan, England, (14th century)
A silver astrolabe quadrant wey komot Canterbury, southeastern England, (14th century)
Chalcis treasure of jewellery, dress accessories den silver plate wey komot de island of Euboea, Greece, (14th–15th centuries)
Magnificent cups dem make from precious metal such as de Royal Gold Cup den de Lacock Cup, western Europe, (14th–15th centuries)
Complete church altar set wey komot Medina de Pomar near Burgos, Spain (1455 AD)

Renaissance to Modern (c. 1500 AD – present)

Two luxurious silver brooches dem set plus precious stones wey komot Glen Lyon den Lochbuie, Scotland (early 16th century)
Intricately decorated parade shield wey Giorgio Ghisi make wey komot Mantua, Italy, (1554 AD)
The Armada Service, 26 silver dishes dem find insyd Devon, south west England, (late 16th to early 17th centuries)
Early Renaissance Lyte Jewel, dem present to Thomas Lyte of Lytes Cary, Somerset by King James I of England, (1610)
Huguenot silver wey komot de Peter Wilding bequest, England, (18th century)
Pair of so-called Cleopatra Vases wey komot de Chelsea porcelain factory, London, England, (1763)
Jaspar ware vase dem know as de Pegasus Vase wey Josiah Wedgwood make, England, (1786)
Two of Charles Darwin ein chronometers dem use on de voyage of HMS Beagle, (1795–1805)
De Hull Grundy Gift of jewellery, Europe den North America, (19th century)
Oak clock plus mother-of-pearl engraving wey Charles Rennie Mackintosh design, (1919)
Silver tea-infuser MT 49 wey be designed by Marianne Brandt wey komot de Bauhaus art school, Germany, (1924)
De Rosetta Vase, earthenware pottery vase wey be designed by de contemporary British artist Grayson Perry, (2011)

Chaw hoards of treasure dey include those of Esquiline, Carthage, First Cyprus, Hockwold, Hoxne, Lampsacus, Mildenhall, Vale of York den Water Newton, (4th–10th centuries AD)

Room 2 – Handaxe, Lower Palaeolithic, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, c. 1.2 million years BC
Room 3 – Swimming Reindeer carving, France, c. 13,000 years BC^[54]
Room 2 – Ain Sakhri lovers, wey komot de cave of Ain Sakhri, near Bethlehem, c. 9000 BC^[55]
Room 51 – Mold gold cape, North Wales, Bronze Age, c. 1900–1600 BC
Room 50 – Wandsworth Shield, Iron Age shield boss in La Tène style, England, 2nd century BC
Room 50 – Gold torc dem find insyd Needwood Forest, central England, 75 BC
Room 49 - Bronze head of a Roman emperor, Claudius anaa Nero,^[56] wey komot Rendham insyd Suffolk, eastern England, 1st century AD
Room 49 – Romano-British crown den diadem dem find insyd Hockwold cum Wilton, England 1st century AD
Room 49 – Hinton St Mary Mosaic plus face of Christ insyd de centre, wey komot Dorset, southern England, 4th century AD
Room 49 – Corbridge Lanx, silver tray wey dey depict a shrine to Apollo, northern England, 4th century AD
Room 41 – Silver objects wey komot de Roman Coleraine Hoard, Northern Ireland, 4th-5th centuries AD
Room 41 – Sutton Hoo helmet, Anglo-Saxon, England, early 7th century AD
Room 40 – Chaucer Astrolabe, de oldest dated insyd Europe, 1326 AD
Room 40 – Royal Gold Cup anaa Saint Agnes Cup, dem make insyd Paris, France, 1370–80 AD
Room 2a – Holy Thorn Reliquary, dem make insyd Paris, c. 1390s AD
Room 38 – Mechanical Galleon clock, Augsburg, Germany, around 1585 AD
Room 38 – Carillon clock plus automata by Isaac Habrecht, Switzerland, 1589 AD
Room 39 – Ornate clock wey Thomas Tompion make, England, 1690 AD

Department of Asia

Highlights of de collections dey include:^[57]

De most comprehensive collection of sculpture wey komot de Indian subcontinent insyd de world, wey dey include de celebrated Buddhist limestone reliefs wey komot Amaravati wey Sir Walter Elliot excavate am.^[58]
An outstanding collection of Chinese antiquities, paintings, den porcelain, lacquer, bronze, jade, den oda applied arts.
De Frau Olga-Julia Wegener collection of 147 Chinese paintings wey komot de Tang to de Qing dynasties.
De most comprehensive collection of Japanese pre-20th century art insyd de Western world, chaw of wich originally belong to de surgeon William Anderson den diplomat Ernest Mason Satow.

East Asia

A large collection of Chinese ritual bronzes, wey dey include a wine vessel insyd de shape of two rams wey dey support a jar, (1500–200 BC)
Jade bi anaa disc plus inscription wey komot de Qianlong Emperor, (1500–1050 BC)
Group of oracle bones wey na e be used for divination wey komot de Shang dynasty, China, (1200–1050 BC)
Intricately designed gold dagger handle wey komot Eastern Zhou period, China, (6th–5th centuries BC)
Huixian Bronze Hu, an identical pair of bronze vessels wey komot de Eastern Zhou period, China, (5th century BC)
Japanese antiquities wey komot de Kofun period dem excavate by de pioneering archaeologist William Gowland, (3rd–6th centuries AD)
Three ornate bronze Dōtaku anaa bells wey komot de Yayoi period, Japan, (200 BC – 200 AD)
Gilded den inscribed Han dynasty wine-cup dem make from lacquer wey na dem find insyd Pyongyang, Korea (4 AD)

Gandharan architectural wood carvings, furniture den dress accessories wey komot Loulan, Xinjiang, (4th century AD)
De famous Admonitions Scroll by Chinese artist Gu Kaizhi, (344–406 AD)
De colossal Amitābha Buddha wey komot Hancui, China, (585 AD)
A set of ceramic Tang dynasty tomb figures of Liu Tingxun, (c. 728 AD)
Silk Princess painting wey komot Dandan-oilik Buddhist sanctuary insyd Khotan, Xinjiang, China, (7th–8th century AD)
Seated Luohan wey komot Yixian, one wey komot a set of eight surviving statues, China, (907–1125 AD)
Hoard of Tang dynasty silverware wey komot Beihuangshan, Shaanxi, China, (9th–10th centuries AD)
Seventeen examples of extremely rare Ru ware, de largest collection insyd de West, (1100 AD)
A fine assemblage of Buddhist scroll paintings wey komot Dunhuang, western China, wey de British-Hungarian explorer Aurel Stein collect, (5th–11th centuries AD)

Pericival David collection of Chinese ceramics, (10th–18th centuries AD)
Ivory stand insyd de form of a seated lion, Chos-'khor-yan-rtse monastery insyd Tibet, (13th century AD)
Copy of a hanging scroll painting of Minamoto no Yoritomo, first Shogun of Japan, (14th century AD)
Handscroll silk painting dem call 'Fascination of Nature' by Xie Chufang wey dey depict insects den plants, China, (1321 AD)
Ornate Sino-Tibetan figure of Buddha Sakyamuni dem make of gilded bronze, China, (1403–1424 AD)
Large Cloisonné jar plus dragon dem make for de Ming dynasty Imperial Court, dem pair plus anoda insyd de Rietberg Museum, Zürich, Beijing, China, (1426–35 AD)
Pair of ceramic Kakiemon elephants wey komot Japan, (17th century AD)
Moon jar wey komot de Joseon Dynasty wey de potter Bernard Leach collect, Korea, (18th century AD)
Japanese prints wey dey include The Great Wave off Kanagawa, (1829–32 AD)
Illustrations for de Great Picture Book of Everything, rare album of drawings by de celebrated Japanese artist Hokusai, (1820–1840 AD)

South Asia

Excavated objects wey komot de Indus Valley sites of Mohenjo-daro, den Harappa, Ancient India (now insyd Pakistan), (2500–2000 BC)
Hoard of Copper Hoard Culture celts, plaques den disc wey komot Gungeria, Madhya Pradesh, India, (2000–1000 BC)
Assembly of prehistoric artefacts wey komot de Nilgiri Hills insyd southern India, (10th century BC – 2nd century AD)
Hoard of Iron Age metal weapons dem excavate for de Wurreegaon barrow near Kamptee insyd Maharastra, India, (7th – 1st centuries BC)
Sandstone fragment of a Pillar of Ashoka plus Brahmi inscription wey komot Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, (238 BC)
De Kulu Vase dem find near a monastery insyd Himachal Pradesh, one of de earliest examples of figurative art wey komot de sub-continent, northern India, (1st century BC)
Copper plate wey komot Taxila, plus important Kharoshthi inscription, Ancient India (now insyd Pakistan), (1st century BC – 1st century AD)
Indo-Scythian sandstone Mathura Lion Capital den Bracket figure wey komot one of de gateways to de Great Stupa at Sanchi, central India, (1st century AD)
Bimaran Casket den Wardak Vase, reliquaries wey komot ancient stupas insyd Afghanistan, (1st–2nd centuries AD)

Hoard of gold jewellery plus precious stones dem find under de Enlightenment Throne at de Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, eastern India, (2nd century AD)
Relic deposits wey komot stupas at Ahin Posh, Ali Masjid, Gudivada, Manikyala, Sonala Pind, Sanchi den Taxila, (1st–3rd centuries AD)
Seated Hārītī den Buddha statues den oda Gandhara sculptures wey komot Kafir Kot, Jamal Garhi, Takht-i-Bahi den Yusufzai, Pakistan, (1st–3rd centuries AD)
Hephthalite silver bowl plus hunting scenes wey komot de Swat District, Pakistan, (460–479 AD)
Three sandstone carved sculptures of de Buddha insyd Gupta style wey komot Sarnath, eastern India, (5th–6th centuries AD)
Aphsad inscription of Ādityasena plus important record of de genealogy of de Later Gupta dynasty up to king Ādityasena, Ghosrawan, Bihar, India, (675 AD)
De Buddhapad Hoard of bronze images wey komot southern India, (6th–8th centuries AD)
Small bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, Bihar, eastern India, (7th century AD)

Stone statue of Buddha wey komot de Sultanganj hoard, Bihar, eastern India, (7th–8th centuries AD)
Earliest known figure of de dancing four-armed god Shiva Nataraja, Pallava dynasty, southern India (800 AD)
Statue of Tara wey komot Sri Lanka den de Thanjavur Shiva wey komot Tamil Nadu, southern India, (8th century & 10th century AD)
Standing Pala statue of Buddha wey komot Kurkihar, Bihar, India, (9th century AD)
Several wooden architectural panels wey komot de Kashmir Smast caves, northern Pakistan, (9th–10th centuries AD)
Hoard of Buddhist terracotta sealings wey komot de Pala period dem find at de Nālandā Monastery, Bihar, eastern India, (10th century AD)
Statue of de goddess Ambika dem find at Dhar insyd central India, (1034 AD)
Foundation inscription of de Ananta Vasudeva Temple insyd Bhubaneswar, Odisha, eastern India, (1278 AD)
Jade dragon cup wey na once belong to Sultan Ulugh Beg wey komot Samarkand, Uzbekistan, (1420–1449 AD)
Foundation inscription plus Arabic inscription insyd Naskh script insyd de name of Sultan Yusufshah wey komot Gauda, Bengal, eastern India, (1477 AD)
Large standing gilded copper figure of de Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Nepal, (15th–16th centuries AD)

Southeast Asia

Earthenware tazza wey komot de Phùng Nguyên culture, northern Vietnam, (2000–1500 BC)
Pottery vessels den sherds wey komot de ancient site of Ban Chiang, Thailand, (10th–1st centuries BC)
Bronze bell wey komot Klang den iron socketed axe (tulang mawas) wey komot Perak, western Malaysia, (200 BC–200 AD)
Group of six Buddhist clay votive plaques dem find insyd a cave insyd Patania, Penang, Malaysia, (6th–11th centuries AD)
De famous Sambas Treasure of buddhist gold den silver figures wey komot west Borneo, Indonesia, (8th–9th centuries AD)
Three stone Buddha heads wey komot de temple at Borobodur insyd Java, Indonesia, (9th century AD)
Granite Kinnari figure insyd de shape of a bird wey komot Candi Prambanan insyd Java, Indonesia, (9th century AD)
Sandstone Champa figure of a rampant lion, Vietnam, (11th century AD)
Gilded bronze figure of Śiva wey dey hold a rosary, Cambodia, (11th century AD)

Stone figure wey dey represent de upper part of an eleven-headed Avalokiteśvara, Cambodia, (12th century AD)
Bronze figure of a seated Buddha wey komot Bagan, Burma, (12th–13th centuries AD)
Hoard of Southern Song dynasty ceramic vessels dem excavate at Pinagbayanan, Taysan Municipality, Philippines, (12th–13th centuries AD)
Statue of de Goddess Mamaki wey komot Candi Jago, eastern Java, Indonesia, (13th–14th centuries AD)
Glazed terracotta tiles wey komot de Shwegugyi Temple dem erect by king Dhammazedi insyd Bago, Myanmar, (1476 AD)
Inscribed bronze figure of a Buddha from Fang District, part of a large SE Asian collection wey de Norwegian explorer Carl Bock amass, Thailand, (1540 AD)
Large impression of de Buddha ein foot dem make of gilded stone (dem know as Shwesettaw Footprints) wey Captain Frederick Marryat donate, wey komot Ponoodang near Yangon, Myanmar, (18th–19th centuries AD)

Room 33 - Cubic weights dem make of chert wey komot Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, 2600-1900 BC
Room 33 - One of de hu (vessel) wey komot Huixian, China, 5th century BC
Room 33 - A hamsa (bird) sacred goose vessel dem make of crystal wey komot Stupa 32, Taxila, Pakistan, 1st century AD
Room 33 - Stone sculpture of de death of Buddha, Gandhara, Pakistan, 1st-3rd centuries AD
Room 91a - Section of de Admonitions Scroll by Chinese artist Gu Kaizhi, China, c. 380 AD
Room 33 - Gilded bronze statue of de Buddha, Dhaneswar Khera, India, 5th century AD
De Amitābha Buddha wey komot Hancui on display insyd de museum ein stairwell, China, 6th century AD
Room 33 - De luohan wey komot Yixian made of glazed stoneware, China, 907-1125 AD
Sculpture of Goddess Ambika dem find at Dhar, India, 1034 AD
Sculpture of de two Jain tirthankaras Rishabhanatha den Mahavira, Orissa, India, 11th-12th century AD
Room 33 - Western Zhou bronze ritual vessel dem know as de "Kang Hou Gui", China, 11th century BC
Room 33 - A crowned figure of de Bodhisattva Khasarpana Avalokiteśvara, India, 12th century AD
Room 33 - Hanging jar dem cover plus underglaze decoration, Si Satchanalai (Sawankalok), north-central Thailand, 14th-16th centuries AD
Room 33 - Hu-shaped altar flower vessel, Ming dynasty, China, 15th -16th centuries AD
Room 33 - An assistant to de Judge of Hell, figure wey komot a judgement group, Ming dynasty, China, 16th century AD
Room 33 - Statue of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze. Nepal, 16th century AD
Portrait of Ibrâhîm 'Âdil Shâh II (1580–1626), Mughal Empire of India, 1615 AD
Room 90 - Courtesans of de Tamaya House, dem attribute to Utagawa Toyoharu, screen painting; Japan, Edo period, late 1770s anaa early 1780s AD
Room 33 - Large statue of Buddha dem make of lacquer wey komot Burma, 18th-19th century AD
Room 33 - Figure of seated Lama; of painted den varnished papier-mâché, Ladakh, India, 19th century AD

Department of Africa, Oceania den de Americas

Africa

Highlights of de African collection dey include objects dem find at megalithic circles insyd The Gambia, a dozen exquisite Afro-Portuguese ivories, a series of soapstone figures wey komot de Kissi people insyd Sierra Leone den Liberia, hoard of bronze Kru currency rings wey komot de Sinoe River insyd Liberia, Asante goldwork den regalia wey komot Ghana wey dey include de Bowdich collection, de rare Akan Drum wey komot de same region insyd west Africa, pair of door panels den lintel wey komot de palace at Ikere-Ekiti insyd Yorubaland, de Benin den Igbo-Ukwu bronze sculptures, de beautiful Bronze Head of Queen Idia, a magnificent brass head of a Yoruba ruler den quartz throne wey komot Ife, a similar terracotta head wey komot Iwinrin Grove near Ife, de Apapa Hoard wey komot Lagos den oda mediaeval bronze hoards wey komot Allabia de de Forçados River insyd southern Nigeria.

Dem include be an Ikom monolith wey komot Cross River State, chaw ancestral screens wey komot de Kalabari tribe insyd de Niger Delta, de Torday collection of central African sculpture, textiles den weaponry wey komot de Kuba Kingdom wey dey include three royal figures, de unique Luzira Head wey komot Uganda, processional crosses den oda ecclesiastical den royal material wey komot Gondar den Magdala, Ethiopia dey follow de British Expedition to Abyssinia, objects dem excavate wey komot Great Zimbabwe (wey dey include a unique soapstone, anthropomorphic figure) den satellite towns such as Mutare wey dey include a large hoard of Iron Age soapstone figures, a rare divining bowl wey komot de Venda peoples den cave paintings den petroglyphs wey komot South Africa.

Oceania

De British Museum ein Oceanic collections dey originate from de vast area of de Pacific Ocean, wey dey stretch from Papua New Guinea to Easter Island, from New Zealand to Hawaii. De three main anthropological groups dem represent insyd de collection be Polynesia, Melanesia den Micronesia – dem dey consider Aboriginal art wey komot Australia separately in ein own right. Na metal working no be indigenous to Oceania before na Europeans arrive, so na dem make chaw of de artefacts wey komot de collection from stone, shell, bone den bamboo. Prehistoric objects wey komot de region dey include a bird-shaped pestle den a group of stone mortars wey komot Papua New Guinea.

De British Museum be fortunate e get sam of de earliest Oceanic den Pacific collections, chaw of wich na dem put togeda by members of Cook den Vancouver dema expeditions anaa by colonial administrators den explorers such as Sir George Grey, Sir Frederick Broome, Joseph Bradshaw, Robert Christison, Gregory Mathews, Frederick Meinertzhagen, Thomas Mitchell den Arthur Gordon, before na Western culture significantly impact on indigenous cultures. Na de department sanso benefit greatly from de legacy of pioneering anthropologists such as AC Haddon, Bronisław Malinowski den Katherine Routledge. An artefact be a wooden Aboriginal shield, probably wey dey date from de late eighteenth century.^[59] Der be sam debate as to wheda na dem find dis shield at Botany Bay anaa, given de nature of de wood be red mangrove wich dey grow abundantly 500 km per north of Botany Bay, possibly na dem obtain thru trade networks anaa at an entirely different location.^[60]^[61]

Americas

De Americas collection mainly dey consist of 19th den 20th century items although de Paracas, Moche, Inca, Maya, Aztec, Taino den oda early cultures be well represented. De Kayung totem pole, wich na dem make am insyd de late nineteenth century on Haida Gwaii, dey dominate de Great Court den dey provide a fitting introduction to dis very wide-ranging collection wey dey stretch from de very north of de North American continent wer na de Inuit population live for centuries, to de tip of South America wer na indigenous tribes long thrive insyd Patagonia.

Room 26 - Stone pipe wey dey represent an otter wey komot Mound City, Ohio, USA, 200 BC - 400 AD
Room 2 - Stone tomb guardian, part human part jaguar, wey komot San Agustín, Colombia, c. 300-600 AD
Room 1 - Maya maize god statue wey komot Copán, Honduras, 600-800 AD
Room 24 - Gold Lime Flasks (poporos), Quimbaya Culture, Colombia, 600-1100 AD
Room 27 - Lintel 25 wey komot Yaxchilan, Late Classic, Mexico, 600-900 AD
Room 24 - Bird pectoral dem make from gold alloy, Popayán, Colombia, 900-1600 AD
Room 24 – Rapa Nui statue Hoa Hakananai'a, 1000 AD, Wellcome Trust Gallery
Room 27 - Double-headed serpent turquoise mosaic, Aztec, Mexico, 1400-1500 AD
Room 27 - Turquoise Mosaic Mask, Mixtec-Aztec, Mexico, 1400-1500 AD
Room 2 - Miniature gold llama figurine, Inca, Peru, about 1500 AD
Room 25 - Part of de famous collection of Benin brass plaques, Nigeria, 1500-1600 AD
Room 25 - Detail of one of de Benin brass plaques insyd de museum, Nigeria, 1500-1600 AD
Room 25 - Benin ivory mask of Queen Idia, Nigeria, 16th century AD
Room 24 - Hawaiian feather helmet anaa mahiole, late 1700s AD
Bowl dem decorate plus pearl shell den boar ein tusks, na dem use take serve de intoxicating drink kava, Hawaii, late 1700s AD
Great Court - Two house frontal totem poles, Haida, British Columbia, Canada, about 1850 AD
Room 25 - Mask (wood den pigment); Punu people, Gabon, 19th century AD
Room 25 - Otobo masquerade insyd de Africa Gallery, Nigeria, 20th century AD
Room 25 - Modern interpretation of kente cloth wey komot Ghana, late 20th century AD

Controversies den criticism

Contested artefacts

List of contested artefacts

Elgin Marbles – e be claimed by Greece wey be backed by UNESCO among odas for restitution^[62]^[63]
Benin Bronzes – e be claimed by Nigeria; na de Nigerian government pass a resolution wey dey demand de return of all 700 bronze pieces.^[64] Na de British Museum sell 30 pieces of de bronzes privately from de 1950s til 1972, mostly back to de Nigerians.^[65]
Rosetta Stone – e be claimed by Egypt^[66]
Ethiopian Tabots, Pre-Axumite Civilisation Coins – e ebe claimed by Ethiopia^[67]^[68]

Maqdala Collection, various religious den artistic objects, wey be claimed by Ethiopia^[69]^[70]
Asante Gold Regalia, personal jewellery den royal insignia wey de Asante king/emperor dey wear – wey be claimed by Ghana^[71]^[72]
Oxus Treasure – insyd 2007 na de Presido of Tajikistan order experts make dem look into making a claim for dese Achaemenid Empire gold den silver artefacts.^[73]
Dunhuang manuscripts, part of a cache of scrolls, manuscripts, paintings, scriptures, den relics wey komot de Mogao Caves, wey dey include de Diamond Sutra – e be claimed by de People's Republic of China^[74]
Aboriginal shield – wey be claimed by Aboriginal people of Australia.

Hoa Hakananai'a, a Moai – wey be claimed by Chile on behalf of Easter Island/Rapa Nui^[75]
Irish artefacts — de Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin, Londesborough Brooch, swords, half of de Dowris Hoard, part of de Mooghaun North Hoard, de Dunaverney flesh-hook, de Kells Crozier, torcs, four crucifixion plaques, armlets, seals, religious plaques, den rings.^[76]^[77]^[78]
Welsh artefacts – de Mold gold cape^[79] de Rhos Rydd Shield, de Moel Hebog shield den de Llanllyfni lunula.^[80]^[81]
Four stolen drawings (Nazi plunder) – Dem bia compensation to Uri Peled for de amount of £175,000 by de British Museum^[82]
Repatriation den reburial of human remains be a controversial issue, wey na de British Museum issue a policy for de subject top.^[83]

Galleries

Building

Main Staircase, Discobolus of Myron (de Discus-Thrower)
British Museum Reading Room
Ceiling of de Great Court den de black siltstone obelisks of Nectanebo II, c. 350 BC
Detail of an Ionic capital on a pilaster insyd de Great Court
African Garden – BBC TV programme Ground Force wey create am

Museum galleries

Department of Ancient Egypt den Sudan

Room 4 – Egyptian Sculpture, view towards de Assyrian Transept
Room 4
Room 4

Department of de Middle East

De British Museum, Room 6 – Assyrian Sculpture
Room 8 – Pair of Lamassu wey komot Nimrud den reliefs wey komot de palace of Tiglath-Pileser III
Room 7 – Reliefs wey komot de North-west palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud
Room 89 – Nimrud den Nineveh Palace Reliefs
Room 10 – Nineveh, De Royal Lion Hunt

Department of Greece den Rome

Room 18 – Ancient Greece
Room 20a – Tomb of Merehi and Greek vases, Lycia, 360 BC
Room 85 – Portrait Sculpture, Roman
Room 84 – Towneley Roman Sculptures
Main Staircase – Discobolus, Roman
Main Staircase – Townley Caryatid, Roman, 140–160 AD

Digital den online

De museum get a collaboration plus de Google Cultural Institute make e bring de collection online.^[84]

Exhibitions

Chronology of Temporary Exhibitions at the British Museum, by Joanna Bowring (British Museum Research Paper 189, 2012) lists all temporary exhibitions from 1838 to 2012.
Helen Wang, 2022. ‘Displays of money and medals at the British Museum, 1759 to 2022’, Numismatic Chronicle 182, pp. 313–338.

Forgotten Empire Exhibition (October 2005 – January 2006)

Room 5 – Exhibitions Panorama
Room 5 – De Persepolis Casts
Room 5 – Exhibitions Relics
Room 5 – De Cyrus Cylinder

From January to April 2012 na de museum present Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam, de first major exhibition on de topic of de Hajj, de pilgrimage wey be one of de five pillars of Islam.^[85]^[86]

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