Leiden, Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden

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The Dutch national collection of antiquities has, of course, many archaeological finds from the Netherlands, but there are also an excellent Egyptological collection, a small set of Etruscan objects, and good collections of Greek and Roman art. The department of the ancient Near East has some fine as well.

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193 pictures related to this museum

Thebes, Statuette of a hippopotamus	Rossum, La Tène torques	Unidentified Pergamene ruler	Seal with the god Bes
Euripides	Smyrna, Tombstone of a retiarius named Apollonius	Ur, Tablet with a hymn to Šulgi	Kalabsha, Coptic tombstone of Manna
Vechten, Helmet decorated with a snake	Nijmegen, Portrait of Julius Caesar	The Great Leiden Constantine Cameo	Thera, Head of a Hellenistic statue
Naqada II, Pottery with "boats"	Statuette of Amun	Achilles fighting against Memnon.	Smyrna, Tombstone of a retiarius named Euchrus
Thysdrus, Statue of Concordia	Vechten, Samian ware with erotic scene	King Ninetjer, dressed for the Sed festival	Stele of Sety I
Marad, Cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar II	Vechten, Helmet decorated with a bird of prey (detail)	Leiden-Matilo, Curse tablet	Saqqara, Scarab of Djehuty
Voorburg, Rooftile with the sign EXGERINF	Bubastis, Relief of Chnum	Egyptian incense burner (New Kingdom)	Velsen, Man in the well
Abydos, Stele of Sehetepibreanch: cartouche and serekh of king Amunemhet III	Volterra, Cinerary chest, Achilles and Troilus	Thera, Head of an archaic statue	Vechten, Face mask of a helmet
Crispus on the the Great Leiden Constantine Cameo	Hadrumetum, Tombstone of Iorticius	Achmim, Stele of Meryanchef, with cartouches of Merenre and Pepi II	Eumenes I, coin
Vechten, Dice	Vechten, Dedication by Antistius Adventus (with text)	Giza, Statue of a miller	Thebes, Figurine of a young actor
Vechten, Samian ware	Colijnsplaat, Votive stela to Nehalennia	Carthage, Tombstone of Batba'al	Valkenburg, Statue of Hercules
Thebes, Sahidic ostracon	Carthage, Tombstone	Valkenburg, Shield cover	Saqqara, Statue of Maya and Merit
Oxyrhynchus, Relief of four men and a crocodile	Nijmegen, Kops Plateau, Cavalry mask	Valkenburg, Catapult stones	Two lovers
A Hellenistic or Roman disk with the face of Bes	Valkenburg, Figurine of Isis	Parthian musician playing a tanbur	Leiden-Matilo, Sherd of terra sigilata with Greek inscription
Lysippus' Heracles	Valkenburg, Scabbard with soldier	Nimrud, Relief with soldiers	Naqada II, Pottery with cranes
Attica, Red-figured vase with a hoplite	Valkenburg, Germanic shield boss	Velsen, Man in the well, Sandal	Philip the Arab
Colored glass: light green	Nuri, Shabti of Taharqo	De Bijland, Scabbard	Bodegraven, Curse tablet
Saqqara, Jewelry from the age of Thutmose III	Saqqara, Relief of Merymery	Vechten, Amphora from Baetica	Bactrian coin
Vechten, Combs	Saqqara, Chapel of Hetepherachet, Cartouche of Neferikara	Bodegraven, Armwreath	Leiden-Matilo, Shield cover
Roman statuette of a dromedary	De Bijland, Inscription of Chalcidicus (cast)	Cortona, Etruscan boundary marker	Colijnsplaat, Votive stela to Nehalennia
Valkenburg, Buckle with Romulus and Remus	Valkenburg, Seal	The natural color of glass is blue-green	Etruscan urn
Valkenburg, Cup of millefiori glass	Hatshepsut	Coin of the Kushans (imitation of a Sasanian coin)	Alphen aan den Rijn, Roman inscription
Nijmegen, Stamp seal of the oculist Marcus Ulpius Heracles	Cleopatra II or III	Colijnsplaat, Votive stela to Nehalennia, detail (boat)	Thysdrus, Pertinax
The "Peel Helmet", found in the moors near Deurne	Colored glass: blue	Choga Zanbil, Ziggurat, Model	Leiden-Matilo, Hand of a bronze statue
Utica, Ornamental border	Cartouches of Nero	Velsen, Man in the well, Scabbard	Green goblet with a circus scene
Thebes, Wooden tomb stele of Pamaaf	Punic funerary stele	Tarentum, Relief of a Maenad	Smyrna, Tombstone of a slave, whose master had been a centurio of IIII Scythica
Christian tombstone from Carthage (EDCS-17701003)	Veii, Villanova urns	Vechten, Fledimella inscription	Amenhotep III
Valkenburg, Profile with the destruction layer of the Batavian Revolt between Period 3 and Period 4	Relief of Seth and Apophis	Cyprus, Early classical portrait of a man	Voorburg, Rooftile with the sign X Gemina
Voorburg, Rooftile with the sign XXX Ulpia Victrix	Boy with a hare	Nijmegen, Rooftile "sub Didio"	Erotic scene with a rooster
Byzantine helmet from Egypt	Vechten, Helmet decorated with a bird of prey	Egyptian measure of liquid capacity, with the cartouche of Thutmose III	Vechten, Fragment of an inscription
Palmyra, Tombstone of a mother and daughter	Nectanebo II	Phoenician glass pendant	Priestess of the 22nd Dynasty
Valkenburg, Scabbard with POW	Smyrna, Tombstone of a gladiator from the team of Satornilos	Deir el-Bahari, Relief of Mentuhotep II	Leiden-Matilo, Seal with Victoria
Nimrud, Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III	Valkenburg, Oillamp	Thutmose III	Colijnsplaat, Votive stela to Nehalennia
Old-Assyrian rhyton	Stele of Saisis	Livia	Bowl with the names of Aton, Akhenaten, and Nefertiti
Bodegraven, Roman helmet	Boeotia, Figurine of a lady	Cup with the serekh of king Djer	Canopes of Nefer
Campana plate with a Nilotic scene	Leiden-Matilo, Roman cavalry mask, called "Gordon"	Leiden-Matilo, Samian ware of slaves being led away	Cartouche of Neuserre
Gallic "black" glass	Nijmegen, Animal-shaped oil bottle	Vechten, Figurine of two lovers	A "Sidonian bottle" of amber-colored glass
Cinerary chest with the atelier of Daedalus	Valkenburg, Samian ware with inscription "iimili"	Stele of Amun	Apulian horseman
Utica, Maximian	Cortona, Mirror with the Dioscuri	Colijnsplaat, Statue of Nehalennia	Velsen, Man in the well, skull
Naqada II, Fish-shaped palet	Vechten, Dedication by Antistius Adventus	Vechten, Dagger	Relief of Polyphemus throws a rock to Odysseus' ship
Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot	Shokan, Magic spell	Saqqara, Tomb of Horemheb, POWs	Stele of Hentnefert, with Thutmose III and Amenhotep II
A "Sidonian bottle", colored white	Vechten, Amphora from Rhodes	Düver, Phrygo-Achaemenid antefix with horseman and griffin	Velsen, Slingstones
Lid of the sarcophagus of Wahibra-Emakhet	Heerlen, tombstone of Marcus Julius, soldier of V Alaudae	Naqada II, Pottery with "boats"	Valkenburg, Writing tablet
Utrecht De Meern, Head of a Nubian	Valkenburg, Letter to a physician	Egyptian Relief of Heracles and the Nemean Lion	Smyrna, Dedication to Hadrian
Vechten, Perfume bottles	Hermes as messenger, pouring a libation (Sabouroff Painter)	Leiden-Matilo, Roman helmet	Tyre, Lead sarcophagus
Colijnsplaat, Votive stela to Nehalennia	Vechten, Dedication to Minerva	Carthage, Dedication to Tanit	A red-colored dish
Vechten, Inscription of I Minervia and XXX Ulpia	Palestinian purple glass	Dish with the symbol of Nun, the primordial waters	Aššur, Relief of Pegasus
Leersum, The Tabula Leersumiana	Leiden-Matilo, Figurine of a goddess	Valkenburg, Samian ware	Vechten, Head of Serapis
Spoon to make balm