One of the largest museums in the world, with collections of Greek, Roman, British, Egyptian, Iranian, and Mesopotamian archaeology.
This museum was visited in 2005.
BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top
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Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: tribute of king Jehu of Israel
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Complete
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Smyrna, Portrait of Cleopatra I Syra
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Coin of Bar Kochba (with temple and Messianic star)
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The Sack of Tyre, as shown on the Balawat Gates (cast)
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Alexandria, Inscription of II Traiana Fortis
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Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm
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Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar
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Xanthus, Payava's tomb, Relief
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy: Achilles kills Penthesileia
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Xanthus, Agora, Harpy tomb, Relief of the harpies and a warrior
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Lepidus as triumvir
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BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Reverse
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle tier, Muses
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Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Vulture
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Ptolemy IV Philopator
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Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Antoninus Pius
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Xanten, Pliny's bridle
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Tablet with limmu-names
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Ur, Royal Tombs, Standard
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Veii, Head of Aplu
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II Adiutrix' pegasus on a coin of Gallienus
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ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Reverse
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Nimrud, Temple of Nabu, Šamši-Adad V
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus wearing an elephant's scalp
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BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Top
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Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, Inscription mentioning Julia, daughter of the emperor Titus
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Antiochus Cylinder (Drawing by Pinches)
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ABC 4: The Late Nabopolassar Chronicle
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Nimrud, Relief of the god Aššur
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BCHP 14 Greek Community (BM 33870), Obverse
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Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), reverse
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BCHP 1: Alexander Chronicle, obverse
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Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, East Pediment, Horse of Selene
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Roman helmet from the age of the Punic Wars
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Harran, Relief of Nabonidus
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Syracuse, Etruscan helmet, dedicated by Hiero to the gods after the battle of Cumae
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Pericles
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BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Top, left
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BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888), Edge
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BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Complete
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BCHP 18BA Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189 and BM35229)
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Priene, Portrait of Julius Caesar
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Antiochus Cylinder
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BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Reverse
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BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Obverse
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Idalion, Melqart
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Central part
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Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes
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Antiochus Cylinder
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ABC 9: Artaxerxes III Chronicle
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Arsinoe II
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Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: camels
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Rome, Via Latina, Villa of Murena, Portrait of Aratus of Sicyon
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase, Egyptian inscription
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Sippar, Babylonian world map
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Diploma from Malpas (reverse)
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Arsaces I
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Rhodes, Relief of a soldier (archaizing)
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Ipswich, Gold torques
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Nimrud, Lion-shaped weight of three mina
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Gaius Caesar
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Macedonian cavalry attacking an Indian elephant
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Ephesus, Coin with the Temple of Artemis
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Tiberius
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Lucius Clodius Macer
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BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Obverse
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A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Eshmun/Asclepius on a coin of Lepcis
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888)
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Chrysippus
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Palmyra, Šadrafa
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Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), upper edge
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Lincoln, Tombstone of Valerius of II Adiutrix
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Kurkh, Stela of Šalmaneser III
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Bottom
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier
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Julia Mamaea
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The Synchronic Chronicle
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Nineveh, Cup
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BCHP 2: Alexander and Arabia Chronicle (BM 41080), Obverse
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Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), left edge
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Susa, Inscription DSe
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A Magian (Oxus Treasure)
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Leiden-Matilo, Inscription by a unit of scouts, with a damnatio memoriae
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Chaldaeans
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BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Obverse
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top left
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Hadrian's Wall, Relief with the emblems of II Augusta (Capricorn and Pegasus)
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Satala, Head of the goddess Anahita, shown as Aphrodite
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Symposium scene
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BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Obverse
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BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Obverse
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Corinthian helmet
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BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Reverse
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Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Lamassu
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of soldiers
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BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Reverse 19-33
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Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), obverse
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Lepcis Magna, Coin with the Temple of Shadrapa
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Assurbanipal
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Berenice II
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus
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Germanicus returns with the recovered legionary standard (coin by his son Caligula)
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Coin of Philip
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Aeschines
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Persepolis, Palace of Artaxerxes, Relief of a sphinx
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Halicarnassus, Mosaic of the city goddess
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Lower Edge 16-18
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Coin of Antiochus III the Great
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Coin of Agrippa
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Xanthus, Payava's tomb
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Sippar, Temple of Šamaš, Tablet of the Sun god
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Senacherib
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BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Reverse
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Choga Zanbil, Ziggurat, Doorknob (London)
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Bust of Ulpia Marciana
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Dynastic Prophecy, Columns I and II
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Saqqara, Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II
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BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Obverse
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Phoenician ship
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish relief (drawing)
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Capital
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Arsinoe II
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Constantius captures Londinium
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Astronomical diary, referring to financial measures during the First Syrian War
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Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, "King Alexander dedicated this temple to Athena Polias"
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The Cyrus Cylinder
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BCHP 04 Alexander Arses (BM 36613)
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Epicurus
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Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Reclining Gods
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Coin of Lucius Antonius
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Coin of Tigranes II the Great of Armenia.
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Siege of Lachish
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Lincoln, Tombstone of Gaius Saufeius
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase with an inscription of king Xerxes
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of a satrap receiving visitors
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BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Reverse
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Cyrene, Temple of Aphrodite, Relief of the nymph killing a lion
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Halicarnassus, Mosaic of a hunt
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier, Homer crowned by Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III
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Ptolemy III Euergetes
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Myrina, Figurine of two chatting ladies (Demeter and Kore)
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Actium, Prow from a ship, found near Actium
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Babylon, The East India House Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Assyrian Camp
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Coin of Seleucus Nicator.
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Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Peplos
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Surrender
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BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32398), Obverse
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Upper tier
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Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age
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A lion and an anchor on a Babylonian coin of Seleucus
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Chester, Antefix with the badge of XX Valeria Victrix, a boar
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BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Obverse
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Homer
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Crossing a river on a raft made of animal skins. Assyrian relief from Nineveh.
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BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Reverse
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Coin of Mazaeus with bull and lion
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Astronomical Diary mentioning the battle of Gaugamela
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Gyges Tablet
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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A Babylonian almanac, mentioning future positions of the planets (British Museum)
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Antisthenes
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Obverse
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Nimrud, Temple of Ninurta, Aššurnasirpal II
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Coin of Pontius Pilate
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ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Obverse
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BCHP 01 Alexander Chronicle, reverse
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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Rome, Baths of Caracalla, Toilet seat
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Astronomical text mentioning the comet of Halley
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Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Hadrian
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The seal of king Darius the Great
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of hoplites doing battle
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Phoenician ivory of Astarte
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Ephesus, temple of Artemis, Capital
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Samaria ivories
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Babylon, Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II
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Koptos, Dedication to Domitian, mentioning III Cyrenaica
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BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Obverse 1-15
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus.
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Statues of a woman and believed to be Artemisia and Maussolus
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Sphinx of Taharqo
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Coin of Gondophares
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Babylon, Figurine of Europa on a bull
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ABC 5: Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ("Jerusalem Chronicle")
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BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32957), Reverse
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BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Obverse
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Theseus kills Skiron
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Lion
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Coin of Victorinus
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BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Upper Edge 34-35
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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Ptolemy IV Philopator
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Alexander the Great
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Ram sphinx of Taharqo
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Nimrud, Relief of a Mesopotamian chariot
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Coin of Caesar, showing a Gallic captive
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Lower edge
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BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Obverse
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Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, West Pediment, Illisos
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BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32310), Reverse
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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Ptolemy I Soter
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Hermopolis, Obelisk of Nectanebo II
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Reverse
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The Flood Tablet
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Dynastic Prophecy, Columns VI and V
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Hesiod
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Artabanus II
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Marcus Aurelius
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Diploma from Malpas (obverse)
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Hamadan, Achaemenid inscription A2Ha
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Halicarnassus, Mosaic of Phobos
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Ephesus, Dedication to M. Calpurnius Rufus
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BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Bottom
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Coin of King Herod the Great
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Carthage, Ivory sphinx, made in Phoenicia
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BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Reverse
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Cameo of Julia Domna as Luna
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Horse of the quadriga (by Pythis)
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BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Reverse
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Ephesus, Tomb of Marcus Calpurnius Rufus, Roman fasces
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BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Reverse
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Vologases II
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Ammisaduqa's Venus tablet
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A mounted archer
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Drawing of the seal of king Darius the Great
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Mask of a German
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Masjid-e Solaiman, Relief of Hermes
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Claudius
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle Tier, Polyhymnia
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Ur, Royal Tombs, Ram in a Thicket
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Moresby, Dedication to Hadrian by XX Valeria Victrix
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Ephesus, Temple of Artemis, Column drum
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BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Obverse
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Corinth, Monument for Octavian's victory at Actium
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Antiochus Cylinder
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BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Upper edge
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Portrait of Marcellus on a coin minted by one of his descendants
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BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Reverse
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BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Obverse
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Nimrud, Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III
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BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Obverse
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