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