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

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