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.

This museum was visited in Every year.

193 pictures related to this museum

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