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