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