Metropolitan Museum of Art- World Between Empires Exhibition

Relief plaque with cheetah ca. first half of 3rd century Object Details Date: ca. first half of 3rd century Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone, pigment Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm) × W. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm) × D. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology , Philadelphia, B 8907 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/758444

Relief plaque with cheetah ca. first half of 3rd century Object Details Date: ca. first half of 3rd century Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone, pigment Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm) × W. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm) × D. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology , Philadelphia, B 8907 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/758444

Statuette of standing nude goddess,1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Object Details Date: 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Geography: Mesopotamia, Babylon Medium: Alabaster, stucco, gold, rubies Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 × W. 1 15/16 × D. 1 15/16 in. (26 × 5 × 5 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Paris, AO 20127 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757625

Statuette of standing nude goddess,1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Object Details Date: 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Geography: Mesopotamia, Babylon Medium: Alabaster, stucco, gold, rubies Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 × W. 1 15/16 × D. 1 15/16 in. (26 × 5 × 5 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Paris, AO 20127 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757625

Statuette of standing nude goddess,1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Object Details Date: 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Geography: Mesopotamia, Babylon Medium: Alabaster, stucco, gold, rubies Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 × W. 1 15/16 × D. 1 15/16 in. (26 × 5 × 5 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Paris, AO 20127 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757625

Statuette of standing nude goddess,1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Object Details Date: 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Geography: Mesopotamia, Babylon Medium: Alabaster, stucco, gold, rubies Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 × W. 1 15/16 × D. 1 15/16 in. (26 × 5 × 5 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Paris, AO 20127 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757625

Statuette of standing nude goddess,1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Object Details Date: 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Geography: Mesopotamia, Babylon Medium: Alabaster, stucco, gold, rubies Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 × W. 1 15/16 × D. 1 15/16 in. (26 × 5 × 5 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Paris, AO 20127 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757625

Statuette of standing nude goddess,1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Object Details Date: 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Geography: Mesopotamia, Babylon Medium: Alabaster, stucco, gold, rubies Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 × W. 1 15/16 × D. 1 15/16 in. (26 × 5 × 5 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Paris, AO 20127 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757625

Stele for Shadrafa May 55 Object Details Date: May 55 Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 18 5/8 × W. 13 × D. 5 5/16 in. (47.3 × 33 × 13.5 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed Credit Line: The Trustees of the British Museum, Department of the Middle East, London, ME 125206 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757975

Stele for Shadrafa May 55 Object Details Date: May 55 Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 18 5/8 × W. 13 × D. 5 5/16 in. (47.3 × 33 × 13.5 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed Credit Line: The Trustees of the British Museum, Department of the Middle East, London, ME 125206 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757975

Portrait of Bat'a late 2nd–early 3rd century Object Details Date: late 2nd–early 3rd century Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 21 1/4 × W. 14 15/16 × D. 7 7/8 in. (54 × 38 × 20 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed Credit Line: Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, MG 1578 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/762998

Portrait of Bat'a late 2nd–early 3rd century Object Details Date: late 2nd–early 3rd century Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 21 1/4 × W. 14 15/16 × D. 7 7/8 in. (54 × 38 × 20 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed Credit Line: Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, MG 1578 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/762998

Portrait of Bat'a late 2nd–early 3rd century Object Details Date: late 2nd–early 3rd century Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 21 1/4 × W. 14 15/16 × D. 7 7/8 in. (54 × 38 × 20 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed Credit Line: Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, MG 1578 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/762998

Portrait of Bat'a late 2nd–early 3rd century Object Details Date: late 2nd–early 3rd century Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 21 1/4 × W. 14 15/16 × D. 7 7/8 in. (54 × 38 × 20 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed Credit Line: Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, MG 1578 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/762998

Portrait of Bat'a late 2nd–early 3rd century Object Details Date: late 2nd–early 3rd century Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 21 1/4 × W. 14 15/16 × D. 7 7/8 in. (54 × 38 × 20 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed Credit Line: Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, MG 1578 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/762998

Head of a woman (“Miriam”),1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D. Object Details Date: 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D. Geography: Southwestern Arabia, Timna' Medium: Calcite-alabaster, stucco, bitumen, lapis lazuli or glass Dimensions: H. 11 7/8 × W. 7 3/16 × D. 6 13/16 in. (30.2 × 18.2 × 17.3 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection), S2013.2.139 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757636

Head of a woman (“Miriam”),1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D. Object Details Date: 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D. Geography: Southwestern Arabia, Timna' Medium: Calcite-alabaster, stucco, bitumen, lapis lazuli or glass Dimensions: H. 11 7/8 × W. 7 3/16 × D. 6 13/16 in. (30.2 × 18.2 × 17.3 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection), S2013.2.139 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757636

Relief with banquet attendant holding roasted lamb ca. early 3rd century Object Details Date: ca. early 3rd century Geography: Syria, Palmyra Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 20 1/16 in. (51 cm) × W. 14 15/16 in. (38 cm) × D. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm) Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed Credit Line: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, Philadelphia, B 8903 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757977