Sickle sword Period: Middle Assyrian Date: ca. 1307–1275 B.C. Geography: Northern Mesopotamia Culture: Assyrian Medium: Bronze Dimensions: L. 54.3 cm Classification: Metalwork-Implements-Inscribed Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911 Accession Number: 11.166.1 Provenance: 1874, acquired by Robert W. Hanbury in Mardin; by 1875, on loan by Colonel Hanbury to the Assyrian gallery of the British Museum, London; 1910s, purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Mrs. Bowring-Hanbury, Lond

Horse blinker with a seated sphinx wearing a uraeus and sun-disk headdress Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 8th century B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Culture: Assyrian Medium: Ivory Dimensions: 4.13 x 7.32 in. (10.49 x 18.59 cm) Classification: Ivory/Bone-Equestrian-Inscribed Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1954 Accession Number: 54.117.1 Provenance: 1952, excavated by Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; ceded in the division of finds to

Tribute bearer with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 8th century B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Culture: Assyrian Medium: Ivory Dimensions: H. 5 5/16 x W. 3in. (13.5 x 7.6cm) Classification: Ivory/Bone-Sculpture Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1960 Accession Number: 60.145.11 Provenance: 1960, excavated by Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archa

Furniture fragment with the "woman at the window" Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 9th–8th century B.C. Geography: Syria, probably from Arslan Tash (ancient Hadatu) Culture: Assyrian Medium: Ivory, glass Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 x W. 1 3/4 x Th. 1/2 in. (6.4 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm) Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1957 Accession Number: 57.80.12 Provenance: Acquired by the Museum in 1957, purchased from Elie Borowski, New York.

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) Attributed to the Paris Painter Period: Archaic Date: ca. 540 B.C. Culture: Etruscan Medium: Terracotta; black-figure, Pontic ware Dimensions: H. 13 13/16 in. (35.1 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of Nicolas Koutoulakis, 1955 Accession Number: 55.7 Provenance: N/A

Bronze thymiaterion (incense burner) Period: Archaic Date: late 6th century B.C. Culture: Etruscan Medium: Bronze Dimensions: total H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); H. of figure 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) Classification: Bronzes Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1897 Accession Number: 97.22.22 Provenance: N/A

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase) Period: Archaic Date: early 6th century B.C. Culture: Etruscan Medium: Alabaster Dimensions: H.: 14 in. (35.6 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone Vases Credit Line: Purchase, The Concordia Foundation Gift, 2008 Accession Number: 2008.332 Provenance: Said to be from Vulci (Sotheby’s New York, June 5, 2008, lot 15) By 1963 and until 1975, collection of Mrs. Brenda Bomford and H. J. P. Bomford, Esq., Wiltshire, United Kingdom; July 1975, purchased b

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript Object Name: Folio from a non-illustrated manuscript Date: 14th century Geography: India or Iran Culture: Islamic Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 14 in. (49.5 x 35.5 cm) Classification: Codices Credit Line: Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, 1979 Accession Number: 1979.295.6 Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, June 15, 1979, no. 162, to MMA

Qur'an Manuscript Object Name: Non-illustrated manuscript Date: dated A.H. 1268/A.D. 1851–52 Geography: Turkey Culture: Islamic Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; leather binding Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm) W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Classification: Codices Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley, 1980 Accession Number: 1980.603 Provenance: Elizabeth Riley, New York (until 1980; gifted to MMA)

Anthology of Persian Poetry in Oblong Format (Safina) Calligrapher: Sultan Muhammad Nur (ca. 1472–ca. 1536) Object Name: Non-illustrated manuscript Date: dated A.H. 905/A.D. 1499–1500 Geography: present-day Afghanistan, Herat Culture: Islamic Medium: Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper Binding: leather Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 3in. (21 x 7.6cm) Classification: Codices Provenance: [ Massoud Nader, New York, until 1997; sold to MMA]

Anthology of Persian Poetry Object Name: Illustrated manuscript Date: 15th century Geography: Iran, Shiraz Culture: Islamic Medium: Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper Binding: Leather and gold Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 7in. (26.7 x 17.8cm) Classification: Codices Credit Line: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913 Accession Number: 13.228.19 Provenance: Alexander Smith Cochran, Yonkers, NY (until 1913; gifted to MMA)

"Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020) Object Name: Folio from an illustrated manuscript Date: 1352 Geography: Iran, Shiraz Culture: Islamic Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Dimensions: Painting: H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm) W. 6 in. (15.2 cm) Page: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Classification: Codices Provenance: Mrs. M.I. Stephens, L