Walter's Art Museum: Ancient Art: Egyptian, Middle Eastern, Greek and Roman

 From Medieval Art to Ancient Art at Baltimore's Walter Art Museum.  This sampling barely scratches the surface.  I show you one icon, they have 50+ on display.  One Amphora, they have 30...  You get the picture.  Enjoy!

We begin with Ancient Egypt.

WALL PAINTING OF A PRIESTESS HOLDING A SISTRUM

Egyptian, 19th - 20th Dynasty, circa 1290-1070 BCE

SISTRUM

Egyptian Late Period, circa 712-332 BCE

GODS BEARING GIFTS

Egyptian, 30th Dynasty, circa 360-313 BCE

ISIS NURSING HORUS

Egyptian, Late Period 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 BCE

[LEFT] ISIS SEATED

Egyptian, Late Period 25th-26th Dynasties, circa 712-550 BCE

[MIDDLE] OSIRIS ON A THRONE

Egyptian, Late Period 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 BCE

[RIGHT] HORUS THE CHILD

Egyptian, Late Period 26th-30th Dynasties, circa 664-343 BCE

BABOON MUMMY COFFIN

Egyptian, Late Period 30th Dynasty, circa 380-12 BCE

SET OF FOUR CANOPIC JARS

Egyptian, Third Intermediate Period, 21st-24th Dynasties, circa 1070-712 BCE

HEDGEHOG-SHAPED COSMETIC VESSEL

Egyptian, Late Period circa 6th-5th Centuries BCE

CAT

Egyptian, Late Period 26th Century, circa 700-100 BCE

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART

GOAT

Northern Syrian, circa 10th-9th Centuries BCE

RELIEF WITH A WINGED GENIUS

Neo-Assyrian, circa 883-359 BCE

Display with varied examples of the primacy of the writing in the cultures.

SUMERIAN TEMPLE HYMN

Babylonian, circa 1800-1600 BCE

PAIR OF DEITIES

Hittite, circa 1400-1200 BCE

GREEK AND ROMAN ART

FEMALE FIGURE

Cycladic, circa 2500-2400 BCE

ACROBAT PERFORMING A HANDSTAND

Egyptian, Late circa 4th-1st Century

RED-FIGURE VOLUTE KRATER

South Italian, circa 340-330 BCE

[DETAIL]

HANDLE IN THE FORM OF A PANTHER

Etruscan, 5th Century BCE

TORSO OF AN EMPEROR IN ARMOR

Roman, circa AD 14-68

ZEUS LABRAUNDOS

Roman, AD 1st Century

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PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN

Roman, circa AD 100

PORTRAIT OF A MAN

Roman, AD Late 1st Century

Roman Sarcophagi: Ancient Funeral Home Sails Office?

SUCELLAS

Roman, circa AD 1st-2nd Century

FLOOR MOSAIC FISH

Roman, circa AD 2nd-3rd Century