Ancient Near East collection

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archaeological collection museum collection

The Ancient Near East collection is a major assemblage of artifacts from early civilizations of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions, housed at the Penn Museum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological collection ⓘ
museum collection ⓘ
collectionType Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Near East

archaeology ⓘ
containsObjectType architectural fragment ⓘ
ceramic vessel ⓘ
cuneiform tablet ⓘ
figurine ⓘ
inscribed cylinder ⓘ
relief ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
seal ⓘ
stela ⓘ
curatedBy Penn Museum curatorial staff ⓘ
discipline Assyriology ⓘ
Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ
focusesOnCivilization Akkadians ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian Empire

Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Babylonians ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian civilization

Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire

Sumerian civilization ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
focusesOnRegion Anatolia ⓘ
Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Near East

Iran ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInscriptions Akkadian ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian

Babylonian ⓘ
Old Persian ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
surface form: Sumerian
hasScript Aramaic script ⓘ
alphabetic scripts ⓘ
cuneiform ⓘ
housedAt Penn Museum ⓘ
locatedIn Penn Museum ⓘ
locatedInCity Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInState Pennsylvania ⓘ
name Ancient Near East collection self-link ⓘ
ownedBy University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf Penn Museum ⓘ
surface form: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
subjectArea ancient history ⓘ
art history ⓘ
usedFor public exhibition ⓘ
research ⓘ
teaching ⓘ

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Penn Museum → hasCollection → Ancient Near East collection ⓘ
Ancient Near East collection → name → Ancient Near East collection self-link ⓘ
Mesopotamia → partOf → Ancient Near East collection ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Near East