9 Maya maize god statue found: Copán, Honduras
10 Jomon pot found: Japan
11 King Den’s sandal label found: near Luxor, Egypt (Abydos)
12 Standard of Ur found: Iraq (Royal Cemetery at Ur)
13 Indus seal found: Punjab, Pakistan (Harappa, Indus Valley)
14 Jade axe found: near Canterbury, England
15 Early writing tablet found: Iraq
16 Flood Tablet found: near Mosul, Iraq (Nineveh)
17 Rhind Mathematical Papyrus found: near Luxor, Egypt (Thebes)
18 Minoan Bull-leaper found: Crete, Greece
19 Mold gold cape found: Mold, Wales
20 Statue of Ramesses II found: near Luxor, Egypt (Thebes)
21 Lachish reliefs found: Mosul, Iraq (Palace of King Sennacherib, Nineveh)
22 Sphinx of Taharqo found: Sudan (Kawa)
23 Chinese Zhou ritual vessel found: western China
24 Paracas textile found: Paracas peninsula, Peru
25 Gold coin of Croesus minted: Turkey
See next pages for objects 26–100
See previous pages for objects 1–25
26 Oxus chariot model found: Tajikistan/Afghanistan border (Oxus River)
27 Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith made: Athens, Greece
28 Basse-Yutz flagons found: Moselle, north-eastern France
29 Olmec stone mask found: south-east Mexico
30 Chinese bronze bell found: Shanxi province, China
31 Coin with head of Alexander minted: Lâpseki, Turkey (Lampsakos)
32 Pillar of Ashoka found: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
33 Rosetta Stone found: el-Rashid, Egypt (Rosetta (English name))
34 Chinese Han lacquer cup found: near Pyongyang, North Korea
35 Head of Augustus found: near Shendi, Sudan (Meroë)
36 Warren Cup found: Bittir, near Jerusalem
37 North American otter pipe found: Ohio, USA (Mound City)
38 Ceremonial ballgame belt found: Mexico
39 Admonitions Scroll made: China
40 Hoxne pepper pot found: Hoxne, Suffolk, England
41 Seated Buddha from Gandhara found: Pakistan (Gandhara)
42 Gold coins of Kumaragupta I minted: India
43 Silver plate showing Shapur II made: Iran
44 Hinton St Mary Mosaic found: Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England
45 Arabian bronze hand found: Yemen
46 Gold coins of Abd al-Malik minted: Damascus, Syria
47 Sutton Hoo helmet found: Suffolk, England (Sutton Hoo)
48 Moche warrior pot found: Peru
49 Korean roof tile found: South Korea
50 Silk Princess painting found: Xinjiang province, China
See next pages for objects 51–100
See previous pages for objects 1–50
51 Maya relief of royal blood-letting found: Chiapas, Mexico (Yaxchilan)
52 Harem wall-painting fragments found: Samarra, Iraq
53 Lothair Crystal made: probably Germany
54 Statue of Tara found: Sri Lanka
55 Chinese Tang tomb figures found: Henan province, China
56 Vale of York hoard found: near Harrogate, England
57 Hedwig glass beaker made: probably Syria
58 Japanese bronze mirror found: Japan
59 Borobudur Buddha head found: Java, Indonesia (Borobudur)
60 Kilwa pot sherds found: Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania
61 Lewis Chessmen found: Isle of Lewis, Scotland
62 Hebrew astrolabe made: probably Spain
63 Ife head made: Ife, Nigeria
64 The David Vases made: Yushan County, China
65 Taino ritual seat found: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
66 Holy Thorn Reliquary made: Paris, France
67 Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy made: Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)
68 Shiva and Parvati sculpture found: Orissa, India
69 Sculpture of Huastec goddess found: Mexico
70 Hoa Hakananai’a Easter Island statue found: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile
71 Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent made: Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)
72 Ming banknote made: China
73 Inca gold llama found: probably Peru
74 Jade dragon cup made: central Asia
75 Dürer’s Rhinoceros made: Nuremberg, Germany
See next pages for objects 76–100
See previous pages for objects 1–75
76 Mechanical galleon made: Augsburg, Germany
77 Benin plaque: the Oba with Europeans found: Benin, Nigeria
78 Double-headed serpent made: Mexico
79 Kakiemon elephants made: Japan
80 Pieces of eight minted: Potosí, Bolivia
81 Shi’a religious parade standard made: Iran
82 Miniature of a Mughal prince made: India
83 Shadow puppet of Bima found: Java, Indonesia
84 Mexican codex map made: Tlaxcala, Mexico
85 Reformation centenary broadsheet made: Leipzig, Germany
86 Akan drum found: Virginia, USA
87 Hawaiian feather helmet made: Hawaii, USA
88 North American buckskin map made: midwestern USA
89 Australian bark shield found: Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia
90 Jade bi made: Beijing, China
91 Ship’s chronometer from HMS Beagle made: London, England
92 Early Victorian tea set made: Staffordshire, England
93 Hokusai’s The Great Wave made: Japan
94 Sudanese slit drum made: central Africa
95 Suffragette-defaced penny made: England
96 Russian revolutionary plate made: St Petersburg, Russia
97 Hockney’s In the Dull Village made: England
98 Throne of Weapons made: Maputo, Mozambique
99 Credit card issued from: United Arab Emirates
100 Solar-powered lamp and charger made: Shenzhen, Guandong, China
List of Objects
Object Dimensions Inventory No.
1 Mummy of Hornedjitef H: 194.5 cm / W: 60 cm .6678
2 Olduvai stone chopping tool H: 9.3 cm / W: 8.1 cm / D: 7.2 cm 1934,1214.1
3 Olduvai handaxe H: 23.8 cm / W: 10 cm / D: 5 cm 1934,1214.49
4 Swimming reindeer H: 3 cm / W: 20.7 cm / D: 2.7 cm Palart.550
5 Clovis spear point H: 2.9 cm / W: 8.5 cm / D: 0.7 cm 1962,1206.137
6 Bird-shaped pestle H:36.2 cm/ W:15 cm / D:15 cm Oc1908,0423.1
7 Ain Sakhri lovers figurine H: 10.8 cm / W: 6.2 cm / D: 3.8 cm 1958,1007.1
8 Egyptian clay model of cattle H: 10 cm / W: 30 cm / D: 15.3 cm 1901,1012.6
9 Maya maize god statue H: 90 cm / W: 54 cm /D: 36 cm Am1923,Maud.8
10 Jomon pot H: 15 cm / W: 17 cm OA+.20
11 King Den’s sandal label H: 4.5 cm / W: 5.4 cm 1922,0728.2
12 Standard of Ur H: 21.5 cm / W: 12 cm / D: 49.5 cm 1928,1010.3
13 Indus seal H: 2.4 cm / W: 2.5 cm / D: 1.4 cm 1892, 1210.1
14 Jade axe H: 21.2 cm / W: 8.12 cm / D: 1.9 cm 1901, 0206.1
15 Early writing tablet H: 9.4 cm / W: 6.8 cm / D: 2.3 cm 1989,0130.4
16 Flood Tablet H: 15 cm / W: 13 cm / D: 3 cm K.3375
17 Rhind Mathematical Papyrus H: 32 cm / W: 295.5 cm 1865,0218.2 (large piece)
H: 32 cm / W: 119.5 cm 1865,0218.3 (small piece)
18 Minoan Bull-leaper H: 11.1 cm / W: 4.7 cm / D: 15 cm 1966,0328.1
19 Mold gold cape H: 23.5 cm / W: 46.5 cm / D: 28 cm 1836,0902.1
20 Statue of Ramesses II H: 266.8 cm / W: 203.3 cm .19
21 Lachish reliefs H: 269.2 cm / W: 180.3 cm 1856,0909.14
22 Sphinx of Taharqo H: 40.6 cm / W: 73 cm 1932,0611.1
23 Chinese Zhou ritual vessel H: 23 cm / W: 42 cm / D: 26.8 cm 1977,0404.1
24 Paracas textile H: 8 cm / W: 8 cm Am1954,05.563
Am1954,05.565
Am1937,0213.4-5
25 Gold coin of Croesus H: 1 cm / W:
2 cm RPK,p146B.1sam
26 Oxus chariot model H: 7.5 cm / D: 19.5 cm 1897,1231.7
27 Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith H: 134.5 cm / W: 134.5 cm / D: 41.5 cm 1816,0610.12
28 Basse-Yutz Flagons H: 39.6 cm / W: 19.5 cm 1929,0511.1-2
29 Olmec stone mask H: 13 cm / W: 11.3 cm/ D: 5.7 cm Am1938,1021.14
30 Chinese bronze bell H: 55 cm / W: 39 cm / D: 31.5 cm OA1965,0612.1
31 Coin with head of Alexander W: 3 cm 1919,0820.1
32 Pillar of Ashoka H: 12.2 / W: 32.6 cm / D: 7.6 cm 1880.21
33 Rosetta Stone H: 112.3 cm / W: 75.7 cm / D: 28.4 cm .24
34 Chinese Han lacquer cup H: 6 cm / W: 17.6 cm / D: 12 cm 1955,1024.1
35 Head of Augustus H: 46.2 cm / W: 26.5 cm / D: 29.4 cm 1911,0901.1
36 Warren Cup H: 11 cm / D: 11 cm 1999,0426.1
37 North American otter pipe H: 5.1 cm / W: 10 cm / D: 3.3 cm Am,S.266
38 Ceremonial ballgame belt H: 12 cm / W: 39.5cm/ D: 50 cm Am,ST.398
39 Admonitions Scroll H: 24.3 cm / W: 343.7 cm 1903,0408,0.1
40 Hoxne pepper pot H: 10.3 cm / W: 5.7 cm / D: 4.2 cm 1994,0408.33
41 Seated Buddha from Gandhara H: 95 cm / W: 53 cm / D: 24 cm 1895,1026.1
42 Gold coins of Kumaragupta I W: 1.9 cm 1894, 0506.962
43 Silver plate showing Shapur II H: 12.8 cm / W: 11.5 cm / D: 2.6 cm 1908,1118.1
44 Hinton St Mary Mosaic H: 810 cm / W: 520 cm 1965,0409.1
45 Arabian bronze hand H: 18.5 cm / W: 11 cm / D :2.6 cm 1983, 0626.2
46 Gold coins of Abd al-Malik W: 1.9 cm 1874, 0706.1
47 Sutton Hoo helmet H: 31.8 cm / W: 21.5 cm 1939,1010.93
48 Moche warrior pot H: 22.5 cm / W: 13.6 cm / D: 13.2 cm Am,P.1
49 Korean roof tile H: 28 cm / W: 22.5 / D: 6 cm 1992,0615.24
50 Silk Princess painting H: 12 cm / W: 46 cm / D: 2.2 cm 1907,1111.73
51 Maya relief of royal blood-letting H: 109 cm / W: 78 cm / D: 6 cm Am1923,Maud.4
52 Harem wall-painting fragments H: 14.4 cm / W: 10.2 cm / D: 3 cm OA+.10621
H: 11 cm / W: 10.5 cm / D: 2.7 cm OA+.1062
53 Lothair Crystal W: 18.6 cm / D: 1.3 cm 1855,1201.5
54 Statue of Tara H: 143 cm / W: 44 cm / D:29.5 cm 1830,0612.4
55 Chinese Tang tomb figures Tallest H: 107.7 cm / W: 49 cm / D 25 cm 1936,1012.220–229 and 1936,1012.231 –232
56 Vale of York hoard cup H: 9.2 cm / W: 12 cm 2009,4133.77–693
2009,8023.1–76
57 Hedwig glass beaker H: 14.3 cm / W: 13.9 cm 1959,0414.1
58 Japanese bronze mirror W: 11 cm 1927,1014.2
59 Borobudur Buddha head H: 33 cm / W: 26 cm / D: 29 cm 1859,1228.176
60 Kilwa pot sherds Largest
H: 12.5 cm / W: 14 cm / D: 2.5 cm OA+ .916
61 Lewis Chessmen Tallest H: 10.3 cm 1831,1101.78-144
62 Hebrew astrolabe H: 11 cm / W: 9 cm / D: 2.1 cm 1893,0616.3
63 Ife head H: 35 cm / W:12.5 cm / D: 15 cm Af1939,34.1
64 The David Vases H: 63.6 cm PDF,B.613 -4
65 Taino ritual seat H. 22 cm / W. 14 cm / D: 44cm 1949,22.118
66 Holy Thorn Reliquary H: 30 cm / W: 14.2 cm / D: 6.8 cm WB.67
67 Icon of ‘The Triumph of Orthodoxy’ H: 37.8 cm / W: 31.4 cm / D: 5.3 cm 1988,0411.1
68 Shiva and Parvati sculpture H: 184.2 cm / W: 119.4 cm / D: 32 cm 1872,0701.70
69 Sculpture of Huastec goddess H: 150 cm / W: 57 cm / D: 14 cm Am,+.7001
70 Hoa Hakananai’a Easter Island statue H: 242 cm/ W: 100 cm / D: 55 cm Oc1869,1005.1
71 Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent H: 45.5 cm / W: 61.5 cm 1949,0409,0.86
72 Ming banknote H: 34 cm / W: 22.2 cm CIB,EA.260
73 Inca gold llama H. 6.3 cm/ W. 1.5cm / D. 5.5 cm Am1921,0721.1
74 Jade dragon cup H: 6.4 cm / W: 19.4 cm 1959, 1120.1
75 Dürer’s Rhinoceros H:24.8 cm / W:31.7 cm 1895,0122.714
76 Mechanical galleon H: 104 cm / W:78.5 cm / D: 20.3 cm 1866,1030.1
77 Benin plaque: the Oba with Europeans H: 43.5 cm / W: 41 cm / D: 10.7 cm Af1898,0115.23
78 Double-headed serpent H: 20.5 cm / W: 43.5 cm / D: 5 cm Am1894,-.634
79 Kakiemon elephants H: 35.5 cm / H: 44 cm / D: 14.5 cm 1980,0325.1-2
80 Pieces of eight W: 4 cm 1920,0907.382
1950,0805.1
1956,0604.1
1990,0920.31,
1991,0102.61
1906,1103.1951
81 Shi’a religious parade standard H: 127 cm / W: 26.7 cm / D: 4.5 cm 1888,0901.16-17
82 Miniature of a Mughal prince H: 24.5 cm / W: 12.2 cm 1920,0917,0.4
83 Shadow puppet of Bima H: 74.5 cm / W: 43 cm As1859,1228.675
84 Mexican codex map H: 50 cm / W: 77 cm Am2006,Drg.22070
85 Reformation centenary broadsheet H: 28.4 cm / W: 34.7 cm 1880,0710.299
86 Akan drum H: 41 cm / D: 28 cm Am,SLMisc.1368
87 Hawaiian feather helmet H: 37 cm / W: 15 cm / D: 30 cm Oc, HAW.108
88 North American buckskin map H: 126 cm / W: 100 cm Am2003,19.3
89 Australian bark shield H: 97 cm / W: 29 cm Oc1978,Q.839
90 Jade bi W: 15 cm / D: 1 cm 1937,0416.140
91 Ship’s chronometer from HMS Beagle H: 17.6 cm / W: 20.8 cm / D: 20.8 cm 1958, 1006.1957
92 Early Victorian tea set Tallest H: 14.4 cm / W: 17.5 cm / 10.7 cm 1909,1201.108
93 Hokusai’s The Great Wave H: 25.8 cm / W: 37.9 cm 2008,3008.1
94 Sudanese slit drum H: 80 cm / W: 271 cm / D: 60 cm Af1937,1108.1
95 Suffragette-defaced penny W: 3.1 cm 1991,0733.1
96 Russian revolutionary plate W: 24.8 cm / D: 2.87 cm 1990, 0506.1
97 Hockney’s In the Dull Village H: 35 cm / W: 22.5 cm 1981,1212.8.8
98 Throne of Weapons H: 101 cm / W: 61 cm Af2002,01.1
99 Credit card H: 4.5 cm / W: 8.5 cm 2009,4128.2
100 Solar-powered lamp and charger H: 17 cm / W: 12.5 cm / D: 13 cm
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