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Panathenaic Amphora, Attributed to the Berlin Painter

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  • Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, The King and Genie: Relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (detail), 883-859 BCE, gypsum. Gift of Sir Henry Rawlinson through Austin H. Wright, Class of 1830; S.856.3.2.

    Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, The King and Genie: Relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (detail), 883-859 BCE, gypsum. Gift of Sir Henry Rawlinson through Austin H. Wright, Class of 1830; S.856.3.2.

  • Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, The King and Genie: Relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (detail), 883-859 BCE, gypsum. Gift of Sir Henry Rawlinson through Austin H. Wright, Class of 1830; S.856.3.2.

    Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, The King and Genie: Relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud, 883-859 BCE, gypsum. Gift of Sir Henry Rawlinson through Austin H. Wright, Class of 1830; S.856.3.2.

  • The Global Cultures: Ancient and Premodern installation in the newly renovated Kim Gallery. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.

    The Global Cultures: Ancient and Premodern installation in the newly renovated Kim Gallery. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.

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While the museum's ancient and premodern collections are neither chronologically or geographically comprehensive, they are broad and rich. In keeping with the idea that individual objects are representative of a specific time and place, the objects on view (with one exception) occupy separate vitrines and pedestals. As a whole, they symbolically reflect the value of learning about diverse societies and cultures through the objects stewarded by academic museums.

Exhibition Curator

Katherine W. Hart

Related Publications

A Closer Look: Panathenaic Amphora

Exhibition subject: Ancient Art