One of the largest museums in the world, with collections of Greek, Roman, British, Egyptian, Iranian, and Mesopotamian archaeology.
This museum was visited in 2005.
Ptolemy III Euergetes
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Obverse
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Dynastic Prophecy, Columns VI and V
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Rome, Via Latina, Villa of Murena, Portrait of Aratus of Sicyon
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top
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Sippar, Temple of Šamaš, Tablet of the Sun god
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle Tier, Polyhymnia
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ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Reverse
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Antoninus Pius
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Coin of Pontius Pilate
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Surrender
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy: Achilles kills Penthesileia
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Actium, Prow from a ship, found near Actium
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BCHP 14 Greek Community (BM 33870), Obverse
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Ephesus, Bouleuterion, Letter from Hadrian
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Nimrud, Temple of Nabu, Šamši-Adad V
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Alexandria, Inscription of II Traiana Fortis
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Satala, Head of the goddess Anahita, shown as Aphrodite
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Priene, Portrait of Julius Caesar
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Samaria ivories
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Antiochus Cylinder (Drawing by Pinches)
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of soldiers
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, "King Alexander dedicated this temple to Athena Polias"
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Coin of King Herod the Great
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BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32398), Obverse
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Senacherib
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Coin of Lucius Antonius
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Crossing a river on a raft made of animal skins. Assyrian relief from Nineveh.
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Portrait of Marcellus on a coin minted by one of his descendants
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Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm
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Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar
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Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, West Pediment, Illisos
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier
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Phoenician ivory of Astarte
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Horse of the quadriga (by Pythis)
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Ptolemy I Soter
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Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), obverse
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase, Egyptian inscription
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BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Reverse
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Ephesus, Tomb of Marcus Calpurnius Rufus, Roman fasces
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BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Reverse 19-33
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Ipswich, Gold torques
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Assurbanipal
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Hermopolis, Obelisk of Nectanebo II
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Claudius
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Tablet with limmu-names
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BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Obverse
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Choga Zanbil, Ziggurat, Doorknob (London)
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Ammisaduqa's Venus tablet
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Lincoln, Tombstone of Gaius Saufeius
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Cyrene, Temple of Aphrodite, Relief of the nymph killing a lion
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of a satrap receiving visitors
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Coin of Bar Kochba (with temple and Messianic star)
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus.
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Ephesus, temple of Artemis, Capital
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Sphinx of Taharqo
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Artabanus II
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Ephesus, Temple of Artemis, Column drum
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Theseus kills Skiron
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BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Obverse
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Nimrud, Relief of a Mesopotamian chariot
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids
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Myrina, Figurine of two chatting ladies (Demeter and Kore)
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Gyges Tablet
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Coin of Victorinus
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The Flood Tablet
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A Babylonian almanac, mentioning future positions of the planets (British Museum)
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Julia Mamaea
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BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Obverse
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Xanthus, Payava's tomb
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Nimrud, Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Capital
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Bottom
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Ram sphinx of Taharqo
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Ptolemy IV Philopator
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Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), left edge
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ABC 9: Artaxerxes III Chronicle
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Roman helmet from the age of the Punic Wars
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Chester, Antefix with the badge of XX Valeria Victrix, a boar
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A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)
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BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Reverse
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BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32310), Reverse
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Arsinoe II
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Chaldaeans
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Coin of Caesar, showing a Gallic captive
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BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888)
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Obverse
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Cameo of Julia Domna as Luna
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Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Peplos
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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The Synchronic Chronicle
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Xanthus, Agora, Harpy tomb, Relief of the harpies and a warrior
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BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Bottom
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BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Obverse 1-15
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BCHP 1: Alexander Chronicle, obverse
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Statues of a woman and believed to be Artemisia and Maussolus
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Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Lamassu
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BCHP 18BA Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189 and BM35229)
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer
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BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Reverse
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Assyrian Camp
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Diploma from Malpas (obverse)
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BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Obverse
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A Magian (Oxus Treasure)
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Lucius Clodius Macer
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BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888), Edge
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Coin of Gondophares
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Carthage, Ivory sphinx, made in Phoenicia
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Masjid-e Solaiman, Relief of Hermes
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Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes
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Gaius Caesar
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Vologases II
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Aeschines
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Harran, Relief of Nabonidus
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Achaemenid vase with an inscription of king Xerxes
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ABC 5: Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ("Jerusalem Chronicle")
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A mounted archer
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Hesiod
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Nimrud, Temple of Ninurta, Aššurnasirpal II
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BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Reverse
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Leiden-Matilo, Inscription by a unit of scouts, with a damnatio memoriae
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The Cyrus Cylinder
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Lepcis Magna, Coin with the Temple of Shadrapa
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Hamadan, Achaemenid inscription A2Ha
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Nimrud, Relief of the god Aššur
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Hadrian's Wall, Relief with the emblems of II Augusta (Capricorn and Pegasus)
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Astronomical diary, referring to financial measures during the First Syrian War
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Saqqara, Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II
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Kurkh, Stela of Šalmaneser III
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Halicarnassus, Mosaic of the city goddess
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ABC 7 Nabonidus Chronicle, Obverse
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Susa, Inscription DSe
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Complete
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Persepolis, Palace of Artaxerxes, Relief of a sphinx
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Babylon, The East India House Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II
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Eshmun/Asclepius on a coin of Lepcis
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Marcus Aurelius
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A lion and an anchor on a Babylonian coin of Seleucus
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Coin of Antiochus III the Great
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BCHP 04 Alexander Arses (BM 36613)
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Tiberius
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Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: tribute of king Jehu of Israel
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BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Reverse
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BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Upper Edge 34-35
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Halicarnassus, Mosaic of Phobos
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II Adiutrix' pegasus on a coin of Gallienus
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BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Upper edge
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Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: camels
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BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Obverse
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BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Obverse
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Palmyra, Šadrafa
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus wearing an elephant's scalp
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Drawing of the seal of king Darius the Great
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Lower edge
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of hoplites doing battle
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BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Lower Edge 16-18
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Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Symposium scene
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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Coin of Mazaeus with bull and lion
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The Sack of Tyre, as shown on the Balawat Gates (cast)
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Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Vulture
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Rome, Baths of Caracalla, Toilet seat
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Pericles
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment
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Mask of a German
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BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Reverse
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Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), upper edge
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Smyrna, Portrait of Cleopatra I Syra
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish Room: Siege of Lachish
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Moresby, Dedication to Hadrian by XX Valeria Victrix
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Arsinoe II
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The seal of king Darius the Great
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Rhodes, Relief of a soldier (archaizing)
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BCHP 20 Euphrates Chronicle (BM 35031), Reverse
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top left
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Syracuse, Etruscan helmet, dedicated by Hiero to the gods after the battle of Cumae
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BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32957), Reverse
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Veii, Head of Aplu
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ABC 4: The Late Nabopolassar Chronicle
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Arsaces I
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Coin of Seleucus Nicator.
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BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Top, left
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Lion
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Babylon, Figurine of Europa on a bull
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Homer
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Constantius captures Londinium
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Obverse
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BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Central part
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Germanicus returns with the recovered legionary standard (coin by his son Caligula)
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Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Frieze, Reclining Gods
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Macedonian cavalry attacking an Indian elephant
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Antiochus Cylinder
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Diploma from Malpas (reverse)
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Ephesus, Dedication to M. Calpurnius Rufus
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BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Reverse
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Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), reverse
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Sippar, Babylonian world map
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BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Reverse
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Coin of Agrippa
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Astronomical Diary mentioning the battle of Gaugamela
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Berenice II
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Upper tier
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Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age
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Ur, Royal Tombs, Standard
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Ptolemy IV Philopator
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Lincoln, Tombstone of Valerius of II Adiutrix
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Coin of Philip
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Dynastic Prophecy, Columns I and II
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Corinth, Monument for Octavian's victory at Actium
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BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Top
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Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, East Pediment, Horse of Selene
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Epicurus
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Nimrud, Lion-shaped weight of three mina
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Astronomical text mentioning the comet of Halley
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, portrait of a man believed to be Maussolus
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier, Homer crowned by Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III
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Babylon, Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II
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BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Obverse
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Xanten, Pliny's bridle
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Lachish relief (drawing)
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Koptos, Dedication to Domitian, mentioning III Cyrenaica
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BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Complete
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Priene, Temple of Athena Polias, Inscription mentioning Julia, daughter of the emperor Titus
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Bust of Ulpia Marciana
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Ephesus, Coin with the Temple of Artemis
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Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Middle tier, Muses
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Nineveh, Cup
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Idalion, Melqart
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BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Reverse
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BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Obverse
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BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Reverse
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BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Obverse
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Chrysippus
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BCHP 19 Arsacid King (BM 34124), Obverse
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Relief of an amazonomachy
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Lepidus as triumvir
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Coin of Tigranes II the Great of Armenia.
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Corinthian helmet
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Xanthus, Payava's tomb, Relief
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Antisthenes
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Ur, Royal Tombs, Ram in a Thicket
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Halicarnassus, Mosaic of a hunt
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Alexander the Great
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Phoenician ship
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BCHP 01 Alexander Chronicle, reverse
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BCHP 2: Alexander and Arabia Chronicle (BM 41080), Obverse
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Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Aššurbanipal's Lion Hunt
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