AN OPEN COLLECTION THESE RECORDS CAME FROM

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland's open-access API let the museum itself filter by date, so every record here was returned as falling inside the biblical period. Most of its photographs are of objects from elsewhere in the ancient world, and the page says which are which.

2,377

records held

listed on this page

openly licensed photographs

matched to our catalogue

2,377 records are held for this collection and 32 are listed here — the ones its own records tie to something biblical, audited first. The rest are in the research corpus, not on this page.

THE OBJECTS

What we hold for this collection.

Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles

100s CE · Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE) · earthenware with impressed surface designs

The Cleveland Museum of Art. John L. Severance Fund CC0

Although the function of this earthenware vessel remains unknown, its low-fired red surface indicates the various steps in its fabrication. First, coils of clay were layered on top of one another and pinched together to form the wall of the pot. Then wood mallets with carved surfaces pounded these walls simultaneously, inside and out, merging and thinning the clay bands. Thus the impressed designs visible on both…

DATE

100s CE

CULTURE

Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE)

PERIOD

Korean Art

MEDIUM

earthenware with impressed surface designs

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1997.186

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

RELATED ROW · BA-047

Our archaeology catalogue has a row for LMLK jar handles, which shares a name with this record. This object is not that one, so that row's conclusions are not repeated here.

Shares a name with a row of this project's archaeology catalogue — a name match, not the same object

Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse)

47–48 CE · England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE) · gold

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Norweb Collection CC0

Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse), 47–48 CE. England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE). Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.158.a

DATE

47–48 CE

CULTURE

England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE)

PERIOD

Medieval Art

MEDIUM

gold

DIMENSIONS

Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1969.158.a

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: claudius

Aureus: Bust of Claudius I (obverse); Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse)

47–48 CE · England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE) · gold

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Norweb Collection CC0

Minted in Rome, this coin depicts the triumphal arch erected there in 44 AD commemorating Claudius in the campaign in Britain. On top of the arch is the emperor seated on a horse between two military trophies. The arch itself was a converted aqueduct which crossed the main road leading north toward Rome. Claudius was the youngest of the three surviving children of Drusus and Antonia Minor and the first Roman emperor…

DATE

47–48 CE

CULTURE

England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE)

PERIOD

Medieval Art

MEDIUM

gold

DIMENSIONS

Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1969.158

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: claudius · rome

Aureus: Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse)

47–48 CE · England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE) · gold

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Norweb Collection CC0

Aureus: Triumphal Arch with Equestrian Statue and Trophies (reverse), 47–48 CE. England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE). Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.158.b

DATE

47–48 CE

CULTURE

England, Roman, Claudius I (41–54 CE)

PERIOD

Medieval Art

MEDIUM

gold

DIMENSIONS

Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1969.158.b

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: claudius

Cameo: Head of a Woman

1–100 CE · Italy, Roman · amethyst

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. CC0

This carved amethyst cameo depicts a woman wearing a laurel wreath and a <em>palla</em>, a cloak worn by Roman noblewomen. The palla is tucked behind the woman’s ears and is visible over her right shoulder. She may have been a member of the Julio-Claudian imperial family or a wealthy private individual. In her hairstyle, straight nose, and small but full mouth the woman closely resembles portrait cameos identified…

DATE

1–100 CE

CULTURE

Italy, Roman

PERIOD

Greek and Roman Art

MEDIUM

amethyst

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1958.92

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: augustus · claudius · rome

Cameo: Julio-Claudian Imperial Portrait

30 BCE–54 CE · Italy, Rome, Early Imperial period · travertine

The Cleveland Museum of Art. John L. Severance Fund CC0

This fragment of a cameo depicts a man wearing a laurel crown and facing right. Roman cameo gems were made by carving through layers of banded semiprecious stones to create an image, here a portrait in off-white with a tan background. Scholars have identified this portrait as various members of the Julio-Claudian imperial family based on the laurel crown and style of the portrait. <br><br>The close-cropped wavy…

DATE

30 BCE–54 CE

CULTURE

Italy, Rome, Early Imperial period

PERIOD

Greek and Roman Art

MEDIUM

travertine

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 4.6 x 6.4 cm (1 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1991.154

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: augustus · claudius · nero · tiberius · rome

Decorative Plaque: Browsing Stag

900–800 BCE · Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud · ivory

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund CC0

This small plaque was executed in the Phoenician style with symmetrical compositions, elongated figural proportions, and Egyptian subjects and motifs. Examples have been found throughout the Middle East, but thousands come from Nimrud where most were excavated in the storerooms of a military arsenal built by King Shalmaneser II (858-824 bc). When the Nimrud palace was sacked in the 7th century bc, these ivories were…

DATE

900–800 BCE

CULTURE

Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud

PERIOD

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM

ivory

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 4.5 x 8.9 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1968.49

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: shalmaneser · nimrud

Decorative Plaque: Cow Nursing Its Calf

900–800 BCE · Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud · ivory

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund CC0

DATE

900–800 BCE

CULTURE

Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud

PERIOD

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM

ivory

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 4.6 x 12.4 cm (1 13/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1968.48

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: shalmaneser · nimrud

Decorative Plaque: Man; and Griffin in Combat

900–800 BCE · Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud · ivory

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund CC0

DATE

900–800 BCE

CULTURE

Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud

PERIOD

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM

ivory

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 6.5 x 3.9 cm (2 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1968.45

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: shalmaneser · nimrud

Decorative Plaque: Ram-Headed Sphinxes Flanking a Sacred Tree

900–800 BCE · Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud · ivory

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund CC0

DATE

900–800 BCE

CULTURE

Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud

PERIOD

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM

ivory

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 15.1 x 9 x 1.1 cm (5 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 7/16 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1968.47

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: shalmaneser · nimrud

Decorative Plaque: Winged Sphinx

900–800 BCE · Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud · ivory

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund CC0

DATE

900–800 BCE

CULTURE

Phoenicia, Iraq, Nimrud

PERIOD

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM

ivory

DIMENSIONS

Overall: 16.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 cm (6 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 7/16 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1968.46

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: shalmaneser · nimrud

Dubnovellaunos Stater: Wreath and Crescents (obverse); Horse with Branch (reverse)

20 BCE–10 CE · England, Trinovantes · gold

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Norweb Collection CC0

Dubnovellaunus was the king of the area around Kent. He was a warlike ruler and at various times possessed territory on both sides of the Thames. He may have succeeded Addedomaros by conquest and ruled over the Trinovantes. He undoubtedly suffered defeat at the hands of Cunobeline of the Catuvellauni and was forced back to Kent. He was one of the British chieftains mentioned with Tincommius on the monument to…

DATE

20 BCE–10 CE

CULTURE

England, Trinovantes

PERIOD

Medieval Art

MEDIUM

gold

DIMENSIONS

Diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)

MUSEUM NUMBER

1969.148

RECORDED HOLDER

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: augustus

Records and photographs are the museums' and archives' own, used under the licences each one states. A record here is a record, not an endorsement of any reading of the object.

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