
The Cyrus Cylinder
c. 539-530 BC · Fired clay
British Museum, London, Room 52
The ancient world, and how it was moved. 16 artworks recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership.

c. 539-530 BC · Fired clay
British Museum, London, Room 52

About 300-100 BC · Bronze
J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa, Los Angeles

Late fourth or early fifth century AD · Silver
Hungarian National Museum, Budapest

196 BC · Incised granodiorite stele
The British Museum, London, Room 4
One artwork and its story every Tuesday, with the picture: who owned it, what it made, and what closes soon in the exhibition calendar. No promotion, and nothing we cannot cite.
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