
The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum
c. 447-432 BC · Pentelic marble
The British Museum, London, Room 18
Artworks made to AD 500. 44 recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership. The era is read from the year on each record; the record's own date line is what counts.

c. 447-432 BC · Pentelic marble
The British Museum, London, Room 18

c. 150-100 BC · Bronze plates and gearing in a wooden case
National Archaeological Museum, Athens

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

1st century CE · Glass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1200 · Brown ink
Austrian National Library

c. 460-450 BC · Cast bronze
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio...

196 BC · Incised granodiorite stele
The British Museum, London, Room 4
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