1. Female Figurine

Creator:

Ancient Near Eastern
Mesopotamian

Date:

late 3rd millennium B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq, Turkey, & Syria)

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

5 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 13/16 in. (14 x 9 x 2 cm)

2. Bird

Creator:

Coptic

Date:

5th-7th century C.E. (possibly)

Time period:

Late Antique Period

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

2 9/16 × 2 9/16 in. (6.5 × 6.5 cm)

3. Fragmentary Head and Part of Neck

Creator:

Cypriot

Date:

5th century B.C.E.

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

4 1/4 × 2 5/16 × 2 5/16 in. (10.8 × 5.8 × 5.8 cm)

4. Male Head

Creator:

Egyptian

Date:

525-404 B.C.E., 343-332 B.C.E. or 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.

Geographic region:

Egypt

Time period:

Late Period or Roman Period

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

1 15/16 × 1 11/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.9 × 4.3 × 4.4 cm)

5. Half-Head of a Goddess (probably)

Creator:

Etruscan

Date:

ca. 100-50 B.C.E

Geographic region:

Italy

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

11 1/8 × 7 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (28.2 × 19 × 9 cm)

6. Votive Mask of Coarse Red Clay

Creator:

Etruscan

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

6 11/16 × 4 15/16 × 3 9/16 in. (17 × 12.5 × 9 cm)

7. Head of a Woman

Creator:

Etruscan

Date:

ca. 500 B.C.E.

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

8 5/16 x 6 1/4 x 6in. (21.1 x 15.8 x 15.2cm)

8. Head of a Child

Creator:

Graeco-Egyptian

Geographic region:

Greece
Egypt

Time period:

Late Ptolemaic Period to early Roman Period

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.5 x 3.2 x 3.6 cm)

9. Head of Eros (?)

Creator:

Graeco-Egyptian

Geographic region:

Egypt

Time period:

Late Ptolemaic Period, probably

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

13/16 x 5/8 x 13/16 in. (2.1 x 1.6 x 2 cm)

10. Male Portrait Head

Creator:

Graeco-Egyptian

Date:

3rd-2nd century B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt

Time period:

Ptolemaic Period or Roman Period

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm)

11. Votive Mask

Creator:

Greek

Date:

1000 B.C.E.

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

6 11/16 × 4 15/16 × 3 9/16 in. (17 × 12.5 × 9 cm)

12. Votive Head of Clay

Creator:

Greek

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

10 1/16 × 7 15/16 × 5 1/2 in. (25.5 × 20.1 × 14 cm)