Website Artwork

Project banner: Objects included
The project banner, designed by Anastasia Morozova, incorporates objects from Manchester Museum. The banner itself is a smaller version of a larger collage, shown here below in full. In total, 23 objects are included from Sudan, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. The objects were all selected by Anastasia as part of a student internship in summer 2021 to identify objects in the collection that could form part of the Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging project. Here is a list of the objects shown in the full picture, together with links to the Museum’s online catalogue, where you can find more information about them. Please note that ‘provenance’ below refers to findspot rather than acquisition history.

Sudan
Ring, from a cemetery in Faras dated to the Meroitic period (400 BCE–400 CE). Accession number 8518.
Vase, from a cemetery in Faras dated to the Meroitic period (400 BCE–400 CE). Accession number 8479.
Amulet, unknown provenance, “Late Period” (ca. 715–332 BCE). Accession number 7232.

Palestine
Bottle, from Hebron (uncertain provenance) dated to the Roman period (1–2 century CE). Accession number 20643.
A couple of objects listed under Syria may also be from Palestine.

Syria
Lamp, uncertain provenance. Accession number 1971.13.
Figure, unknown provenance. Accession number 40570.
Unguentarium, unknown provenance, dated to the Roman period (4 century CE). Accession number 21036.
Fixture/fitting, unknown provenance and date. Accession number 1963.78.
Kylix, unknown provenance and date. Accession number 1963.79.
Bowl, unknown provenance (may be from Palestine or Israel) dated to the Nabataean or Roman period (4 century BCE to 4 century CE). Accession number 1986.6.
Lamp, unknown provenance and date (Syria or Palestine). Accession number 1983.1108.
Cup, unknown provenance and date. Accession number 1963.158.

Iraq
Figure, from Ur, unknown date. Accession number 40594.
Bowl, unknown provenance, 13–14 century CE. Accession number 0.5226/30.a-b.
Vase, from royal cemetery at Ur, dated to the Larsa period (ca. 2025–1763 BCE). Accession number 35576.
Inscribed clay nail, from Lagash, undated. Accession number 35454.

Iran
Human mask pendant, from Luristan (Lorestan), unknown date. Accession number 1965.21.
Birdlike figurine, from Luristan (Lorestan), unknown date. Accession number 1981.629.
Handle, from Luristan (Lorestan), unknown date. Accession number 1981.623.
Bell, from Luristan (Lorestan), unknown date (1^st millennium BCE). Accession number 1964.6.
Dish, unknown provenance and date (13–14 century CE?). Accession number 0.5226/37.
Figure of an ox, unknown provenance and date. Accession number 1963.156.
Finial, from Luristan (Lorestan), unknown date (1^st millennium BCE). Accession number 1964.5.
Finial, unknown provenance and date. Accession number 1964.7.