2012.044.001

Object Title
Cuneiform Tablet
Measurements
8.1 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Creation Date
2000-1600 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of James E. and Elizabeth J. Ferrell
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/31807/cuneiform-tablet-old-babylonian-scribal-excercise-excerpt?ctx=c920cde0e4399b99e8e6530e09b9fac09bf3d462&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. James and Elizabeth Ferrell, United States, purchased March 2003.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
Nicholas Reid, "King Like a Horned Viper: Two New Manuscripts of Praise Poems to Sulgi," Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie 114 (2024): 12-22.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2010.030.002

Object Title
Votive Shield
Measurements
6.7 x 32.7 cm
Creation Date
6th-5th Century BCE
Credit Line
Gift of James E. and Elizabeth J. Ferrell
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/29074/votive-shield-depicting-the-face-of-acheloos
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. James and Elizabeth Ferrell, United States, purchased July 1999.
Exhibition Information
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2012.030.001

Object Title
Votive Shield
Measurements
6 x 34.4 cm
Creation Date
2012.030.001
Credit Line
Gift of James E. and Elizabeth J. Ferrell
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/29073/votive-shield-depicting-the-face-of-acheloos?ctx=2da93a8ba2617fe8c6ae264479d100eee90987a8&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. James and Elizabeth Ferrell, United States, purchased July 1999.
Exhibition Information
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2011.044.002

Object Title
Armlet
Measurements
14 x 5.4 x 1.9 cm
Creation Date
19th Century or later
Credit Line
Gift of Stan and Jamie Cohen in honor of Thornton Dial
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/31290/armlet-depicting-a-leopard?ctx=8c941100325a89d70fb1d7cf35174d5dbf8075b3&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Stan and Jamie Cohen, United States, purchased from Charles Jones African Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 2004.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, March 29, 2013 - December 1, 2014
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2011.033.001

Object Title
Cuneiform Tablet
Measurements
6.7 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm
Creation Date
2000-1600 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ferrell
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/31099/cuneiform-tablet-scribal-exercise?ctx=a6fbd817c7d7acd42a7ec10d9ae03d1a5f5cb7e6&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. James and Elizabeth Ferrell, United States, purchased March 2003.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
Nicholas Reid, "King Like a Horned Viper: Two New Manuscripts of Praise Poems to Sulgi," Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie 114 (2024): 12-22.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2011.008.001

Object Title
Offering Bearer
Measurements
43.5 x 10.2 x 6 cm
Creation Date
2118-1980 BCE
Credit Line
Egyptian Purchase Fund
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/29816/offering-bearer?ctx=1479c8be6926d59c477d5ae3a60a628cbbafaa92&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, France, from 1950s. With Jorgen Ruben [Classic Art], Copenhangen, Denmark. With Bonhams London, October 6, 2010, lot 12 (unsold lot). Purchased by MCCM from Ruben.
Exhibition Information
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 3, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Peter Lacovara, "Life and Death in the Pyramid Age," Minerva 22 (2011): 12-13.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Work reported in French collection in 1950s.

2010.006.001

Object Title
Phiale
Measurements
4.8 x 18.4 cm
Creation Date
7th Century BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara Fleischman in memory of Dietrich von Bothmer
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/26878/phiale?ctx=706a7d96f1d57c2a145bba376135092dc5dd04c1&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Barbara and Lawrence (1925-1997) Fleischman, New York, New York, from at least January 1994.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2013 - June 5, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Publication Information
A Passion for Antiquities: Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman (Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994), 2, 4, 353, number 188 (checklist only).
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2009.010.001

Object Title
Figure of a Woman
Measurements
78.7 x 43.2 cm
Creation Date
2nd Century BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Anne Cox Chambers
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/26195/figure-of-a-woman?ctx=12a7c0a76703e8356e25e303f210a9cf3713b141&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Japan, acquired in Beirut, Lebanon, 1974. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, December 10, 2008, lot 80.
Exhibition Information
Recent Gifts of Anne Cox Chambers, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 13 - March 31, 2009
Recent Acquisitions, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 31 - September 10, 2009
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 29, 2016 - February 12, 2018
Publication Information
Sotheby's New York, Antiquities (10 December 2008), 109, lot 80.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object.

2007.001.001

Object Title
Head of a Goddess
Measurements
47 x 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Creation Date
2nd Century BCE
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/24119/head-of-a-goddess?ctx=c49fdd9214ba3c783ebe331d3c71ab2eca2fa6d0&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With Christie's London, July 16, 1985, lot 463. With Antiquaria Gallery, London, England. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, December 6, 2006, lot 35.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Galleries, July-August 2007
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2007 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 25, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Christie's London, Fine Antiquities (Tuesday 16 July 1985), 111, number 463.
Christoph Reusser, Der Fidestempel auf dem Kapitol in Rom und seine Ausstattung: ein Beitrag zu den Ausgrabungen an der Via del Mare und um das Kapital 1926-1943 (Roma: "L'Erma" Di Bretschneider, 1993), 104, note 61.
Sotheby's New York, Antiquities (December 6, 2006), 30-31, lot 35.
Bo Emerson, "A Herculean Try for Goddess," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 2, 2007.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2007.

2006.013.002

Object Title
Red-Figure Fragment
Measurements
2.7 x 3.8 cm
Creation Date
ca. 520-510 BCE
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12774/redfigure-psykter-fragment-with-woman-maenad?ctx=12380bcde5a7c65ce6d67b1830472f0555554046&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Purchased by MCCM from Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, England.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
Dyfri Williams, "Villard and the Campana Collection: Euphronios and Smikros," in Ceramic and pein turegrecqu're in the Ancient Mediterranean, Terrain at the Museum: Tributes to Francois Villard, ed. Francoise Gaultier, et al (Paris: Boccard Editions, 2019), 173.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2006.
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