1991.004.048

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
14 x 47 x 23.5 cm
Creation Date
300-700 CE
Credit Line
Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/22260/oval-ceremonial-jaguar-effigy-metate?ctx=d079aabe34feb007cb4233c2a034cea089620814&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased June 1968.
Exhibition Information
Five Continents - Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1997 - February 1, 1999
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
Publication Information
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 137, figure 303.
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 1991.

1991.004.045

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
10.8 x 28 x 16.5 cm
Creation Date
300-700 CE
Credit Line
Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/14711/oval-ceremonial-jaguar-effigy-metate?ctx=02d6ede6fdb9ac529a9b903d564b2be132850f3d&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased December 1976.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
Publication Information
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 137, figure 304.
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 1991.

1991.004.044

Object Title
Metate
Measurements
10.6 x 18.4 x 14.6 cm
Creation Date
300-700 CE
Credit Line
Ex coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/22248/oval-ceremonial-metate-with-monkey-figures?ctx=ffcec4e32457fa255cf8f9eb6c7cf2197cec4a60&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased December 1971.
Exhibition Information
Pre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 137, figure 298.
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 1991.

1985.022.013

Object Title
Cylinder Seal
Measurements
1.3 x 3.1 cm
Creation Date
2900-2350 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/19116/cylinder-seal?ctx=05443774d9b7e1da0d9e44957c565465f31c0939&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex Marcopoli Collection, Aleppo, Syria, assembled late 19th Century. Thence by descent. With Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York, purchased in Zurich, Switzerland, May 1982.
Exhibition Information
Selected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - 2012
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
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
Gifted to museum in 1985.

1985.022.007

Object Title
Cylinder Seal
Measurements
1.7 cm
Creation Date
1600-1350 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/18207/cylinder-seal-with-griffin?ctx=abb761bcfc9afad537c67adf8b4935bb89f6db3f&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex Marcopoli Collection, Aleppo, Syria, assembled late 19th Century. Thence by descent. With Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York, purchased in Zurich, Switzerland, May 1982.
Exhibition Information
Selected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987;
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
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Gifted to museum in 1985.

1985.022.006

Object Title
Cylinder Seal
Measurements
1 x 1.9 cm
Creation Date
1600-1400 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/18975/cylinder-seal-with-winged-sun-disk-and-lion-attacking-animal?ctx=4210b7a9a951b9c7fd3ddcbf53c70ffe573ac2aa&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex Marcopoli Collection, Aleppo, Syria, assembled late 19th Century. Thence by descent. With Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York, purchased in Zurich, Switzerland, May 1982.
Exhibition Information
Selected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - 2012;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 20, 2024 - Present
Publication Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 34.
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
Gifted to museum in 1985.

1985.022.003

Object Title
Cylinder Seal
Measurements
1 x 2.1 cm
Creation Date
2000-1600 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/19016/cylinder-seal-with-presentation-to-the-weathergod?ctx=a48b03c85b3a233ff99997425faa2c75fec7e569&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex Marcopoli Collection, Aleppo, Syria, assembled late 19th Century. Thence by descent. With Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York, purchased in Zurich, Switzerland, May 1982.
Exhibition Information
Selected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - 2012
Publication Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook. Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum (1996): 34.
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
Gifted to museum in 1985.

1985.022.002

Object Title
Cylinder Seal
Measurements
3.8 x 2.9 x 9.1 cm
Creation Date
2350-2150 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/1456/cylinder-seal-with-watergod-enki--attendant-usmu-and-bird?ctx=f450f85d4dedef7c415fc55cdca270038b4e7334&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 34.
Exhibition Information
Selected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - 2012;
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Publication Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 34.
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
Gifted to museum in 1985.

1985.022.001

Object Title
Cylinder Seal
Measurements
1.4 x 3.3 cm
Creation Date
2900-2750 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/19283/brocade-style-cylinder-with-geometric-decoration?ctx=3d777ac0695bc4e58a1f6d4e3a6f12d45ece2f61&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex Marcopoli Collection, Aleppo, Syria, assembled late 19th Century. Thence by descent. With Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York, purchased in Zurich, Switzerland, May 1982.
Exhibition Information
Selected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - 2012
Publication Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum ,1996), 34.
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
Gifted to museum in 1985.

1979.058.008 A/B

Object Title
Metate with Mano
Measurements
19.4 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm
Creation Date
1-500 CE
Credit Line
Gift of James L. Taylor
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/22185/utilitarian-metate-with-mano?ctx=d106bdd681952de580cbb56877578723308caf5e&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Collected by Ray McKimm. Ex coll. James L. Taylor, Georgia.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - May 13, 2019;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Publication Information
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 133, figure 288ab.
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
Gifted to museum in 1979.
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