Department of the Middle East (British Museum)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:collectionIncludes gptkb:jewelry
gptkb:sculpture
cuneiform tablets
Persian artifacts
Islamic artifacts
Assyrian artifacts
Babylonian artifacts
Sumerian artifacts
gptkbp:curatedBy Anatolian collections
Arabian collections
Iranian collections
Levantine collections
Mesopotamian collections
gptkbp:director gptkb:Jonathan_N._Tubb
gptkbp:established 1861
gptkbp:focusesOn ancient Middle Eastern archaeology
ancient Middle Eastern art
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Department_of_Western_Asiatic_Antiquities
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:British_Museum,_London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Department of the Middle East (British Museum)
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Assyrian_Lion_Hunt_reliefs
gptkb:Royal_Game_of_Ur
gptkb:Sennacherib's_Prism
gptkb:Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III
gptkb:Amarna_Letters
gptkb:Cyrus_Cylinder
gptkb:Standard_of_Ur
gptkb:Nimrud_Ivories
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:website https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/middle-east
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Babylonian_Gallery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7