Objects

Soapstone Esie statue of a seated human figure, Igbomina (Kwara State), 19th c. AD, H 75.5 cm

Terracotta human head, Nok culture, Nigeria, ca. 900 – 300 BC, 21 x 16.5 x 14.6 cm

Terracotta male figure (fragment), Sokoto culture, Nigeria, 500 BC – 200 AD, 46.4 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm

Terracotta Owo oba (king) figure (fragment), Igbolaja (Ondo State), 15th c. AD, H 25 cm

African ware kantharos with scrolls, Cupid and animals in relief, Wadi er-Rsaf (Lepcis Magna) necropolis, Roman period (mid-2nd c. AD), 12.5 x Ø 11 cm.

Ceramic panathenaic black-figured amphora, Apollonia , Greek and Hellenistic period (mid-6th – 2nd c. BC), 66.5 x Ø 32.6 cm.

Amphora, Lepcis Magna, Roman period (1st – 2nd c. AD), H 1.06 m.

Marble sarcophagus or cinerary urn with swags of leaves, fruits and nuts tied to the horns of bucrania in relief, Ain-el-Selmani (Benghazi), Roman period (ca. AD 120 – 140), 44.8 x 66 x 44.1 cm.

Ceramic jug, Lepcis Magna, Aghlabide period (AD 800 – 909), 14.5 x Ø 16 cm.

Ceramic oil lamp decorated with the silphium motif, Erythron – Al Athrun, Byzantine period, 12 x 8 cm.