Religious Group: Jewish
British Museum
Limeston ossuary - 1st c. BC - 1st c. AD
The Department of Prehistory & Europe (P&E) houses a small group of Judaica comprising 70 items ranging from the 14th to the 19th century. These include 25 Jewish marriage rings, an 18th-century embroidered Torah binder and ceremonial items in silver and bronze. Some of these are on loan to the Victoria & Albert Museum for their new Gallery of Sacred Silver opening in 2005.
Jewish coins, medals and paper money are held by the Department of Coins and Medals (C&M), from 2000-year-old Jewish coins to the coins and banknotes of modern Israel.
Other collections at this venue:
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Lesbian and Gay
The Warren Cup, a first century AD silver goblet showing… -
Religious Group: Islam
Much of the British Museum's Islamic collection is on display… -
Oceania: New Zealander
A whale tooth pendantThe British Museum's Maori collection consists of… -
Oceania
Victor Jupurrulaross bush potato dreaming 1987ADThe Oceanic section of the… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Turks
Winged bull with human torso and head. Surartian 700BCThe Department… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Turkish Cypriots
Red polished Ware bowl, 2300 -2100 BCThe Museum's Department of… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Spanish
Goya's painting of WellingtonThe Department of Prehistory and Europe (P&E)… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Italian
Roman marble bust of girlThe Department of Greek and Roman… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Irish
St Conall Cael's bell - 7th - 11thc.The Department of… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Greeks
Marble frieze showing horse and groom 450BC LykiaThe Department of… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Greek Cypriot
Gold diadem with embossed decoration 1400 - 1200BCThe Museum's Department… -
North, West & Southern Europe: German
Iron axehead inlaid with silver 7thc ADThe Department of Prehistory… -
North, West & Southern Europe: French
Antoine Watteau Five studies of seated woman seen from behindThe… -
North America
Horse armour, pre-1825The Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas… -
Near & Middle East: Kurdish
There are only a very few Kurdish items documented in… -
Near & Middle East: Iranian
A ceramic bowl with aramaic magic inscription, 6thc. ADThe Department… -
Near & Middle East: Afghani
Bimran reliquary relic containerCoins, medals and paper money from Afghanistan… -
Near & Middle East
Assyrian lion's head from Nimrud 900 - 700BCThe Department of… -
Central & South America
Double spout vessel with Humming Birds.Peruvian, 220BC - 600AD The… -
Caribbean
Wooden figureThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (AOA)… -
Asian: Vietnamese
Ngyuen De - 1960 - irrigation of paddy fieldsThe Department… -
Asian: Sri Lankan
The Museum’s Department of Asia holds the Museum’s collection of… -
Asian: Pakistani
Ringstone with goddessesThe Museum’s Department of Asia holds the Museum’s… -
Asian: Japanese
There are around 1,500 Japanese objects in the ethnographic colelctions… -
Asian: Indian
Limestone panel depicting BuddhapadaThe Museum’s Department of Asia holds the… -
Asian: Filipino
Wooden figureThe Museum’s collection of around 170 objects from the… -
Asian: Chinese
Neolitihic coiled jade dragonThe Museum’s Department of Asia holds the… -
Asian: Bangladeshi
20thC painted rickshawThe British Museum does not hold a large… -
Asian
Ringstone with goddesses from 3rdc. BC PakistanThe Department of Asia… -
African: Zimbabwean
Carved wooden Shona headrestThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the… -
African: Ugandan
Burnished pots - late 19th - early 20thc.The Department of… -
African: Sudanese
Sphinx of TaharqoThe Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan (AES)… -
African: South African
1983, Badge of the anti-apartheid movementThe Department of Africa, Oceania… -
African: Somali
The department of Africa, Oceania and the America holds the… -
African: Nigerian
Yoruba Bronze head with beaded crown and plumeThe Department of… -
African: Moroccan
Late 20thc pottery plateThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the… -
African: Kenyan
Wooden shield for dancing, 19thc KikuyulateThe Department of Africa, Oceania… -
African: Ghanaian
Early 19thc Asante gold workThe department of Africa, Oceania and… -
African: Ethiopian
A 19th century picture of a religious procession by an… -
African: Eritrean
Basalt tombstone, 1188ADThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas… -
African: Egyptian
Cotton Dress with Embroidery, made by the Berber people. 20th… -
African: Congolese
Wooden carving of King, late 18th centuryThe Department of Africa,… -
African: Algerian
Silk and cotton textile from 19th century AlgeriaThe Department of… -
African
The majority of objects from the continent of Africa are… -
British Museum - collection overview
Indian Summer - temporary garden at the British MuseumThe British…