Welcome to the Wiki: Around the World in 300+ Objects[]
Welcome to the History 2701 Wiki, created by the students in Prof. Ari Daniel Levine's World Civilizations I course at the University of Georgia's Department of History. We'll be exploring and narrating the history of the world, from the beginnings to 1500, through more than 340 museum objects from the Musée du Louvre, the British Museum, the State Museums of Berlin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford University, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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INDEX: Yale University Art Gallery (Fall 2023)[]
281. Jar with Plant Motif and Birds Nuzhat Ahmed
282. Nok Terracotta Head Kennedy Baker
283. Ethiopian Christian Processional Cross Ava Banko
284. Oliphant Ivory Hunting Horn John Brady
285. Quadruped with Two Human Figures Mitchell Burke
286. Female Figure with Four Children Zachary Cahill
287. Yoruba Bell Head Joseph Caron
288. Aztec Head of Xochipilli-Macuilxochitl Connor Church
289. Olmec Standing Male Figure Shelby Copeland
290. Maya Warrior with Facial Decoration Henry Crawford
291. Tripod Ceramic Vessel with Ancient Teotihuacan Deities Jesse Cronic
292. Lidded Vessel with Peccaries, Bird, and Fish Luke Cullom
293. Model of a Ballgame with Spectators Alison Donosky
294. Olmec Figure Head Ely Earley
295. Vessel with Scribes holding Shell Paint Palettes Aizalea Grace Fejeran
296. Moche Portrait Vessel Gabriel Fennell
297. Maya Female Figure with a Child Gray Frederick
298. Portrait of a Young Man, Possibly an Olympic Athlete Victor Garofalo
299. Corinthian Alabastron Piper Goeman
300. Head of Arsinoe III Jacob Greenwald
301. Relief with Gladiators Noah Herndon
302. Mosaic Floor with Views of Alexandria and Memphis Elliott Hood
303. Sestertius of Caligula Jim Hovis
304. Portrait of Julia Domna Mary Hubbard
305. Black-figure Panathenaic Prize Amphora April Johnson
306. Lion Relief from the Processional Way Sujay Kamalasanan
307. Pair Statue of Djehuty-em-hab and Iay Addisen Kameron
308. Stele with Portrait of a Boy Felix Kennett
309. Roman Mosaic of a Dionysiac Procession Trey Ketchum
310. Cup with the Raising of Lazarus Sahra King
311. Roman Cast Mosaic Glass Bowl Connor Koltai
312. Cult Relief of Mithras Slaying the Bull Ava Lance
313. Alabaster Relief of Assyrian Attendant Ayden Landsittel
314. Grave Stele Kate Maddox
315. Red-Figure Amphora Depicting Athena and Hermes Nicholas Makarishchev
316. Seated Buddha in Meditation Michael McGinn
317. Footprints of Buddha Matthew Meek
318. Standing Yakshi Relief Jackson Miller
319. Qingbai Porcelain Ewer Elizabeth Nelson
320. Tang Horse Figurine Neeve Ram
321. Statue of Jizo Bosatsu, Japanese Bodhisattva of the Earth Womb Arya Rane
322. Box with a Floral Design Lucy Respess
323. Shaanxi Serving Vessel (Gui) Georgia Robinson
324. Tang Earthenware Court Lady Sebastian Rumpel
325. Zhou Bronze Vessel (Song Gui) Sara Settles
326. Jina Rishabhanatha Statue Leonid Shalman
327. Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) Statue Aaron Silverman
328. Haniwa Warrior Eli Simon
329. The Mahaparinirvana Sutra (Sutra of the Great and Complete Nirvana) Ben Spitz
330. Buddhist Deity Indra (Taishakuten) Nicholas Stracke
331. Abbasid Lusterware Clarence Taylor
332. Goryeo Vase with Cranes and Clouds Lucy Tomlinson
333. Wang Mian, Ink Plum Ari Ungurait
334. Hieronymus Bosch, Allegory of Intemperance Megan Uta
335. A Portrait of Lady K’abal Xook, Queen of Yaxchilan Ethan Vayle
336. Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Saint Martin of Tours Dividing His Cloak with a Beggar Hudson Whitley
337. Master of the Magdalene, Virgin and Child Enthroned Kaitlyn Wood
338. Gentile da Fabriano, Virgin and Child Tanner Wright
INDEX: Art Institute of Chicago (Spring 2022)[]
267. Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) Amara Ball
268. Vessel of the Dancing Lords Reid Cogswell
269. Storage Jar with Horizontal Bands of Interlocking Scrolls Isabell Dodge
270. Silk Fragment from 15th Century Granada Lindy Foster
271. The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu'l-Maali Sims Harper
272. Tankard (Hanap) with Tulips, Hyacinths, Roses, and Carnations Mason Hill
273. Karttikeya, Commander of the Divine, Seated on a Peacock Gus Kaufman
274, Chola Buddha Shakyamuni Al Marshall
275, Hunping Funerary Urn Logan Saville
276. Incense Burner in the Form of a Duck Loren Seabolt
277. Yang Pu Moving His Family Caroline Shea
278. Portrait Bust of a Woman Lizzy Smith
279, Architectural Relief Depicting the Gigantomachy Brian Spencer
280. Coffin and Mummy of PaankhenAmun Danielle Towers
INDEX: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fall 2020)[]
243. Jōmon Jar Sierra Blackmon
244. Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion Mary Campbell
245. Bactrian Camel from the Tang Dynasty Trudy Chen
246. Narasimha (Vishnu's Man-Lion Avatar) Dylan Cooper
247. Pillow with Confucian Scholar, Buddhist Monk, and Daoist Priest Savannah Daly
248. Seated Statue of Monju Mary Elizabeth Edmonds
249. Coffered Ceiling from Zhihua Monastery Michael Ely
250. Basin with Five-clawed Dragon Olivia Fountain
251. Para-Mamluk Carpet Ryan Garrison
252. Mongolian Tabouret Bryce Harrison
253. Fountain from the Monastery of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa Brianna House
254. Capital from the Cloister of the Monastery of Saint-Rémi John Maughan
255. Tomb Effigy of a Recumbent Knight Mikayla Maxian
256. Holofernes's Army Adrian McCord
257. La Cité de Dieu Casey Newsome
258. Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (van Eyck) Debora Park
259. Crucifixion Diptych Micah Preston
260. Pillared Temple Hall from the Mandanagopalaswamy Temple, Madurai Will Schatzman
261. Horse Armor of Duke Ulrich of Württemberg Caleb Seward
262. Aztec Temalácatl Brian Shainker
263. Goddess Figure (Chalchiuhtlicue) Henry Stevens
263. Tea Bowl with Tortoise Shell Glaze Maggie Thompson
264. Four Hevajra Mandalas of the Vajravali Cycle Dante Tramontana
265. West Bengal Stele Trevor Williams
266. Tile Mosaic Panel Weijie Zhang
INDEX: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Fall 2019)[]
215. Cycladic Marble Statues Zachary Beecham
216. Ballyshannon Sun Disc Brady Blanchard
217. Octopus Jar from Knossos Piper Carlson
218. Princess Fresco Tyler Davidson
219. Relief Panel of an Assyrian Eagle God Ethan Frank
220. Jericho Skull William Godbee
221. Shoemaker Vase Evan Gossett
222. Sumerian King List James Headen
223. Two Dog Palette Wesley Henderson
224. Plaque with Yakshi Gareth Ingleton
225. Pottery Jar Kition John Jacobs
226. Felix Gem Henry Ladd
227. Head of Shiva Duncan Meyer
228. Standing Figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni Tali Patel
229. Tetradrachm from the Bar Kokhba Revolt Collin Prindiville
230. Roman Tombstone Dylan Reece
231. Ding Ware Dish Brooklyn Reese
232. Figure of Saint Chandikeshvara Chase Rogers
233. Western Zhou Ding Vessel Morgan Schmidt
234. The Hunt in the Forest by Paolo Uccello Mary Shaw
235. King Alfred's Jewel Gabriel Smallwood
236. Tang Earthenware Camel Thomas Snipes
237. Islamic Oil Lamp Vasishta Srirama
238. Seated Figure of the Bodhisattva Guanyin Baker Stickley
239. Medieval Islamic Fritware Bowl Hollen Vitale
240. Ivory Knight Chess Piece John West
241. The Butler Ewer Ross Wills
242. Tunisian Marble Tombstone Levi Wolff
INDEX: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Fall 2018)[]
187. Mayan Cylinder Vase Cora Bauman
188. Olmec Portrait Mask Daniel Brown
189. Mayan Incense Burner Top Valecia Bryant
190. Mississippian Effigy Peter Cates
191. Pueblo III Bowl Julianne Clark
192. Nazcan Human Effigy Vessel John Degaris
193. Madonna of the Clouds by Donatello Christina De Santis
194. Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin by Rogier van der Weyden Matthew Filardi
195. The Crucifixion; the Redeemer with Angels; Saint Nicholas; Saint Gregory by Duccio Griffin Hendricks
196. Islamic Spanish Column Capital Abbey Hensley
197. Double-shelled Ewer of Kashan Elijah Hickey
198. Commemorative Head of an Oba Jackson Howell
199. Benin Mounted Ruler Charles Lane
200. Earring with Nike Driving Two-Horse Chariot Bek Loftus
201. King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and Queen Carson Madsen
202. Assyrian Relief of a Winged Genius Will McCullough
203. Marine Mosaic Jessica Monachelli
204. Achaemenid Persian Earring Kiera Napolitano
205. Head of a Priest (Boston Green Head) Stephen Navitsky
206. Bersha Procession Charlie Olliff
207. Ganesha with His Consorts Alex Quinlan
208. Five-colored Parakeet on a Blossoming Apricot Tree by Emperor Huizong Shelby Reed
209. Shiva as Mahesha Heather Regnier
210. Koryo Gilt Silver Ewer Marcus Rutte
211. Wooden Statue of Guanyin, Bodhisattva of Compassion Grace Summers
212. Shang-dynasty Fangyi Bronze Vessel Kayla Webb
213. Scenery of Yixing by Zhou Zhi John Weidner
214. Dainichi, the Buddha of Infinite Illumination Mack Wickens
INDEX: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Fall 2016)[]
161. Vessel Stand with Ibex Support Ricardo Alvarez
162. Storage Jar Decorated with Mountain Goat Rachel Bentley
163. Seated Goddess with a Child Robert Brawner
164. Seated Statue of Gudea Tommy Boyd
165. Canopic Jar with Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman Molly Clark
166. Marble Stele of a Woman Ally Cole
167. The Temple of Dendur Jackson Couch
168. Celtic Gold Neck Ring Kaitlin Dotson
169. Monteleone di Spoleto Chariot John David Grider
170. Marble Column from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis Claire Hanna
171. Mithras Slaying the Bull Ben Herman
172. The Antioch Chalice Evan House
173. Olmec Jade Mask Collin Huguely
174. Nasca Ceramic Drum Donavan Juleus
175. Bowl with Dragons among Waves Samantha Kincaid
176. Persian Glass Blown Bowl Sarah Kravenhoff
177. Ewer with Feline Shaped Handle Allison Maier
178. Old Trees, Level Distance by Guo Xi Kayla McElreath
179. The Adoration of the Magi by Giotto Colton Pace
180. Madonna and Child by Duccio Josh Parker
181. Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) Frances Plunkett
182. Bowl with Green, Yellow, and Brown Splashed Decoration Maxwell Rabb
183. Mayan Relief with Enthroned Ruler Emma Rowlett
184. Japanese Armor (Yoroi) Dhanur Sapolia
185. Maize Deity (Chicomecoatl) Samantha Weiner
186. Cloisters Cross India Williams
INDEX: State Museums of Berlin (Spring 2015)[]
132. Shang Ceremonial Axe Patrick Andrie
133. Shang Dynasty Bronze Ding Jake Applegate
134. Bianhu Pilgrim Flask Robert Dickinson
135. Song Dynasty Ceramic Incense Burner Kelsey Duede
136. Seated Amitabha Buddha Sculpture Meg Eaton
137. Hanging Scroll Painting of Jizô Bosatsu Ryan Freeman
138. Zao Gongen Olivia Haas
139. Indus Valley Unicorn Seal Wynn Hall
140. Achilles and Patroclus Kylix Ansley Heard
141. The Praying Boy Zach Kelley
142. The Fish of Vettersfelde Caroline Kellert
143. Glass Amphora From Olbia Kyle Lankhorst
144. Minerva Bowl from Hildesheim Treasure Nicole Ngoc Le
145. The Centaurs Mosaic Qiwei Li
146. Mihrab from the Beyhekim Mosque Bradley Lockridge
147. Inlaid Brass Ewer from Mosul Rachel Morgan
148. Qur'an Stand Abigail Owens
149. The Alhambra Cupola Johnathan Paynter
150. Iranian Shell Pottery Raven Powell
151. Seated Figure of Metjen Blake Rainey
152. Egyptian Ibex Head Rachel Ramsey
153. The Bust of Nefertiti Sarah Smerling
154. The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Lucy Strickland
155. The Man of Sorrows Elizabeth Thompson
156. The Pazzi Madonna Jennifer Waters
157. Head of Male Statuette Austin Woods
158. Kudurru of Marduk-apla-iddina II Katelin Woods
159. Kouros Statue of Ancient Greece Stephanie Ziegler
160. Medal for Mehmed II Ashley Kemp
INDEX: State Museums of Berlin (Summer 2014)[]
118. Berlin Goddess John Patrick Buckley
119. Dodona Hoplite Andrew Bellflower
120. Ebih-Il Statue of a Worshipper Sara Diamond
121. Processional Way of Babylon David Finder
122. Berlin "Green Head" Brittany Burkhart
123. Cuneiform Tablets Keefer Wurmstich
124. Aztec Feathered Serpent: Quetzalcoatl Kevin Kennedy
125. Gandhara Standing Buddha John Harden
126. Cast Iron Statue of Wuzhiqi Halie Hunter
127. Bronze Statue of Vaikuntha Chaturmurti Christopher Nevil
28. Byzantine Mosaic of Christ Pantokrator Eli Kilgore
129. Athenian Decadrachm Kristi Lee
130. Byzantine Gold Solidus of Theodosius II Park Macdougald
131. Jan van Eyck, The Madonna in the Church Caitlyn O'Grady
INDEX: Musée du Louvre (Spring 2013)[]
74. Baal with Thunderbolt Samantha Bednarz
75. Mesopotamian Male Worshipper Christal Borden
76. Perforated Relief of King Ur-Nanshe Landon Bubb
77. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Celena Chapman
78. Gudea, King of Lagash Sean Corley
79. Lamassu from Palace of Sargon II Dominic Crossan
80. Bactrian Princess Matthew Dellaria
81. Elamite Worshipper Taylor Denman
82. Mistress of the Animals Angelique Fouche
83. Divine Triad of Palmyra Joseph Fowler
84. Frieze of Archers Chandler Gunn
85. Terracotta Eye Idol Jeanine Gilmore
86. Seated Scribe of Old Kingdom Egypt Carly Baker
87. Stelae Offering to Ra-Horakhty-Atum Joel Baxter
88. L'Européenne Mummy Portrait Alys Hannum
89. Funerary Figurine of Ramesses IV Leigh Henry
90. Amenophis IV (Akhenaton) Isabella Hickmon
92. Venus de Milo Justin Hubbard
93. Winged Victory of Samothrace Mark Iaderosa
94. Etruscan Vase Shreeya Khurana
95. Rampin Horseman Christian Kobres
96. "City Gates" Sarcophagus Sydney Laseter
97. Double-Sided Mithraic Relief Koko Lewis
98. The Lady of Auxerre Brooke McHale
99. Sarcophagus of the Spouses Lesa Miller
100. Bronze Statue Head of Emperor Hadrian Doug Morgan
101. Borghese Warrior Haley Naugle
102. Lêvy Oinochoe Hashil Patel
103. Barberini Ivory Sam Perry
104. Pyxis of al-Mughira Bruce Powell
105. Tulunid Panel Joseph Rawlings
106. The Monzon Lion Margaret Roberts
107. 9th Century Iraqi Bowl Rachel Rogers
108. Baptistere de Saint Louis Lucas Smith
109. Ivory Casket from Al-Andalus David Subers
111. Ewer of Saladin Miles Tolbert
113. Cimabue, Madonna and Child Hannah Van Hooser
114. Fra Angelico, The Coronation of the Virgin Emily Walthall
115. Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle Emma West
116. Jan Van Eyck, Madonna of Chancellor Rolin Rachel Whitlock
117. Giotto, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata Eric Wilder
INDEX: The British Museum (Spring 2011)[]
1. Mummy of Hornedijtef Desiree Bartra
3. Olduvai Handaxe Kristina Black
5. Clovis Spear Point Brad Burzumato
8. Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle Stacy Cheshire
9. Maya Maize God Statue Adam Clark
10. Jomon Pot Samantha Clark
13. Indus Seal Amanda Cornelison
15. Early Writing Tablet Rachel Cozart
16. The Flood Tablet Kay-Leigh Crook
18. Minoan Bull Leaper Lindsey Daniel
20. Statue of Ramesses II Angela Dasher
21. Lachish Reliefs Jacob Dent
22. Sphinx of Taharqo Elizabeth Evinger
23. Chinese Zhou Dynasty Ritual Vessel Kyle Frisbee
25. Gold Coin of Croesus Wes Gittens
26. Oxus Chariot Model Dalton Gray
27. Parthenon Metope Sara Harmon
28. Basse Yutz Flagons Alex Harwood
29. Olmec Stone Mask Emily Hixon
30. Chinese Bronze Bell David Holtzer
31. Coin with Head of Alexander Lindsey Horan
33. Rosetta Stone Colby Jones
34. Chinese Han Dynasty Lacquer Cup William Jordan
35. Head of Augustus Taylor Kimbrough
38. Ceremonial Ballgame Belt David Kochanik
39. Admonitions Scroll Kayla-Danielle Kraft
40. Hoxne Pepper Pot Dustin Ludvigson
41. Seated Buddha from Gandhara Lauren Mauldin
42. Gold Coin of Kumaragupta I Kaylee Maxwelll
43. Silver Plate Showing Shapur II Samantha Meeks
44. Hinton St. Mary Mosaic Thomas Meeks
45. Arabian Bronze Hand Trent Newell
46. Gold Coin of Abd al-Malik Thomas Olinger
48. Moche Warrior Pot Charles Peacock
51. Maya Relief of Royal Bloodletting Nikola Podeszwa
53. Lothair Crystal Sean Porter
55. Chinese Tang Dynasty Tomb Figures Nicole Powell
57. Hedwig Glass Beaker Allison Rikard
58. Japanese Bronze Mirror Cameron Ruff
59. Borobudur Buddha Head Rachel Rydquist
60. Kilwa Pot Sherds Kevin Schoeller
62. Hebrew Astrolabe Aspen Smith
63. Ife Head Damion Stinson
64. The David Vases Amanda Tai
67. Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy Kendall Thacker
68. Shiva and Parvati Sculpture Sarah Trites
69. Sculpture of a Huastec Goddess Joseph Trotochaud
71. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent Seth White
72. Ming Banknote Alice Williams
73. Inca Gold Llama Jacob Yarbrough