Culture or time period
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)3,460 objects
- West Asian cultures1,235 objects
- Ancient Near East1,212 objects
- Paleolithic and Mesolithic1,180 objects
- Mousterian887 objects
- Acheulean862 objects
- Classical Civilizations800 objects
- Babylonian701 objects
- Classical Rome690 objects
- Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)675 objects
- United Roman Empire (27 BC–394 AD)605 objects
- Constantinian Dynasty (313–363 AD)497 objects
- Old Babylonian (ca. 1900–1600 BC)396 objects
- Asian cultures325 objects
- Western Asian cultures321 objects
- Sumerian303 objects
- Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BC)259 objects
- Neo-Babylonian (636–539 BC)230 objects
- Ilkhanate (1256–1353)198 objects
- Mongolian Empire (1206–1368 AD)198 objects