Culture or time period
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)134 objects
- Ancient Near East71 objects
- West Asian cultures71 objects
- Classical Civilizations63 objects
- Egypt60 objects
- Ancient Egyptian56 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)55 objects
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)41 objects
- 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)30 objects
- Sasanian (ca. 224–641 AD)20 objects
- Sumerian19 objects
- Babylonian12 objects
- Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)12 objects
- 20th Dynasty of Egypt (1186–1069 BC)11 objects
- 21st Dynasty of Egypt (1069–945 BC)11 objects
- Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC)11 objects
- Asian cultures10 objects
- 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)9 objects
- East Asian cultures9 objects
- Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3100–2900 BC)9 objects