Iron Age


pre-Roman Iron Age: Hallstatt period, Latene period



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Animal merchant. Detail of the middle zone of the
embossed and engraved sheet-bronze
Benvenuti Situla from Este, Italy.
Height of the frieze: 5.5cm
Inv. 4667
#03050666

Animal merchant. Detail of the middle zone of the embossed and engraved sheet-b...

Bronze leaf depicting woman in sacred ceremonial dress.
From Este, Italy; 6th century BCE.
#03050667

Bronze leaf depicting woman in sacred ceremonial dress. From Este, Italy; 6th c...

Terracotta ossuary.
From Este, Italy; 8th century BCE.
#03050668

Terracotta ossuary. From Este, Italy; 8th century BCE.

Bronze-mounted wooden bucket.
Celtic; from Aylesbury, Great Britain; 1st century BCE.
#03050669

Bronze-mounted wooden bucket. Celtic; from Aylesbury, Great Britain; 1st centur...

Head of Gaul,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan,         
Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4th CE                          
Stucco,11,5 x 7,7 x 5,5 cm                             
TK 68
#03070126

Head of Gaul,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan, Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4...

Head of Gaul,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan,         
Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4th CE                          
Stucco,10 x 6 x 6,9 cm                                 
TK 67
#03070127

Head of Gaul,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan, Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4...

Statue of a warrior deity, embossed sheet bronze,
eyes of glass paste; from St.Maure en-Chaussee,
Oise, France.
#06020261

Statue of a warrior deity, embossed sheet bronze, eyes of glass paste; from St.M...

Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century    
watercolours. Cover of collection: Hallstatt, Austria, 
and its lake. Johann Georg Ramsauer began excavations  
of the 980 tombs in 1846. Painted at the site by       
Isidor Engel in 1878.
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Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century watercolours. Cover of c...

Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century    
watercolours. Cover: Hallstatt, Austria, and its lake. 
Johann Georg Ramsauer began excavation of the 980 tombs
in 1846. Drawing of the tombs by Isidor Engel in 1878.
#070101 2

Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century watercolours. Cover: Hal...

Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century    
watercolours. Page with names of the persons present   
at the discovery of the site. Johann Georg Ramsauer    
began the excavation of the 980 tombs in 1846.         
Drawing of the tombs by Isidor Engel in 1878.
#070101 3

Hallstatt burial site, a collection of 19th century watercolours. Page with...

27 graves found at Hallstatt burial site, from a       
collection of 19th century watercolours painted on     
the site by Isidor Engel in 1878. Johann Georg         
Ramsauer began the excavations in 1846.
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27 graves found at Hallstatt burial site, from a collection of 19th centu...

Clay tubs where bodies and offerings were placed       
at burial. Watercolour of the Hallstatt burial site    
by Isidor Engel in 1878. Johann Georg Ramsauer began   
the excavations of the 980 tombs in 1846.
#070101 5

Clay tubs where bodies and offerings were placed at burial. Watercolour o...