Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the curatorial division responsible for researching, preserving, and exhibiting the museum’s collections from ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, the Levant, and related cultures.
All labels observed (1)
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| Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2696783 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Context triple: [curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, includesDepartment, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art]
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Department of Egyptian Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Department of Egyptian Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the curatorial division responsible for researching, preserving, and exhibiting the museum’s extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and artworks.
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Department of Near Eastern Antiquities
The Department of Near Eastern Antiquities is a major curatorial division of the Louvre that houses and studies archaeological artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia, Persia, the Levant, and surrounding regions.
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C.
Department of Drawings and Prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Department of Drawings and Prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s curatorial division dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting works on paper, including drawings, prints, and illustrated books from across periods and cultures.
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D.
Department of Islamic Art
The Department of Islamic Art is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s curatorial division dedicated to the collection, research, and exhibition of artworks and material culture from Islamic civilizations across a wide geographic and historical span.
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E.
Department of Islamic Art
The Department of Islamic Art is the Louvre Museum’s dedicated section showcasing a major collection of artworks and artifacts from Islamic civilizations spanning over a millennium and a vast geographic area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Target entity description: The Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the curatorial division responsible for researching, preserving, and exhibiting the museum’s collections from ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, the Levant, and related cultures.
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A.
Department of Egyptian Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Department of Egyptian Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the curatorial division responsible for researching, preserving, and exhibiting the museum’s extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and artworks.
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B.
Department of Near Eastern Antiquities
The Department of Near Eastern Antiquities is a major curatorial division of the Louvre that houses and studies archaeological artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia, Persia, the Levant, and surrounding regions.
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C.
Department of Drawings and Prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Department of Drawings and Prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s curatorial division dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting works on paper, including drawings, prints, and illustrated books from across periods and cultures.
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D.
Department of Islamic Art
The Department of Islamic Art is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s curatorial division dedicated to the collection, research, and exhibition of artworks and material culture from Islamic civilizations across a wide geographic and historical span.
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E.
Department of Islamic Art
The Department of Islamic Art is the Louvre Museum’s dedicated section showcasing a major collection of artworks and artifacts from Islamic civilizations spanning over a millennium and a vast geographic area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
curatorial department
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museum department ⓘ |
| collectionIncludesCulture |
Akkadian culture
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linked to:
Akkadians
Assyrian culture ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrian period
Babylonian culture ⓘ
linked to:
Babylonians
Elamite culture ⓘ
linked to:
Elam
Hittite culture ⓘ
linked to:
Hittites
Phoenician culture ⓘ
linked to:
Phoenician civilization
Sumerian culture ⓘ
linked to:
Sumer
Syro-Palestinian cultures ⓘ
linked to:
Levantine peoples
Urartian culture ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Urartu
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| collectionIncludesCultureArea | Ancient Near East ⓘ |
| collectionIncludesObjectType |
architectural fragments
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ceramics ⓘ cuneiform tablets ⓘ cylinder seals ⓘ ivories ⓘ jewelry ⓘ metalwork ⓘ reliefs ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| collectionIncludesRegion |
Anatolia
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Iran ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ the Levant ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field | Ancient Near Eastern art ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
archaeological artifacts
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art objects ⓘ inscribed objects ⓘ |
| hasRole |
curation of Ancient Near Eastern collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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organization of exhibitions on Ancient Near Eastern art ⓘ publication of catalogues and research on Ancient Near Eastern collections ⓘ scholarly research on Ancient Near Eastern archaeology and art history ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Akkadian
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Old Persian ⓘ Sumerian ⓘ
linked to:
Sumerian language
various Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Manhattan
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New York State ⓘ |
| location |
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York
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New York City ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ |
| partOf | Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
exhibition of Ancient Near Eastern collections
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preservation of Ancient Near Eastern collections ⓘ research on Ancient Near Eastern art ⓘ |
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Subject: Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Description of subject: The Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the curatorial division responsible for researching, preserving, and exhibiting the museum’s collections from ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, the Levant, and related cultures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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includesDepartment
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Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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