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Ancient Orient Museum

Archaeology museum in Tokyo, Japan

Ancient Orient Museum
古代オリエント博物館
The Ancient Orient Museum is located on the 7th floor of Sunshine City, Tokyo

Location	Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
Type	Archaeology museum
Website	http://aom-tokyo.com/

The Ancient Orient Museum (古代オリエント博物館, Kodai Oriento Hakubutsukan) is a small private museum in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia.^[1]^[2] It has a collection of Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and several works of art pertaining to the art of Palmyra and Persia.^[3]^[4]

Location

The Museum is located in the Sunshine City complex in Ikebukuro, at the 7th floor of the Cultural Center (文化会館), and the entrance fee is 900 yen.^[5]

Collections

Gandhara stone palette
Fragment of a Gandhara stone palette
Gandhara Poseidon
Gandhara Triton
Aphrodite at her bath
Indo-Greek festivities
Indo-Parthian king and attendants
Indo-Greek drinking party
Indo-Parthian man hunting
Indo-Parthian revelers
Indo-Parthian couple
Coin of Cleopatra VII
Coin of Huvishka
Female figurine, Syria, 5000 BCE

References

^ Hudson, Kenneth; Nicholls, Ann (1985). The Directory of Museums & Living Displays. Springer. p. 589. ISBN 978-1-349-07014-5.
^ Bierbrier, Morris L. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. Scarecrow Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-8108-6250-0.
^ Guide du Routard Tokyo, Kyoto et environs 2020: +Osaka, Hiroshima, et les villes impériales (Japon pas cher !) (in French). Hachette Tourisme. 2019. p. 234. ISBN 978-2-01-118398-9.
^ Guides, Insight (2020). Insight Guides City Guide Tokyo (Travel Guide eBook). Apa Publications (UK) Limited. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-83905-230-9.
^ Bierbrier, Morris L. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. Scarecrow Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-8108-6250-0.