The Museum of Montserrat possesses an important collection of archaeological materials from the Near East (ancient Persia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt), largely gathered by Fr. Bonaventura Ubach starting in 1906, to which new materials from subsequent donations have been added.
⚠️ The Archaeology of the Ancient World section is temporarily closed for renovations.
Container
Polychrome pottery with linear decoration and schematic figures of goats
Iran. Lorestan
11th century B.C.
R.N. I/47
Donation Caja Madrid
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/recipient-S_1_1735.jpg
Funerary boat
Middle Empire (2000-1750 B.C.)
Polychrome wood
29,5 x 53 cm.
R.N. 630.001
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/barca-funeraria-amb-figures-de-la-tripulacio-S_1_1736.jpg
Feminine figure
Northern Syria (Turkish border)
2000 a. C.
Terracotta
44 x 12 x 6 cm.
R. N. II/19-3499
Donation Caja Madrid
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/figura-femenina-S_1_1734.jpg
Dynasties 19-20 (1320-1085 B.C.)
Polychrome wood
27 x 17 x 1,2 cm.
R.N. 580.005
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/taula-votiva-de-la-cantora-damon-tamiu-S_1_1737.jpg
Queen's head
Ptolemaic period (332-30 B.C.)
Stone
25 x 20,8 cm.
Donation Xavier Busquets
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/cap-en-relleu-duna-reina-S_1_1738.jpg
Royal head
Saite period, 26th Dinasty (?) (664 - 525 B.C.)
Diorite
51,3 x 15,1 x 25,2 cm
Donation Xavier Busquets
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/cap-reial-S_1_1739.jpg
Rhyton shaped bulls
Cyprus
Cypriote geometric period (1050 - 950 B.C.)
Painted Pottery
18,5 x 9 x 20 cm and 16,6 x 6,8 cm.
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/ritons-amb-forma-de-toro-S_1_1740.jpg
Warrior leading a chariot
Cyprus
700 - 600 B.C.
Terracotta
18,5 x 15,5 x 15 cm.
R.N. II/125988
Donation Caja Madrid
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/guerrer-sobre-una-quadriga-S_1_1741.jpg
Attic Lékithos
Greece. Attica.
4th century B.C.
black figures and a sacrifice scene
26 x 10 x 10 cm.
R.N. I/43
Donation Caja Madrid
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/lekithos-gerret-grec-per-a-unguents-S_1_1743.jpg
Tanagra figure from Boeotia
3rd century B.C.
Terracotta with traces of engobe
22 x 8 x 8 cm.
Donation Xavier Busquets
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/tanagra-grega-de-beocia-S_1_1742.jpg
Achelous head
4th century B.C.
Terracotta
Donation Xavier Busquets
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/cap-daquelous-S_1_1744.jpg
Fragment of the top of a child’s tunic
Antinoe Necropolis (Egypt)
5th-6th century AD - 14C Cal AD 440-600
Linen and wool. Embroided taffeta
R.N. TCMDM18
Donation Soler Vilabella
https://montserrat.sobrevia.net/arxiu_montserrat/museu/img/imgTxtGenerals/fragment-superior-de-tunica-infantil-S_1_1745.jpg
