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| Name | ID | Object Count |
|---|---|---|
| 'Alawid period | 7428 | 2 |
| Abbasid period | 2497 | 109 |
| Achaemenid period | 3247 | 56 |
| Afsharid period | 7221 | 5 |
| Aghlabid period | 4734 | 3 |
| Akkadian period | 2833 | 8 |
| Almohad period | 6242 | 3 |
| Almoravid period | 4405 | 4 |
| Angkor period, 802-1431 | 1202 | 6 |
| Aq Qoyunlu period | 99 | 397 |
| Archaic period | 928 | 792 |
| Archaic period to Classical | 7373 | 45 |
| Archaic period to Hellenistic | 4912 | 33 |
| Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical | 1525 | 92 |
| Artuqids of Kayfa and Amid period | 2872 | 11 |
| Artuqids of Mardin period | 2136 | 37 |
| Assyrian Colony period | 7375 | 1 |
| Asuka period, 552-645 | 3850 | 2 |
| Ayudhya period, 1350-1757 | 4681 | 2 |
| Ayutthaya Kingdom, 14th-18th century | 7538 | 2 |
| Ayyubid period | 4943 | 26 |
| British period | 1273 | 21 |
| Bronze Age | 1284 | 66 |
| Bronze Age, Early | 1170 | 87 |
| Bronze Age, Late | 1748 | 40 |
| Bronze Age, Middle | 919 | 57 |
| Byzantine period | 374 | 3032 |
| Byzantine period, Early | 1793 | 1851 |
| Byzantine period, Late | 1251 | 493 |
| Byzantine period, Middle | 6322 | 1440 |
| Chalcolithic period | 4469 | 5 |
| Charles I (1625-1649) | 6205 | 2 |
| Charles II (1660-1685) | 3371 | 27 |
| Chola period, c. 9th-13th centuries | 3677 | 3 |
| Chosŏn dynasty to Modern period | 7399 | 39 |
| Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910 | 504 | 367 |
| Classical period | 1419 | 628 |
| Classical period to Hellenistic | 7380 | 22 |
| Classical period, Early | 906 | 564 |
| Classical period, High | 416 | 381 |
| Classical period, Late | 618 | 796 |
| Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic | 484 | 750 |
| Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic | 2796 | 58 |
| Commonwealth & Protectorate (1649-1660) | 2399 | 3 |
| Crusader period | 2618 | 3 |
| Cycladic period | 4114 | 30 |
| Cycladic period, Early | 2075 | 18 |
| Cycladic period, Late | 4024 | 20 |
| Cypro-Archaic period | 7486 | 2 |
| Cypro-Geometric period | 7368 | 4 |
| Dvaravati period, 4th-8th century | 4384 | 4 |
| Early Dynastic III period | 7382 | 14 |
| Early Dynastic period | 7381 | 4 |
| Eastern Han (25-220) to Three Kingdoms (220-280) period | 7402 | 2 |
| Eastern Wei (534-550) to Northern Qi (550-577) | 7407 | 3 |
| Eastern Wei, 534-550 | 7406 | 25 |
| Edo period, 1615-1868 | 248 | 5952 |
| Edo period, Late to early Meiji period | 5926 | 18 |
| Erlitou culture, c. 1900-1500 BCE | 7394 | 4 |
| Fatimid period | 461 | 38 |
| First Intermediate Period | 5145 | 1 |
| Five Dynasties period (907-960) to Northern Song period (960-1127) | 7414 | 34 |
| Five Dynasties period (907-960) to Song dynasty (960-1279) | 7415 | 1 |
| Five Dynasties period, 907-960 | 1596 | 14 |
| Geometric period | 4357 | 79 |
| Geometric period to Classical | 7383 | 20 |
| Geometric period to Orientalizing | 7384 | 11 |
| Geometric period, Early | 4568 | 2 |
| Geometric period, Late | 1554 | 33 |
| Geometric period, Middle | 2040 | 4 |
| George I (1714-1727) | 2291 | 65 |
| George II (1727-1760) | 1643 | 72 |
| George III (1760-1820) | 564 | 97 |
| George IV (1820-1830) | 6634 | 11 |
| Ghaznavid period | 7301 | 2 |
| Ghurid period | 4857 | 2 |
| Gupta period, c. 320-647 | 7532 | 2 |
| Hafsid period | 5897 | 2 |
| Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE | 1689 | 92 |
| Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE | 2195 | 104 |
| Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE | 2095 | 120 |
| Heian period, 794-1185 | 2276 | 21 |
| Heian period, Early, 794-898 | 967 | 4 |
| Heian period, Late, 898-1185 | 1724 | 40 |
| Heisei era, 1989-2019 | 1916 | 45 |
| Helladic period | 2815 | 11 |
| Helladic period, Early Helladic III | 7052 | 1 |
| Helladic period, Late | 6271 | 170 |
| Helladic period, Late Helladic I | 7056 | 2 |
| Helladic period, Late Helladic IIA | 7057 | 11 |
| Helladic period, Late Helladic IIB | 7058 | 4 |
| Helladic period, Late Helladic III | 7072 | 9 |
| Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA | 7059 | 18 |
| Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIB | 7060 | 31 |
| Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC | 7061 | 24 |
| Helladic period, Middle | 2013 | 8 |
| Helladic period, Middle Helladic I | 7053 | 1 |
| Helladic period, Middle Helladic II | 7054 | 2 |
| Hellenistic period | 624 | 1066 |
| Hellenistic period to Early Roman Imperial | 1128 | 44 |
| Hellenistic period, Early | 352 | 552 |
| Hellenistic period, Late | 345 | 252 |
| Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial | 6107 | 121 |
| Hellenistic period, Middle | 772 | 333 |
| Hittite Empire period | 833 | 25 |
| Idrisid period | 5790 | 1 |
| Ilkhanid period | 2583 | 41 |
| Inju period, 1303-1357 | 2406 | 5 |
| Iron Age | 401 | 354 |
| Iron Age II | 7370 | 5 |
| Iron Age II-III | 7385 | 20 |
| Iron Age III | 7371 | 6 |
| Iron Age IV | 7372 | 2 |
| Islamic period | 2080 | 18 |
| Jalayirid period | 6310 | 1 |
| James II (1685-1688) | 5855 | 3 |
| Jemdet Nasr period | 3464 | 14 |
| Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 | 1527 | 85 |
| Jōmon period, c. 10,500-c. 400 BCE | 1304 | 20 |
| Jōmon period, Middle, c. 2500-c. 1500 BCE | 3237 | 1 |
| Kamakura period, 1185-1333 | 277 | 186 |
| Kamakura period, Late or Nambokuchō | 7063 | 6 |
| Karakota period, c. 7th-9th centuries | 5935 | 1 |
| Khmer Empire, 9th-15th century | 7537 | 1 |
| Kofun period, 250-600 | 3155 | 2 |
| Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392 | 532 | 460 |
| Koryŏ to Chosŏn dynasty | 1744 | 22 |
| Kushan period, c.100 BCE-250 CE | 2163 | 21 |
| Late Antique period | 1841 | 8 |
| Late Period | 2425 | 24 |
| Late Period to Ptolemaic | 6158 | 51 |
| Late Period to Roman | 7392 | 5 |
| Late Period, Dynasty 25 | 4120 | 5 |
| Late Period, Dynasty 26 | 4617 | 16 |
| Late Period, Dynasty 27 | 5424 | 1 |
| Late Period, Dynasty 30, to Ptolemaic | 453 | 2 |
| Liao (907-1125) to Jin (1115-1234) dynasty | 7416 | 2 |
| Liao dynasty, 907-1125 | 2693 | 22 |
| Licchavi (5th-9th century) to Thakuri (9th-12th century) dynasty | 7328 | 1 |
| Mamluk period | 2169 | 130 |
| Marinid period | 1761 | 6 |
| Meiji (1868-1912), Taishō (1912-1926) or Shōwa (1926-1989) era | 6499 | 2 |
| Meiji era, 1868-1912 | 250 | 821 |
| Meiji, Taishō or early Shōwa period | 3413 | 5 |
| Meroitic period | 2396 | 1 |
| Middle Ages | 7393 | 9 |
| Middle Ages, Early | 7386 | 76 |
| Middle Ages, High | 7387 | 11 |
| Middle Kingdom | 4179 | 6 |
| Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 | 3221 | 3 |
| Ming (1368-1644) to Qing (1644-1911) dynasty | 7422 | 176 |
| Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 | 1075 | 405 |
| Minoan period | 2087 | 11 |
| Minoan period, Early Minoan I | 7037 | 1 |
| Minoan period, Early Minoan II | 7038 | 5 |
| Minoan period, Early Minoan III | 7039 | 3 |
| Minoan period, Late | 1624 | 38 |
| Minoan period, Late Minoan IA | 7044 | 5 |
| Minoan period, Late Minoan IB | 7045 | 4 |
| Minoan period, Late Minoan II | 7046 | 4 |
| Minoan period, Late Minoan IIIA | 7047 | 4 |
| Minoan period, Late Minoan IIIB | 7048 | 1 |
| Minoan period, Late Minoan IIIC | 7049 | 1 |
| Minoan period, Middle | 1866 | 5 |
| Minoan period, Middle Minoan IA | 7040 | 1 |
| Minoan period, Middle Minoan IB | 7041 | 3 |
| Minoan period, Middle Minoan II | 7042 | 9 |
| Minoan period, Middle Minoan III | 7043 | 1 |
| Mitannian period | 3479 | 38 |
| Modern | 5135 | 606 |
| Momoyama (1568-1615) to Edo (1615-1868) period | 2957 | 6 |
| Momoyama period, 1568-1615 | 827 | 131 |
| Mon-Dvaravati period, 6th-11th century | 7536 | 2 |
| Mughal period | 1522 | 187 |
| Muromachi (1392-1568) to Edo (1615-1868) period | 4809 | 3 |
| Muromachi (1392-1568) to Momoyama (1568-1615) period | 1080 | 1 |
| Muromachi period, 1392-1568 | 968 | 291 |
| Muromachi period, Late or Momoyama period | 5415 | 1 |
| Muzaffarid period | 5019 | 1 |
| Nambokuchō (1333-1392) to Muromachi (1392-1568) period | 5117 | 1 |
| Nambokuchō period, 1333-1392 | 2762 | 20 |
| Nara period, 710-794 | 982 | 31 |
| Nara period, Early, 645-710 | 5477 | 2 |
| Neo-Assyrian period | 2254 | 38 |
| Neo-Babylonian period | 1801 | 12 |
| Neo-Sumerian period, Third Dynasty of Ur | 3467 | 5 |
| Neolithic period | 528 | 143 |
| Neolithic period to Shang dynasty | 2681 | 11 |
| Neolithic period, Hongshan culture, c. 4500-3000 BCE | 4696 | 8 |
| Neolithic period, Late | 6491 | 2 |
| Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE | 1339 | 182 |
| Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE | 1544 | 12 |
| Neolithic period, Shijiahe culture, c. 2500-2000 BCE | 4311 | 1 |
| New Kingdom | 2836 | 15 |
| New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period | 5538 | 1 |
| New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 | 4170 | 16 |
| New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Amarna period | 6348 | 1 |
| New Kingdom, Dynasty 19 | 5680 | 5 |
| New Kingdom, Dynasty 20 | 4623 | 1 |
| Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) to Sui dynasty (581-618) | 7410 | 14 |
| Northern Qi (550-577) to Sui (581-618) dynasty | 7409 | 15 |
| Northern Qi, 550-577 | 7408 | 25 |
| Northern Wei (386-534) or Eastern Wei (534-550) period | 7404 | 5 |
| Northern Wei, 386-534 | 7405 | 49 |
| Old Babylonian/Isin-Larsa period | 5179 | 6 |
| Old Kingdom | 4335 | 10 |
| Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 | 6672 | 2 |
| Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 | 3833 | 2 |
| Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6 | 4444 | 6 |
| Old Syrian period | 7388 | 2 |
| Orientalizing period | 5245 | 103 |
| Orientalizing period to Archaic | 7374 | 21 |
| Ottoman period | 2376 | 756 |
| Pala dynasty, 760-1142 | 6282 | 1 |
| Pallava Dynasty, 4th-9th centuries | 7329 | 1 |
| Parthian period | 870 | 101 |
| Pre-Angkor period | 5631 | 1 |
| Predynastic period | 4555 | 1 |
| Predynastic period to Old Kingdom | 7389 | 4 |
| Prehistoric | 471 | 9 |
| Protogeometric period | 6174 | 2 |
| Protogeometric period to Geometric | 7390 | 3 |
| Ptolemaic period | 1623 | 150 |
| Ptolemaic period to Roman Imperial | 6527 | 7 |
| Qajar period | 3951 | 546 |
| Qara Qoyunlu period | 6759 | 1 |
| Qianlong period, 1736-95 | 7575 | 2 |
| Qin dynasty, 221-206 BCE | 4766 | 2 |
| Qing dynasty (1644-1911) to Modern period | 7423 | 14 |
| Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 | 398 | 1825 |
| Queen Anne (1702-1714) | 1001 | 28 |
| Reiwa era, 2019-present | 7599 | 6 |
| Roman Imperial period | 786 | 3233 |
| Roman Imperial period, Early | 138 | 1244 |
| Roman Imperial period, Late | 793 | 1182 |
| Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine | 2892 | 262 |
| Roman Imperial period, Middle | 632 | 1435 |
| Roman period | 602 | 276 |
| Roman Republican period | 627 | 617 |
| Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial | 2653 | 87 |
| Sabaean period | 5398 | 6 |
| Safavid period | 2363 | 1344 |
| Safavid period and Zand period | 7424 | 1 |
| Samanid period | 3426 | 26 |
| Sasanian period | 1394 | 41 |
| Seleucid period | 6281 | 249 |
| Seljuk-Atabeg period | 6836 | 81 |
| Seljuks of Rum period | 2788 | 27 |
| Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE) | 3828 | 75 |
| Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE | 7395 | 156 |
| Shaybanid period | 2702 | 153 |
| Shōwa era, 1926-1989 | 103 | 706 |
| Six Dynasties period, 220-589 | 1026 | 4 |
| Song dynasty, 960-1279 | 1442 | 112 |
| Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127 | 838 | 95 |
| Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279 | 394 | 81 |
| Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) | 7419 | 60 |
| Sui (581-618) to Tang (618-907) dynasty | 7411 | 28 |
| Sui dynasty, 581-618 | 2523 | 23 |
| Sukhothai period, 13th-15th century | 4508 | 2 |
| Sultanate period | 4392 | 9 |
| Taishō (1912-1926) or Shōwa (1926-1989) era | 3389 | 1 |
| Taishō era, 1912-1926 | 1050 | 151 |
| Taishō or early Shōwa period | 4585 | 3 |
| Taishō or Shōwa period | 4615 | 2 |
| Taishō to Shōwa period, 20th century | 4576 | 2 |
| Taishō to Shōwa period, early 20th century | 5725 | 2 |
| Tang dynasty (618-907) to Five Dynasties period (907-960) | 7412 | 12 |
| Tang dynasty (618-907) to Northern Song period (960-1127) | 7413 | 3 |
| Tang dynasty, 618-907 | 372 | 372 |
| Third Intermediate Period | 7391 | 16 |
| Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22 | 4442 | 1 |
| Three Kingdoms period, 220-280 CE | 7403 | 1 |
| Three Kingdoms period, Kaya, 42 BCE-562 CE | 2750 | 15 |
| Three Kingdoms period, Koguryŏ, 37 BCE-668 CE | 4844 | 3 |
| Three Kingdoms period, Paekche, 18 BCE-660 CE | 3675 | 2 |
| Three Kingdoms period, Silla or Kaya | 7400 | 8 |
| Three Kingdoms period, Silla, 57 BCE-668 CE | 956 | 51 |
| Timurid period | 3735 | 58 |
| Tulunid period | 2556 | 8 |
| Tumulus period, 250-552 | 3725 | 1 |
| Turkman period | 2166 | 2 |
| Ubaid period | 5329 | 1 |
| Umayyad period | 397 | 60 |
| Unified Silla (668-935) to Koryŏ (918-1392) dynasty | 3170 | 7 |
| Unified Silla dynasty, 668-935 | 1702 | 43 |
| Uruk period | 5079 | 6 |
| Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE) | 7401 | 38 |
| William and Mary (1688-1702) | 2479 | 5 |
| Xixia kingdom, 1032-1227 | 1041 | 4 |
| Yuan (1279-1368) to Ming (1368-1644) dynasty | 7421 | 10 |
| Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368 | 1659 | 58 |
| Zand period | 3542 | 10 |
| Zand period to early Qajar period | 4653 | 6 |
| Zangid period | 3765 | 24 |
| Zhou dynasty, c. 1050-221 BCE | 7396 | 25 |
| Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou period, 770-256 BCE | 7398 | 39 |
| Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE | 614 | 47 |
| Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE | 249 | 239 |
| Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE | 7397 | 169 |
