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#ReliefWednesday - Roman amethyst with the goddess Diana in her guise as a huntress. Signed ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΟΥ ('Of Apollonios'), suggesting the gem engraver active under Augustus. #Roman #Myth
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (26070). Link - https://t.co/rDrxWz507f
For #ReliefWednesday, another beautiful marble oscillum, depicting a head of Pan. Originally in the collection of the antiquarian Charles Townley, it was purchased in 1805 by the @britishmuseum #romanarchaeology
This #ReliefWednesday, we present this tender 4th century BCE grave stone of a dead youth.
Found on Rheneia, it depicts a young boy with an adult. These scenes of quiet contemplation were common on Classical Greek stelae.
🏛️@britishmuseum
#Classics #Greek #Archaeology #Art
Am #reliefwednesday endlich wieder ein Stück aus unserer Sammlung! Inv. 126 ist das Fragment eines Sarkophags und zeigt den eine Frau heilende Christus. Ein anpassendes Bruchstück befindet sich heute in Berlin und ermöglicht die Rekonstruktion des Sarkophags.
This #ReliefWednesday, we present this 4th century BCE marble grave stone of a dead youth.
Discovered on the island of Rheneia, it depicts a young boy with an adult. These scenes of quiet contemplation were common on Classical Greek stelae.
#Classics #Greek #Archaeology #Art
Beautiful Bronze Age pyxis from Mycenae, Grave Circle A, 16th century BC. This ancient wooden box is decorated with gold plates with repousse relief depicting lions chasing a deer and antelope.
Image: National Archaeological Museum Athens.
#ReliefWednesday