"The image of a winged goddess who tamed wild animals— in this case two lions— had been introduced into Greece and Italy in the 8th century BC by merchants and itinerant artisans. The earliest images (Gallery 20 E and 21 B) remained the models for motifs of this goddess."

Taken at the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, Denmark.

For other examples of this goddess, see:

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The Casa dei Dioscuri (House of Castor & Pollux)

Tetrarchs, a porphyry sculpture sacked from a Byzantine palace in 1204 - 1:26 PM, October 19, 2005; Piazzetta San Marco-Venice

Camera: Canon EOS 20D, 24-70 mm, ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at f/4.5 at 24mm;

© 2005 Mark Gillespie

Roman gladius and scabbard, c. 14-16 AD.

The ornate decoration on this scabbard celebrates Julio-Claudian military successes in Germany. In the central scene, Germanicus hands the enthroned Tiberius a figure of victory. Augustus is also depicted in the roundel below.

British Museum.

The temple Ramesseum, West Bank, Luxor, Egypt. January 4, 2011.

This Kokopelli is not nearly as neatly formed at the other petroglyphs in the area.

Vine Sinew Feathers and Felt

This looks like a perfect solstice marker with the shadow through the spiral, but I took it July 5, 2006 at 3:44 in the afternoon. Jornada-Mogollon/Mimbres style.

Engraved patterns on a textured stone surface, featuring jagged and irregular shapes with rough edges. The stone background appears worn and weathered, with a grayish color and subtle variations. Small fragments and natural imperfections are scattered within the carvings.

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Samos (GR) sanctuary of Hera. Bronze, around 530 BC.

Taken at the Altes Museum in Berlin.

Natural holes in the sandstone for eyes and mouth.

Natural holes in sandstone used for eyes and mouth.

Painted on rare red pine wood taken from my house built in 1886 in Smithville Texas.

Greek,madeinAthens about 470 BC

As the first of his twelve Labors, the Greek hero Herakles had to slay the Nemean Lion, a monstrous beast that was ravaging the countryside around the city of Nemea. Since weapons were of no use against the creature’s impenetrable hide, Herakles' only option was to strangle it. Herakles battling the Nemean Lion was the most frequently depicted mythological scene in Greek art. In early depictions, Herakles stands facing the lion, but by the late 500s B.C., the combatants were often depicted wrestling on the ground. On this Athenian red-figure kalpis, a tree bends over Herakles and the lion, indicating that the action takes place outdoors.

The kalpis is the rounded form of a hydria, or water vessel, favored by red-figure artists in this period. The three handles of the shape facilitated pouring and lifting.

Marble, c. 37-41 AD.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.

This figure in orange-yellow has a fancy red hat with small feathers and is wearing a kilt which has faded. Many of the paintings are of the same hue as the rock they are on.

Twin horned snakes.

Photographer and curator Terry Toedtemeier stands next to a gallary of complex pictographs with petroglyohs, estimated to be 2000 - 3000 years old in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Native people who live in the area refer to the creators of the rock art in the Columbia River area as the "River People". Much of the original rock art in the area has been flooded by hydro projects or vandalized, but there remain some prinstine examples in out of the way areas.

Marble sculpture of the Domus Flavia. From the info card: "Among the decorative motifs found, figures of Victory sacrificing with trophies, acanthus leaves spirals containing animals, and Erotes (Cupids) with plant-like bodies are especially striking."

Taken at the National Archeological Museum in Naples.

Sorry it's a bit blurry.

alabaster

Palace of Ashunasirpal II

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum ● Museu Calouste Gulbenkian

Lisbon, Portugal

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Bronze ring with a small square center piece with a profile of a king. 200 BC (Size 9)

Riding on the back of a goose, possibly a fertility figure. The "shh" gesture is identified with the god of silence, Harpocrates.

Taken at the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Taken in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

c. AD 230

Half fish, half bull with a rider.

Taken in the Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme, a National Museum of Rome.

It seems like the sun is never just right to catch this fine Katchina glyph

Milet

Bordeaux, 2nd c. AD.

Husband and wife depicted together.

IUL(ius) APLONIUS. AN(nia?) QUETA

UXSOR POS(uit)

Museum of Aquitaine.

Agate stamp seal: A ram surrounded by inscriptions. Hole for wearability. Sassanian. 600 AD (¾”)

This shows the relationship of the pits and the commas.

Thutmose III, Akhmenu

Cloud terrace blanket design with paw.

Mausoleum of Hadrian, Rome.

The real stone Lions in the museum

Bordeaux, 3rd c. AD.

Dedicated to Saturninus Privatus, a Boii, by his wife Julia Epomina.

O[F]FICI(o) [P(ublii) (iulii) S)ecundo) ?]

D(is) M(anibus)

SATURNINI PRIVATI

IUL(ia) EPOMINA UXOR

LOCUCUM

DONAVIT

CIVES BOIAS

ANNORUM XXXVII

Museum of Aquitaine.

Museu Nacional de Antiga, Lisbon.

Terracotta, from Pozzuoli, c. 40-70 AD.

British Museum.

c. 14 AD, Capitoline Museum.

Grand Palais.

Roman bust, c. 75-125 AD.

Mourgins Museum of Classical Art

1st c. AD, Mainz.

C(aius) Seccius C(ai) lib(ertus) / Lesbius an(norum) XX / hic s(itus) est / cum mihi prima no/vos spargebat flore / iu(v)entus heu miser ae/tatis praemia nulla < t=I>u/li bis denis mihi mors / annis accessit iniqua / ingemit et damno Sec/cius ille gravi di meli/ora precor pro nostro / munera casu sentiat / et plures possit habere / suos hic tumulum titu/lumq(ue) mihi donavit ho/nori et proprium no/men dstinat in lac/rmas bene merenti

Mainz Landesmuseum.