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Bordeaux, 2nd c. AD.
Dedicated to Victoria, a citizen fo Civitas Aquensium and wife of Valerius Felix, by her sons.
D(is) M(anibus)
ET M(emoriae)
VAL(eriae) VICTORI-
NAE C(ivis) AQU(ensis)
DEF(unctae) ANN(os) LX
FILI(i) EIUS P(onendum) C(uraverunt) ET
SUB ASCIA DED(icaverunt)
Museum of Aquitaine.
Marble kore, the so called " Peplophoros", masterpiece of 530 B.C. Traces of colour. Old museum Acropolis.
1st c. AD, Arles.
He was an aedile.
AUL(o) POMPEIO A(uli) F(ilio)
SABAT(ina tribu) PIO AED(ili)
KAREIA SEX(ti) F(ilia) INGENUA
MATER T(estamento) F(ieri) R(ogavit)
A(ulus) KAREIUS AMOMUS
H(eres) P(onendum) C(uravit) L(oco) D(ato) D(ecreto) D(ecurionum)
Arles Archaeology Museum.
Oxford. Ashmolean Museum. Vas decorat amb pop i conquilles de múrex procedent de Cnossos. 1450-1400 aC.
I am not an expert but this 2 inch figure looks Barrier Canyon Style to me. I think it is pretty far south and east for BCS but that is what it looks like.
Etruscan.
To my eyes, those look like bearded sphinxes, and possibly male.
Taken at the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, Denmark.
SERGIEV-POSAD (formerly Zagorsk) – The Heart of Russian Orthodox Church.
СЕРГИЕВ ПОСАД (бывший Загорск) – Сердце Русский Православной Церкви.
Once again I am amazed by the details a several 1000 year old depiction of birdlife in the Temple of Hatshepsut has to offer.
Complex pictograph with petroglyohs, estimated to be 2000 - 3000 years old in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Washington. 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.
Carved coral elephant with its trunk up. Head and saddle decorated with floral designs. 1700's AD (4" x 3")
1st c. AD, Mainz.
Q(uintus) Voltiu[s Q(uinti) f(ilius)] / Viator an(norum) [XVI] / [h(ic) s(itus) e(st)] / [mater et pater] / [pro pietat (e) posu]/[ere]
Mainz Landesmuseum.
Greek, 480-460 BC
A kneeling satyr raises a keras, or drinking horn, to his lips in this solid bronze statuette. The figure’s pose is complex. His weight rests on his right knee and he balances himself with his bent left leg, which terminates in an equine hoof. His head is thrown back as he raises the large drinking horn to his lips with his upraised right hand. His left hand rests in the small of his back. The drinking horn was made separately and attached with a pin that runs through it, forming the satyr's thumb and tongue on either end. The complex pose of the figure, with his head thrown back and limbs extending in all directions dates the piece to the early Classical period. At this time, artists were breaking away from the rigid confines of earlier styles to make their figures more complicated and three-dimensional.
While mostly human in appearance, the satyr's bestial nature is revealed by his pointed ears, snub nose, hooves, and his tail, now missing on this statuette. Also characteristically satyr-like is his visibly erect phallus. Part-human, part-animal companions of the wine-god Dionysos, satyrs were known for their lustful and drunken behavior. The keras from which this satyr drinks was used for imbibing unmixed or undiluted wine, an uncivilized act that led quickly to drunkenness. Appropriate to the subject, this small statuette may have decorated a large metal vessel used to mix and serve wine. A lumpy area below his left hoof may be the remains of an attachment pin. Alternatively, the statuette may have been given as a gift to the god at a sanctuary of Dionysos.
Part of a metal belt fitting for a prince.. Etruscan. The designs appear to be either the Mistress of the Beasts or the Tendril Goddess.
Taken at the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Every time I see this one I immediately think of a head on short legs. More likely a head and neck. This style mouth is typically seen on the Mud Head Katchina.
Roman , AD 250
This young woman wearing a long robe with a mantle wrapped around her shoulders represents a Muse, one of the goddesses of learning and the arts. The statue was part of a group of Muses and other deities that probably decorated a building devoted to the worship of a Roman emperor. Traces of paint on the hair, eyes, and lips show that the statue was originally brightly painted. The statue's roughly finished back indicates that it probably stood in a niche and was not seen in the round.
Which of the nine Muses does this statue represent? In Roman art, the individual Muses were originally identified by the attributes they held. In this case, however, the arms of the statue and any attributes she held are gone. Yet, scholars can still identify this Muse with some certainty because Roman sculptors commonly produced numerous replicas of popular statues. Details of the clothing and the stance of this statue are similar to statues of a Muse holding flutes, who probably represents Euterpe, the Muse of music.
"The basin had the function of a fountain and decorated the garden of a luxurious residence. The frieze represents a procession (thiasos) of sea Centaurs with Nereids who are transporting the weapons of Achilles. The overflow of water spilling over the brim made the sea procession more natural. The theme and the style are inspired by models from the late Hellenic period.
The work can be dated to the first decades of the first century B.C."
Taken in the Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme, a National Museum of Rome.