#ancientart
Cylinder seal,Ancient Near Eastern Art
Medium: FaienceRogers Fund, 1956 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324355
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Skyphos by Group of Altenburg 331,Greek and Roman Art
Medium: TerracottaRogers Fund, 1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247376
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Scaraboid seal,Ancient Near Eastern Art
Medium: Steatite, blackPurchase, 1899 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322302
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Earring-hook type with pendants and disc,Greek and Roman Art
Medium: GoldThe Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/243373
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Cylinder seal,Ancient Near Eastern Art
Medium: Chalcedony, milkyPurchase, Mrs. Vladimir S. Littauer Gift, 1974 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/326161
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Terracotta statuette of a woman,Greek and Roman Art
Medium: TerracottaRogers Fund, 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248608
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Necklace with Scarab, Nefertum, and Heart (ib) Amulets, Egyptian, 332–30 BC,Saint Louis Art Museum: Ancient Art
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The Temple of Abu Simbel c.1880s & 1967
Created by Pharaoh Ramses II over 3000 years ago, controversially relocated in 1968 to make way for the Aswan Dam.
First photo by Antonio Beato (English, born Italy, about 1835 - 1906), Getty Museum, 84.XM.473.1
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Minnie Jane Hardman
Study of a Bust of Hermes (c. 1883-1889)
It is easy to forget just how detailed and characterful the portraits on Greek coins could be…
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This petroglyph was found damaged on a burial ground a few hundred meters from the copy that’s now stands at Vallenstena church is Vallstenarum, Gotland. The stone is dated to the migration period and was originally raised at a tomb dating from the 400 or 500 AD. The spirals in the middle are associated with sun worship and the two figures with spears and shields at the bottom of the stone can be associated with pagan rituals and war. According to half a millennium younger Icelandic litterature , the two animals opposite each other could tell us about the stallion breeding sport, which was very popular during these times. But, as we know from many other petroglyhps and sources, these horse-looking animals was often linked to the sun and movement symbolism in the prehistoric religions. This particular one is very similar to another gotlandic stone found in Hadlingbo.
Necklace with Scarab, Nefertum, and Heart (ib) Amulets, Egyptian, 332–30 BC,Saint Louis Art Museum: Ancient Art
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Horse blinker carved in relief with a seated sphinx, ca. 8th century B.C.,Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Rogers Fund, 1954
Size: 4 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 13/16 in. (10.5 × 18.6 × 2 cm)
Medium: Ivory
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Seated figure, ca. late 8th millennium B.C.,Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Gift of Sheldon and Barbara Breitbart, 1985
Size: 0.89 x 0.59 in. (2.26 x 1.5 cm)
Medium: Limestone
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Scarab: Title and Personal Name (?), Ancient Egyptian, -2055,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Size: 1.3 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm (½ × 1 ¼ × 7/8 in.)
Medium: Stone and gold
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Incised cosmetic box fragments with a warrior and four women, ca. 9th–8th century B.C.,Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Rogers Fund, 1954
Size: 1.89 x 2.6 x 0.24 in. (4.8 x 6.6 x 0.61 cm)
Medium: Ivory
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Irukaptah and his Family, ca. 2455–2425 B.C.E.,Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Limestone statue of a man, his wife and child (son). The man is shown striding with his left foot forward and his hands clenched at his sides to hold “emblematic staves”. He wears a short wig the bottom of which slants downwards towards the rear. His kilt is half pleated. Kneeling by his side and clasping his left leg is a small representation of his wife. Standing by his right side is his nude son, with the sidelock of childhood, holding a finger to his mouth. Condition: Back bottom and sides of base roughly hewn. Figure of owner battered and pitted on sides, shoulders and arms. Nose missing.
Size: 29 × 10 × 9 ½ in., 60 lb. (73.7 × 25.4 × 24.1 cm, 27.22kg)
Medium: Limestone, pigment
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Right Hand from an Anthropoid Coffin, 1292-945 B.C.E.,Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Size: 3 7/16 x 7/8 x 8 11/16 in. (8.7 x 2.3 x 22 cm)
Medium: Wood, cartonnage, pigmenthttps://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/185796
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Earring, Ancient Egyptian, -1400,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Size: 2.7 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm (1 1/16 × 1 × ¼ in.)
Medium: Glass
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/838/
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Amulet of the Head of the God Anubis, Ancient Egyptian, -1550,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Size: 1.9 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm (¾ × 7/16 × 3/16 in.)
Medium: Jasper
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/140851/
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Amulet of a Hawk, Ancient Egyptian, -1070,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
Size: 4.4 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm (1 ¾ × ½ × ¼ in.)
Medium: Faience
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/136006/
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Amulet of the Goddess Isis, Ancient Egyptian, -332,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Size: 0.6 × 1 × 1.3 cm (¼ × 3/8 × ½ in.)
Medium: Faience
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/140959/
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Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena, Ancient Greek, -530,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of the goddess Athena, facing to the right. The back (reverse) depicts the owl of Athens with an olive twig in a square. Gift of William F. Dunham
Size: Diam. 2.3 cm; 17.34 g
Medium: Silver
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/130146/
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Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche, Ancient Roman, 98,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of the goddess Tyche, facing right. On the back (reverse) is Homonoia, standing to the left and holding a patera (dish) and cornucopiae. Gift of William F. Dunham
Size: Diam. 1.9 cm; 5.18 g
Medium: Bronze
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142891/
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Coin Depicting a Female Bust, Ancient Roman, -27,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of William F. Dunham
Size: Diam. 1.8 cm; 3.25 g
Medium: Silver
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142757/
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Coin Depicting the God Zeus, Ancient Roman, -222,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the Roman god Zeus with the curling ram’s horns associated with the Egyptian god Ammon.On the back (reverse), an eagle is shown with a capital letter E between it’s legs. Gift of William F. Dunham
Size: Diam. 4 cm; 42.33 g
Medium: Bronze
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142661/
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Ring: Figure of a Fish, Ancient Egyptian, -1390,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
The Art Institute of Chicago
Size: W. 0.3 cm (1/8 in.); diam. 1.9 cm (¾ in.)
Medium: Faience
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/141241/
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Coin Depicting the Hero Herakles, Ancient Greek, -200,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of William F. Dunham
Size: Diam. 1.3 cm; 1.68 g
Medium: Bronze
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142958/
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Bird with Flat Legs, Ancient Greek, -800,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
This precious bronze object is a votive, or devotional gift, made as an offering to the gods. They come in many forms, such as animals, beads and brooches. Many seem once to have been attached to something else. Votives were hung from sacred trees or placed in sanctuaries around Greece. Once a shrine was full, the votives were ceremonially buried to make room for more offerings. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander
Size: 3.7 × 5.3 × 1.4 cm (1 ½ × 2 1/8 × 9/16 in.)
Medium: Bronze
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/196490/
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Coin Depicting the Catanian Brothers, Ancient Roman, -300,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of William F. Dunham
Size: Diam. 1.5 cm; 2.43 g
Medium: Bronze
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142660/
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Coin Depicting the Hero Herakles, Ancient Greek, -350,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of William F. Dunham
Size: Diam. 1.2 cm; 1.57 g
Medium: Bronze
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142931/
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Vessel, Ancient Egyptian, -1550,Art Institute of Chicago: Ancient and Byzantine Art
Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris
Size: 14 × 8.9 × 7.6 cm (5 ½ × 3 ½ × 3 in.)
Medium: Ceramic
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/132507/
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