Iron Age


pre-Roman Iron Age: Hallstatt period, Latene period



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Decree of the town of Cos, Greece. Inscription on      
stone about the conquest of Delphi by the Gauls        
under Brennus in March 278 BCE, followed by the news   
of the expulsion of the Gauls from Delphi. Detail.
#10010367

Decree of the town of Cos, Greece. Inscription on stone about the conquest...

War elephant trampling on a Galatian warrior.          
Terracotta figurine (mid 2nd BCE)                      
from Myrina, Isle of Lemnos, Greece.                   
Height 11.3 cm                                         
Myr 284
#10010460

War elephant trampling on a Galatian warrior. Terracotta figurine (mid...

Umma, a Pannnonian woman, dressed in local costume,    
large fur hat, dress held by fibulae, large great-coat.
Tombstone, limestone (around 100 CE),                  
from Au, Leithagebirge, Lower Austria
#10020343

Umma, a Pannnonian woman, dressed in local costume, large fur hat, dress hel...

A pilgrim holding a purse in his right hand.           
Limestone figure from a sanctuary near the             
source of the river Seine, France.
#10020347

A pilgrim holding a purse in his right hand. Limestone figure from a...

Pilgrim holding a purse in his left hand.              
Detail of a limestone figure from a sanctuary          
near the source of the river Seine, France.
#10020348

Pilgrim holding a purse in his left hand. Detail of a limestone fi...

4 persons working in a kitchen                         
with sideboard and stove.                              
Relief from the funeral monument of                    
the Secundi family in Igl, Saarland.                   
Gallo-Roman
#10020350

4 persons working in a kitchen with sideboard and stove...

Unfinished head of a young girl from Noricum,          
with the typical cap ("Modius-cap"),                   
from Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria.                
Limestone (around 30-40 CE)
#10040239

Unfinished head of a young girl from Noricum, with the typical cap ("M...

Roman tombstone with busts of a couple, walled in      
below the organ loft of Saint Martin's Church,         
Greith, Carinthia, Austria.                            
Limestone, traces of paint.
#10040241

Roman tombstone with busts of a couple, walled in below the organ loft of...

The Goddess Isis-Noreia; a typical example of the
transformation of a local Goddess into her Roman
equivalent. She wears local dress and carries a
cornucopia in her left arm. From Virunum, Noricum.
Marble, 173 cm
#10040247

The Goddess Isis-Noreia; a typical example of the transformation of a local Godd...

Wounded Gaul.Roman copy of an original Greek bronze    
of the 2nd century BCE.Statues of Gauls appear in      
Greek art after the Galatians' invasion of Greece in   
280 BCE.    Alabaster, H:80 cm         Ma 324
#10040544

Wounded Gaul.Roman copy of an original Greek bronze of the 2nd century BCE.S...

After defeat in battle, a Gaul kills first his wife and
then himself. Marble copy of the original bronze statue
erected by the kings of Pergamon Attalus I and Eumenes 
II to celebrate their victories over the invading Gauls
Around 240 or Roman copy. Ludovisi Collection
#10050522

After defeat in battle, a Gaul kills first his wife and then himself. Marble cop...

Dying Gaul. Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic
original of 230-220 BCE.
#10050526

Dying Gaul. Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic original of 230-220 BCE.