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Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



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Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

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Statuette of a man with a bull's head, Minotaur. The figure belonged to the ornaments of a tripod carrying a nailed vessel. Attic style. Bronze, H: 18 cm Br 104
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Statuette of a man with a bull's head, Minotaur. The figure belonged to t...

Poseidon, Roman copy (1st-3rd CE) after a lost work by Lysippos. Bronze, H: 5, cm Br 515
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Poseidon, Roman copy (1st-3rd CE) after a lost work by Lysippos....

Heracles seated, modern copy after a work by Lysippos. Probably Atelier de Valladier, end 18th. Bronze, H: 4,2 cm Br 659
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Heracles seated, modern copy after a work by Lysippos. Probably Atelier de Vall...

Battle of the giants against the Olympian gods. Red-figured skythos.
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Battle of the giants against the Olympian gods. Red-figured skythos.

Lutrophora, Attic, from Athens. Around 690 BCE. The vase marks the transition from geometric to an "orientalizing" style, in which bands of floral ornaments alternate with sphinges and men on chariots. H: 80 cm CA 2985
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Lutrophora, Attic, from Athens. Around 690 BCE. The vase marks the trans...

Perseus pursued by the Gorgons. Detail of a binos. Inv. E 874
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Perseus pursued by the Gorgons. Detail of a binos....

Birth of Athena.The goddess springs fully armed from the head of Zeus.Her birth is attended by the Eilithies spirits helpful in labour,by Hephaistos and Poseidon. Three-legged exaleiptron (pyxis) for cosmetics. From Thebes, 570-560 BCE.H: 14 cm,CA 616, see 10-01-09/9,10
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Birth of Athena.The goddess springs fully armed from the head of Zeus.Her bir...

The Judgement of Paris, third scene on the three- legged exalaiptron (pyxis) for cosmetics. Paris, here as a bearded youth,seems overawed by the presence of the three goddesses. From Thebes, 570-560 BCE. H: 14 cm CA 616 See also 10-01-09 8,9.
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The Judgement of Paris, third scene on the three- legged exalaiptron (pyxi...

Relief in honour of Euripides. The poet, with long hair and a thick beard, is seated in a chair and hands a mask of Heracles to a young woman. Behind Euripides another tragic mask and a statue of Dyonisos. Marble from Smirna,late Hellenistic,H: 60 cm Inv. 1242 T
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Relief in honour of Euripides. The poet, with long hair and a thick beard, is se...

Block with relief of Nike, goddess of victory. Second quarter 5th BCE. Nike and her companion, who holds a pomegranate,wear thin, pleated chitons and himations. Limestone from Xanthos, H: 30 cm Inv. 5449 T
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Block with relief of Nike, goddess of victory. Second quarter 5th BCE....

Relief of a charioteer. He holds the reins with his left, the whip with his right hand. His hair is long and held together with a ribbon. Tails and manes of the horses are plaited. Last quarter 6th BCE Marble, from Cyzicus (Erdek) H: 55 cm Inv.2813 T
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Relief of a charioteer. He holds the reins with his left, the whip with his...

The "Sarcophagus of the Satrap", from the Phoenician royal necropolis at Sidon.On the narrow face the satrap reclines during a meal, his wife sits opposite. On the long face servants prepare horse and chariot. Second half 5th BCE, 145 x 286,3 x 118 cm Inv.367 T
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The "Sarcophagus of the Satrap", from the Phoenician royal necropolis at Sido...