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Limestone statue of a female worshipper playing a lyre, Cyprus, 300-280 BCE. She wears a chiton girded jyst below her breast, and a himation draped around her lower body and up ovr her head. This is the typical dress of the Ptolemaic period in Cyprus. GR 1917.7-1.171
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Limestone statue of a female worshipper playing a lyre, Cyprus, 300-280 BCE. She...

Head of a bearded worshipper, around 570-550 BCE. Head from a colossal statue; with its helmet, long beard and Cypriot facial expression it may have been carved locally. The limestone is of Cypriot origin, although the head was found in Byblos (Lebanon). GR 1885.10-13.4
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Head of a bearded worshipper, around 570-550 BCE. Head from a colossal statue; w...

Perfume bottle (aryballos) with lion-head made in Corinth, Greece; Protocorinthian, around 640 BCE. Despite its tiny size, the figure scene on this perfume bottle shows seventeen fully-armed warriors, each armed with plumed helmet,spear and blazoned shield. Scenes below show a horse-race and a hare-hunt. GR, 1889.4-18.1
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Perfume bottle (aryballos) with lion-head made in Corinth, Greece; Protocorinthi...

Terracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A pair of horses pulls a chariot carrying a charioteer. The chariot has been simplified; it has no wheels and is attached to the hindquarters of the horses. GR 1897.4-1.535
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Terracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A...

Limestone figure of a "temple boy" from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion (Dhali), Cyprus; Hellenistic, 300 BCE. Statuettes of crouching children were reglarly dedicated in Cypriot sanctuaries from about 450 BCE into the Hellenistic period. Their meaning is not obvious; the boy wears earrings and a band of amulets across his chest.The amulets comprise a demonic head, perhaps of the Egyptian god Besh, (used as an apotropaic figure - driving evil away), four pendant rings and four tubular beads. GR 1917.7 - 1.125
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Limestone figure of a "temple boy" from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion (Dhal...

Portrait statue of Socrates, Greek, ca. 200 BCE - 100 CE. According to both Plato and Xenophon, his pupils, Socrates was portly, pug-nosed with fleshy lips, resembling a satyr. His pursuit of true knowledge brought him into conflict with the piety laws od Athens, where his prosecution led to enforced suicide. The portraits that survive were all produced after his death. GR 1925.11-18.1
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Portrait statue of Socrates, Greek, ca. 200 BCE - 100 CE. According to both Pla...

Red-figured cup, Greek, made in Athens, 440-430 BCE. The decoration is dedicated entirely to the deeds of the Athenian hero Theseus. In the tondo he drags the dead or dying Minotaur from the Labyrinth of Knossos, its maze of passages suggested by the meander squares. Around this Theseus is shown attacings Kerkyon,Procrustes, Skiron, the Bull of Marathon, Sinis and the Krommyonian Sow. GR 1850.3-2.3
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Red-figured cup, Greek, made in Athens, 440-430 BCE. The decoration is dedicated...

Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim, Greek, ca.600 BCE. The message scratched into the rim records its dedication to Aphrodite by a man named Sostratos. The bowl was found in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis, a Greek trading settlement in the Nile Delta, where the Greeks were free to worship their own gods. Gr 1888.6-1.456
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Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim, Greek, ca.600 BCE. Th...

Bronze head of Hypnos, the god of sleep. Copy of a Hellenistic original, found at Civitella d'Arno, near Perugia, Italy. Hypnos was associated with poppies and sleep- inducing herbs. His wings allowed him to move swiftly over land and sea and to fan the foreheads of the weary until they fell asleep. GR 1868.6-6.9
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Bronze head of Hypnos, the god of sleep. Copy of a Hellenistic original, found a...

Clay ground 'Hadra' hydria (water-jar), Greek, probably from Egypt, c200 BC. This vase is decorated in the black-figure technique, with a bull's head flanked by swans in a panel between the handles. The plunging dolphins on the shoulder are a popular Hellenistic motif. The Greek word Dorotheou, 'of Dorotheos', incised above the bull's head, is the name of the person whose ashes this vase originally contained. 'Hadra' hydriai are named after the Alexandrian cemetery of Hadra where large numbers of them have been excavated. Some were made locally, but analysis of the clay has demonstrated that many, including this example, were imported from Crete. Their principal use appears to have been as ash-urns to contain the remains of foreign dignitaries who became ill and died while on official visits to the Egyptian court. GR, 1995.10-3.1
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Clay ground 'Hadra' hydria (water-jar), Greek, probably from Egypt, c200 BC. Thi...

Red-figured volute-krater, made in Apulia, Italy, Greek, c325 BC. Wine bowl depicting a white naiskos (small temple) and its occupant, a youth and his horse. Ionic columns support a pediment; the ceiling beams are shown receding into the distance. Below is a plinth decorated with a spiral design. Behind him hang his breastplate and his greaves, (armour for the lower leg). In the course of the fourth century BC, vase painting in Apulia grew increasingly ornate. The elaborate decoration on the neck of this vase, where a female head emerges from an intricate design of scrolls and flowers, is characteristic of late Apulian style. The vase was one of the finest pieces in the first collection of Sir William Hamilton. Josiah Wedgwood produced several replicas of it in black basalt. GR, 1772.3-20.14* (Vases F 284)
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Red-figured volute-krater, made in Apulia, Italy, Greek, c325 BC. Wine bowl depi...

Red-figured hydria, Greek, c420-c400 BC. The figures on this hydria are divided into two zones. The upper zone illustrates the abduction of the daughters of Leukippos by the Dioskouroi, Kastor and Polydeukes (Castor and Pollux). Aphrodite, goddess of love, sits in the lower part of the scene, clearly conniving in the abduction. Her attendant Peitho, goddess of Persuasion, flees from the scene, but Aphrodite and Zeus, father of the Dioskouroi, do not seem moved. The scene in the lower zone shows Herakles performing his final Labour, receiving the golden apples of the Hesperides from the nymphs responsible for guarding the tree in a garden at the end of the earth. Both scenes are remarkable for their peaceful treatment of violent subjects. This softened mood, along with the delicate treatment of the drapery, is very characteristic of late fifth-century Athenian vase painting. GR, 1772.3-20.30* (Vase E 224)
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Red-figured hydria, Greek, c420-c400 BC. The figures on this hydria are divided...