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Upper register: funeral cortege, two mourning women    
follow the hearse. Lower register: a woman with crown  
and earrings sits on a couch. Servants offer an egg    
and fruit (funerary meal?).From Daskalaion,Ergili.     
Marble, H: 221 cm  Inv. 5763 T
#10030536

Upper register: funeral cortege, two mourning women follow the hearse. Lower...

Putto and tiger.                                       
Mosaic from the Villa Hermes,                          
Aquincum (Budapest), Hungary.
#10040225

Putto and tiger. Mosaic from the Villa He...

Charred olives from Pompeii,                           
left over after the eruption of                        
the volcano Vesuvius in 79 CE.
#10040259

Charred olives from Pompeii, left over after the erup...

Charred nuts from Pompeii,                             
left over after the eruption of                        
the volcano Vesuvius in 79 CE.
#10040260

Charred nuts from Pompeii, left over after the erup...

Dionysian scene and Erotes harvesting grapes;          
blue vase in double-layer glass, engraved in           
cameo-glass technique. 1st CE.                         
From a tomb on the Via dei Sepolchri, Pompeii.         
Inv.13521
#10040343

Dionysian scene and Erotes harvesting grapes; blue vase in double-laye...

Children with goose and grape, small bronze statues,
House of the Vettii, Pompeii.
1 st CE
#10040453

Children with goose and grape, small bronze statues, House of the Vettii, Pompei...

Fruit garden. Fresco from the                          
house of Livia, wife of Emperor                        
Augustus (1st CE), in Rome, Italy.
#10040532

Fruit garden. Fresco from the house of Livia, wife of...

Erotes playing with a ram.                             
Relief on a sarcophagus from Tripolis                  
2nd CE                                                 
                                                       
Cat. 510 K 1169
#10050163

Erotes playing with a ram. Relief on a sarcophagus...

Bowl of figs preserved                                 
under the ashes of the eruption.                       
From Pompeii.
#10050267

Bowl of figs preserved under the ashes of the e...

A greengrocer.                                         
Relief on a funerary stele                             
(1st half 3rd CE)
#10050322

A greengrocer. Relief on a funerary ste...

Transport of grapes in a wooden barrel on a dog cart.  
Relief on a funeral stele (2nd-3rd CE) found on l'Isle 
Saint-Jacques, France, in 1975
#10050452

Transport of grapes in a wooden barrel on a dog cart. Relief on a funeral stel...

Bird and fruits.                                       
Mural from Pompeii, Italy
#10050656

Bird and fruits. Mural from Pompeii, Ital...