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The "Alexander Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal
necropolis at Sidon, was made for Abdalonymos, King of
Sidon.The battle of Issos (333 BCE). First rider left:
Alexander the Great with lionskin;last rider:Perdiccas,
Viceroy of Egypt. Late 4th BCE          Inv.370 T
#10010935

The "Alexander Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis at Sidon, was m...

Portrait of a youth, approximately twenty              
years old. Burned-black ivory bust (250 CE)            
from slope house II in Ephesus, Turkey.                
Height 6.3 cm                                          
Inv. 3/4/75
#10020243

Portrait of a youth, approximately twenty years old. Burned-black...

Seleucos I of Syria (ruled 304-280 BCE).               
Bronze bust, probably copy of an                       
original by Sisyphos (4th BCE)                         
from Herculaneum.
#100204 1

Seleucos I of Syria (ruled 304-280 BCE). Bronze bust, probably co...

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE),                     
so-called "Alexander Azara". Copy                      
(1st CE) of a bust by Leochares (ca. 320 BCE)          
Marble, height 65 cm                                   
MA 436
#10020445

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE), so-called "Alexander Aza...

Antiochus III the Great of Syria (223-187 BCE).        
Marble head (3rd BCE)                                  
Height 35 cm                                           
MA 1204
#10020446

Antiochus III the Great of Syria (223-187 BCE). Marble head (3rd BCE)...

Mithridates VI Eupator.                                
Fragmented head (end of 2nd BCE)                       
from Delos, Greece                                     
Height 95 cm                                           
MA 855
#10020447

Mithridates VI Eupator. Fragmented head (end of...

Aristophanes(445-385 BCE), front, and Sophocles, (496-406)
back. Marble double bust (early 4th BCE)                     
Height 50 cm                                           
MA 84
#10020454

Aristophanes(445-385 BCE), front, and Sophocles, (496-406) back. Marble double...

Sophocles(496-406 BCE),front,and Aristophanes(445-385) 
Marble double bust (early 4th BCE)                     
Height 50 cm                                           
MA 84
#10020455

Sophocles(496-406 BCE),front,and Aristophanes(445-385) Marble double bust (earl...

Emperor Marc Aurel as a young man (reigned 161-180 CE) 
Marble, 160 CE                                         
Inv. I 143
#10040629

Emperor Marc Aurel as a young man (reigned 161-180 CE) Marble, 160 CE...

Juba II, king of Mauretania (reigned 25 BCE-23 CE).    
Educated in Rome, he married Cleopatra Selene,daughter 
of Cleopatra VII.and Anthony.Bronze bust from          
Volubilis,Morocco.                                     
Bronze, 47 cm         Inv.Vol.140
#10040646

Juba II, king of Mauretania (reigned 25 BCE-23 CE). Educated in Rome, he mar...

Young man and slaves.                                  
Terracotta figures,                                    
part of an askos.                                      
Height 20 cm                                           
Inv. V 2926
#10050123

Young man and slaves. Terracotta figures,...

Crouching old woman. Grotesque bronze vase from        
Vichy (Aquae Calidae),France; perhaps an ex-voto.      
2nd CE    Bronze, H:9,2 cm    Br.2936
#10050470

Crouching old woman. Grotesque bronze vase from Vichy (Aquae Calidae),Fr...