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Lid of a funeral urn, from Chiusi. H: 45 cm N.I.8480
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Lid of a funeral urn, from Chiusi. H: 45 cm N.I.8480

68-69 was the year of four emperors: Galba, Otho,Vitellius and Vespasian.Galba was killed by the pretorians, Otho and Vitellius committed suicide and the senate conferred the imperial authority upon Vespasian (reigned 69 - 79 CE) Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster. MV 7101
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68-69 was the year of four emperors: Galba, Otho,Vitellius and Vespasian.Galba w...

Emperor Vespasian. Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster. The two busts (54 and 55) belong to a series of twelve from the collection of Mazarin;they were bought by Colbert for Louis XIV and stood in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles. MV 7111
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Emperor Vespasian. Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster....

Central scene of the east frieze of the Parthenon,the Acropolis,Athens. 438-432 BCE. Above the porch an unusually long block of stone is carved with a scene showing a folded cloth. This sacred robe or peplos of Athena was escorted to the Acropolis by the procession of the Great Panathenaic Festival held in Athens every four years. GR, East frieze V, 28-30
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Central scene of the east frieze of the Parthenon,the Acropolis,Athens. 438-432...

Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activities that may be interpreted as rituals in honour of Demeter, a goddess mostly concerned with women's lives, agriculture and fertility. The first man whom Demeter had taught to plough was Bouzyges and members of that Athenian family performed an annual ceremony at the foot of the Acropolis. GR 1906.12-15.1
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Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activ...

White ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely dressed woman is spinning woollen thread; she holds a distaff in her left hand, and draws out a strand of wooll with her right. The wooll is attached to a hook at the top of the weighted spindle. As the thread lengthens, the spindle sinks to the ground and the woman will have to stop, wind the thread around the spindle and start again. The vase represents an early experiment in the technique of painting in outline on a white ground. GR 1873.8-20.304
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White ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely d...

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...

Detail of a fallen warrior from the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-480 BCE.
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Detail of a fallen warrior from the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegin...

Terracotta ash-urn in the form of a woman lying in bed, Etruscan, 510-490 BCE. The lid shows a deceased young woman lying in bed with her locks carefully arranged over the bedspread. She wears fashionable shoes with upturned toes. The bed has moulded legs and friezes of animals down either side. GR 1879.6-24.1
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Terracotta ash-urn in the form of a woman lying in bed, Etruscan, 510-490 BCE....

Bronze statuette of Vanth, Etruscan, found near Mount Vesuvius, Italy, 425-400 BCE. Vanth was the servant of Charun (Greek Cheiron), lord of the Underworld. She begins to appear in Etruscan mythology from the late 5th century BC and becomes the most frequent represented of Etruscan death demons or spirits. She attends from the moment of death until the entry into the Underworld. GR 1772.3-2.15
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Bronze statuette of Vanth, Etruscan, found near Mount Vesuvius, Italy, 425-400 B...

Painted sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, 150-140 BCE, found at Poggio Cantarello, Tuscany,Italy. Her name is inscribed on the chest. She is depicted reclining upon a mattress and pillow, holding an open-lidded mirror in her left hand and raising her right hand to adjust her cloak. She wears a chiton with a high girdle and jewelry comprising a tiara, earrings, necklace, bracelets and finger-rings. The Etruscans practicesd both cremation and inhumation, but inhumation remained the traditional funeral in the south. GR 1887.4-2.1
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Painted sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, 150-140 BCE, found at Poggio Ca...

Terracotta figure seated on a throne, Mycenaean, from Greece, c1300 BC. This charming little terracotta shows a small female figure seated on a three-legged high-backed chair or throne. She wears a flat polos (headdress) and sits with her arms upraised and her legs curled up on the chair. She is perhaps a goddess or a priestess and was probably made as a dedication for a sanctuary. GR, 1992.10-15.1
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Terracotta figure seated on a throne, Mycenaean, from Greece, c1300 BC. This cha...