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Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects:
a butterfly for flying time, a wheel of fortune, a     
level as a sign that all are made level by death.      
From the triclinium of the Bottega, Pompeii 15,2       
Inv.109982
#10040314

Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying t...

Dionysos as a child, on the back of a tiger,           
a garland with leaves and theatrical masks.            
From the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2
#10040317

Dionysos as a child, on the back of a tiger, a garland with leaves an...

Nautic scene, marine life, from the House of the Faun, 
Pompeii VI 12,2. Details see 11-01-03/25,26.           
Inv.9900
#10040318

Nautic scene, marine life, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2. Details...

Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios
Probably a replica of a painting by Philoxeilos of
Emtrea (4th BCE).Alexander is the bareheaded man (left)
Dareios on his chariot (right).Scene could be Issos or
Gaugamela.House of the Faun,Pompeii VI 12,2 Inv.10020
#10040320

Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a pain...

Two youths fighting a centaur, monochrome on marble.   
From Pompeii.
#10040322

Two youths fighting a centaur, monochrome on marble. From Pompeii.

Herakles finds his son Telephos in Arcadia.            
Detail:Telephos nursed by a doe.                       
From the Basilica in Herculaneum,Italy.                
Inv. 9008
#10040325

Herakles finds his son Telephos in Arcadia. Detail:Telephos nursed b...

Chiron, the wise centaur, tutor of gods and heroes,    
teaches Achilles to play the lyre.                     
From the Basilica at Herculaneum.                      
Inv.9109
#10040327

Chiron, the wise centaur, tutor of gods and heroes, teaches Achilles to play...

Perseus frees Andromeda. Perseus, the head of the      
Medusa in his hand, helps Andromeda step down from the 
rock to which she was chained, to be devoured by the   
monster, which lies dead at left. From the House of    
the Dioscuri,Pompeii VI 9,6.   Inv.8998
#10040335

Perseus frees Andromeda. Perseus, the head of the Medusa in his hand, help...

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...

Ibis, the sacred bird of the Isis-cult, with lotus     
flowers on its head and ears of corn in its beak.      
From the Ekkleasiasterion, the Isis Temple at Pompeii.
#10040354

Ibis, the sacred bird of the Isis-cult, with lotus flowers on its head and...

Ceremony of the cult of Isis; priests with typical     
fringed tunics holding sistra; a priest fans the flames
on a garlanded altar. Two sacred ibis-birds in the     
foreground. From Herculaneum.                          
Fourth style, 80 x 85 cm       Inv. 8924
#10040355

Ceremony of the cult of Isis; priests with typical fringed tunics holding s...

Altar of Vespasian, Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE),    
Pompeii. The relief shows a sacrificial scene: the     
sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull,    
while the priest, a veil over his head, pours the      
libation over a tripod.
#10040427

Altar of Vespasian, Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE), Pompeii. The relief show...