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Ancient Egyptian Reliefs

Artifacts depicting religious and daily life scenes, including stelae and reliefs showcasing creatures, figures, and symbolic elements in ancient Egypt.

Mosaic Fragment with Peacock Facing Right; Syria; 5th - 6th century; Mosaic; 166.4 × 129.5 × 7.6 cm (65 1,2 × 51 × 3 in.)
Mosaic Fragment with Peacock Facing Right; Syria; 5th - 6th century; Mosaic; 166.4 × 129.5 × 7.6 cm (65 1,2 × 51 × 3 in.)
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ARTE PRECOLOMBINO. TESORO DE LOS QUIMBAYAS. LOS QIMBAYAS ERAN INDIOS QUE VIVIAN EN LOS ACTUALES DEPARTAMENTOS DE CALDAS Y VALLE EN COLOMBIA. MUSEO DE AMERICA. MADRID.
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Marble plaque with epigram of Sopatros. Culture: Roman, Cypriot. Dimensions: Overall: 5 9/16 x 15 1/8 x 11/16 in. (14.1 x 38.4 x 1.7 cm). Date: ca. 2nd-3rd century A.D..The metrical inscription takes the form of an elegaic couplet (an hexameter and a pentameter), each divided into two lines. Such literary pretensions seem to be quite common among the funerary inscriptions of Roman Cyprus. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Arrian stele, fragmented stele with anthropomorphic, middle ages, Vitoria-Gasteiz Museum of Sacred Art, María Inmaculada Cathedral, Álava, Spain.
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Lazio Roma Rome S. Paolo15. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculptural fragments, inscribed tomb markers, sculpture, fresco painting, mosaics Specific Location: Basilica Antiquities: Architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculpture fragments General Notes: the "tomb markers" need to be sorted and catalogued German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Relief plaque with a swallow. Dimensions: 9.6 x 11.8 x 2.1 cm (3 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 13/16 in.). Date: 400-30 B.C..Small Late Period and Ptolemaic reliefs or sculptures that depict a subject in a partial or unfinished way but are themselves finished objects constitute a special class of object. Guidelines like those for artists are often prominently exhibited as part of the object, although, in fact, many instances can be noted where the object simply could not serve as a suitable model for a traditional formal Egyptian representation. Personifications of kingship, figures that may represent the now emerging demigods Imhotep and Amenhotep Son of Hapu, and popular gods like Harpokrates or Isis, are heavily represented within the corpus. Taken together, the figures represented and the other features indicate the reliefs and sculptures of this class, sometimes called by Egyptologists "sculptor's models / votives," were the material of a donation practice, perhaps connected with the prolific t
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Cylinder seal with animals and divine symbols ca. 7th-6th century B.C. Elamite. Cylinder seal with animals and divine symbols. Elamite. ca. 7th-6th century B.C.. Mottled orange and brown Limestone. Neo-Elamite. Iran
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Relief from the tomb of Bakenrenef, wall from small room with texts and niches 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite Between the innermost room (see 11.150.5a) and the pillared hall (see 11.150.5b) was a smaller room whose walls were covered with lists of offerings and magical texts, interrupted by four small niches. These two wall sections (see also 11.150.50d) formed the southwest corner of this chamber. On the outer edge of each section is part of the frame of a niche. At the top, Bakenrenef is shown worshiping various aspects of Osiris, each represented as a seated figure of the god.For a Curatorial Interpretation of this group of reliefs, see 11.150.50a-d-related.. Relief from the tomb of Bakenrenef, wall from small room with texts and niches 549495
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Fragmented foundation panel with inscription, from Gaua, Bengal. Dated 15th Century
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Excerpt of a dish with white -baking shard, with white glaze at the front and back, on which a portrait of a man with cloak and profil is painted at the front with blue, anonymous, 1200 - 1899 Italy earthenware Italy earthenware
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ESTELA DISCOIDEA CANTABRA DE ZURITA CON LA IMAGEN DE UN GUERRERO CANTABRO CON SU CABALLO Y SU ESCUDERO - SIGLO I AC. Location: MUSEO REGIONAL DE PREHISTORIA Y ARQUEOLOGIA. Santander. Cantabria. SPAIN.
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Plaque Depicting a Quail Chick 332 BCE-30 BCE Egypt. Remarkable for its lifelike detail, this plaque depicts a fledgling quail, better known to literate Egyptians as the hieroglyph for the sound w. Plaques like this one that show animals, deities, and royalty were a relatively late addition to the ancient Egyptian artistic repertoire, first appearing around 664 BCE. Their function remains a mysteryóthey may have been used as sculptorsí models in the training of artists, dedicated in temples as gifts to the gods, or perhaps both.. Limestone . Ancient Egyptian
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PUNZON GREMIAL DE PINTURA SOBRE UN COBRE.
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Bronze Plaque, Kama River Tribes Mircaulous Image of Wilde Beast, 3rd century BC-8th century. Artist: Unknown.
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A christian husband and wife. Funerary slab of Aurelius Celsus and his wife Aurelia Hilaritas. 4th century. Italy. National Roman Museum. Baths of Diocletian. Rome. Italuy.
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Capitel en forma de concha. Primera mitad del siglo VIII. Arenisca. Catedral de Faras, Sudán. Galería Faras. Museo Nacional. Varsovia. Polonia.
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Relief: the dying lion
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Barcelona, Arrangement of earthenware vases and reliefs, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, Pl 48, height 100 mm, width 140 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1880 - 1881, paper, collotype, photoprint
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Lazio Roma Rome S. Maria in Cosmedin7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, mosaics, sculpture, sculptural relief. Post-medieval: Painting (frescoes), sculpture Object Notes: Basilica is famous for "Bocca della Verita" relief in the exterior forecourt. The basilica was erected in the 6th century and enlarged by Hadrian in the 8th century. It dates back to the arrival of Greeks in Rome, persecuted in Greece by the Iconoclasts of the Orient. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Early Christian Art. Italy. Early Christians. Roman tombstone with Christian iconography. Amias Licinia deceased. Representation of fish. Detail. Vatican Necropolis. Early third century A.D. Baths of Diocletian, part of the National Roman Museum Rome. Italy.
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Lead figurines from Frogg, Bavaria, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.