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Ancient Terracotta and Reliefs

Artifacts showcasing early design in terracotta and stone, depicting mythological scenes and figures from various ancient civilizations.

Terracotta mold for a relief ca. 4th century B.C. Greek, South Italian The mold would have been used to produce a relief plaque that was decorated with a griffin seizing a goat. It represents an early version of the scene that found popularity on terracotta appliqués used in tombs, examples of which are displayed here.. Terracotta mold for a relief 248334
Terracotta mold for a relief ca. 4th century B.C. Greek, South Italian The mold would have been used to produce a relief plaque that was decorated with a griffin seizing a goat. It represents an early version of the scene that found popularity on terracotta appliqués used in tombs, examples of which are displayed here.. Terracotta mold for a relief 248334
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Greece, Crete, Monte Ida, Votive bronze disc depicting Zeus between two curet
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Cuneiform tablet: distribution of copper knives ca. 2600-2350 B.C. The invention of writing in approximately 3300 B.C. was one of many developments in administrative technology--including the use of geometric tokens for counting and cylinder seals to guarantee transactions--that accompanied the growth of the first cities and states in southern Mesopotamia. Proto-cuneiform is the name given to the earliest form of writing--pictograms that were drawn on clay tablets. Gradually, the pictograms became abstracted into cuneiform (Latin, "wedge-shaped") signs that were impressed rather than drawn. At its greatest extent, cuneiform writing was used from the Mediterranean coast of Syria to western Iran and from Hittite Anatolia to southern Mesopotamia. It was adapted to write at least fifteen different languages. The last dated cuneiform text has a date corresponding to A.D. 75, although the script probably continued in use over the next two centuries.This tablet was excavated at the site of Ni
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Oscillum shaped as a pelte with griphon-head terminations and with a relief depicting a parrot. Late 1st century BC. From Pompeii, House of Caecilius Iucundus V 1, 23-26. Marble. National Archeological Museum. Naples. Italy.
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Scaraboid: Thoth as a Baboon with Lunar Crescent. Egyptian. Date: 1295 BC-1069 BC. Dimensions: 1 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm (3/8 × 7/8 × 5/8 in.). Faience. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.
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Fragment of a stone box (tepetlacalli) 1521 A.D. Aztec
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Cabeza de Besalú, siglo X. Museu Episcopal de Vic MEV.
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ALABASTRON FENICIO DE TIPO EGIPCIO PROCEDENTE DE LA NECROPOLIS DE LAURITA DEL CERRO DE SAN CRISTOBAL, ALMUNECAR - SIGLO VII AC. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-CERAMICA FENICIA. GRANADA. SPAIN.
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Plaque: King Aakheprre Offers Incense/Amun Re Seated on Throne. Egyptian. Date: 1427 BC-1400 BC. Dimensions: 1.3 × 1 × 0.5 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 3/16 in.). Steatite. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.
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Altar to Erudinus, pagan god in Cantabrian mythology. With inscrition. From Mount Dobra (Torrelavega, Cantabria). c. 1st -4th centuries AD. Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria. Santander. Spain.
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Excerpt (foot) of a large bowl with red shard, in sgraffito technology a freight chorus, caricature with overly high forehead, in ocher, blue and green, anonymous, 1200 - 1899 Italy earthenware Italy earthenware
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clay brick, 4th century, Museum of the Councils and the Visigoth Culture, Church of San Román,Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
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Relief Plaque Depicting the God Horus as a Falcon 664 BCE-30 BCE Egypt. Horus, shown as a falcon or a falcon-headed man, was one of the most important gods of the Egyptian pantheon. First appearing about 3000 B.C. Horus continued to be revered through the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Each Egyptian king was considered to be the ìLiving Horus on Earth.î The king would often wear a double crown, which symbolized rule over both Northern and Southern Egypt. Here Horus is shown wearing such a crown,confirming the kingís shared identity with the god. Behind Horus is the disk of the sun, protected by a uraeus, a snake symbolizing royalty, from which hangs an ankh, the sign for life.. Limestone . Ancient Egyptian
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The capture of the cities of Arame, son of Gusu.. Birch, Samuel (1813-1885). Photographs, Illustrations. 1880 - 1902. General Research Division. Gates , Assyria, Bas-reliefs , Assyria, Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria, active 9th century B.C. , Palaces
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ESTELA FUNERARIA DE SENTIA AMARANIS LA"ESPOSA DEL TABERNO"-RELIEVE ROMANO-S I DC- ANTES DE RESTAURAR. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE ROMANO.
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Marble relief portraying trireme ship, from Pozzuoli, Naples Province, Italy
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Ziwiye Hoard. Iranian plateau styles. Plate contained a character fighting a lion. Gold. 700 Bc. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.
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Fragment of a Door Jamb with Geometric and Vegetal Motifs 5th-6th century The monastic community of Bawit, founded in the 300s by Apa (Father) Apollo at a small village, grew to consist of numerous complexes with residences, chapels, and service structures and two large churches profusely decorated with sculptures and paintings, often reused from other sites, all affiliated with the Coptic church. The more important buildings were decorated with courses of sculpted stone freely combining floral and geometric motifs inspired by classical art - rosettes, acanthus leaves, meander patterns - with more recent Christian themes. These sculptural elements, demonstrating the Byzantine love of complex patterning with lush textures, were originally painted in rich, vibrant colors like those surviving in textiles.. Fragment of a Door Jamb with Geometric and Vegetal Motifs 456170
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plaque giving the kingís nomen and prenomen. Napatan Period, about 623-593 BC From Nuri, pyramid Nu 6
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Rune stone dating from the 10th century, Jelling, Jutland, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe
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Plaque Nebmaatre/Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes 1390 BCE-1352 BCE Egypt. Glazed steatite . Ancient Egyptian
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Roman Museum. Cologne. Germany.
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abstract abstract, 1960, mixed media on canvas, Juli Ramis, modernist museum of Can Prunera, 20th century, Soller, Sierra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23018254
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Italy, Basilicata, Fragment of torso of a bowman from the temple of Apollo Licio of Metaponto
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Altar to the hand. 19th Century, Ikegobo. Benin Empire, Edo people. Nigeria. Carved wood.
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Hearing stone with representation of two climbing lions, c. 1875 - c. 1900 Hearing stone with representation of two climbing lions, placed in profiled window. The half windows at the top and bottom are filled with star motif. Netherlands earthenware Hearing stone with representation of two climbing lions, placed in profiled window. The half windows at the top and bottom are filled with star motif. Netherlands earthenware
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Tombstone, limestone. Nablus (Palestine). Roman period, 2nd-3rd century AD. The Latin inscription is dedicated to the deified soul of the departed Augindai, horseman in the squadron of the Mauritanians (Roman colony). Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel. Detail.
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Corner tile. unknown, manufacturer
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Stone capital with scenes from the life of St Peter, one of the patron saints of the Cluniac order. Dated 1125 AD
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Roman relief. Holy idyllic landscape. Used to decorated private building. 2nd c. AD. Rome. National Roman Museum. Palace Massimo. Rome. Italy.
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Relief plaque with ram's head from a god's figure. Dimensions: H. 17.2 x W. 21.5 cm (6 3/4 x 8 7/16 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 complete 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
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Perotito Hoard. Patera for libations. 2nd half of the 3rd-early 1st century BC. The relief depicts a wolf devouring a human head surrounded by a snake. Around, centaurs and centaurides play musical instruments and erotes with trophies. From Perotito (Santisteban del Puerto, Jaen province, Andalusia, Spain). Gilded silver. Iberian culture. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Mexico.Mexico D.F.Museo Nacional de Antropologia.Rodillo de nueve escenas belicas de Moctezuma.Cultura Azteca-Mexica.
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estela, Uxama, museo Numantino de Soria, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.
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COVERED COURSE COVERY, XVI CENTURY - XVII, CORERA, LA RIOJA, SPAIN, EUROPE COPYRIGHT: XZOONAR.com/TOLOXBALAGUERX 21624604
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Fragment of a plasterwork from the Synagogue of Cuenca (Spain). 14th century. Ornate with ataurique and inscriptions in Hebrew. Sephardic Museum. Toledo. Castile-La Mancha. Spain.
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The Tjängvide image stone, listed in Rundata as Gotland Runic Inscription 110 or G 110, is a Viking Age image stone from Tjängvide which is about three kilometres west of Ljugarn, Gotland, Sweden.
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Fragment with female head, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, stucco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: volta del cubicolo E. Fragment with female head gathered hair profile dress/clothes box
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Mudejar plasterwork Mudejar plasterwork, Royal Monastery of Santa Clara, muslim era, Archeological Museum. Úbeda, Jaén province, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21702675
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escudo familiar, Museo etnológico de Muro (sección del Museo de Mallorca) Can Alomar. , Muro, Pla de Mallorca, centro-norte de la isla, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.
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Relief depicting merchant ship
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The Balustrade of the Temple of Athena Nike. Left: Nike adjusting her sandal. South parapet slab. 5th century BC. By the workshop of Phidias. Classic period. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.
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Omphalos from Delphi, 2nd century BC. Artist: Unknown
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Mosaic Floor Panel Depicting Marine Life 200 CE-230 CE Antioch. Fish was a luxury food among the Romans. Mosaics depicting marine life were especially popular in and around Antioch (near modern Antakya, Turkey), an ancient city located on the Orontes River that was known for the beauty of its waters. This mosaic, which was discovered in a house in Daphne (modern Harbiye), a prosperous garden town near Antioch, depicts several species of fish and shellfish. The representation of these sea creatures was likely intended to convey a message about the ownerís wealth as well as the variety of food available in the home.. Stone and mortar . Ancient Roman
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Cylinder seal with two-figure contest scene 1st millennium B.C. Iranian. Cylinder seal with two-figure contest scene 325257
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Frieze depicting the Eye of Horus or Ra, an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power, and good health
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sepulcro de arenisca sepulcro de arenisca, siglo XII, colegiata de Zenarruza, Ziortza-Bolibar, Arkeologi Museoa, museo aqueologico, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Pais Vasco, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21652339
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Fragment of Thomas funerary slab, 14th century. From the Convent of Santo Domingo (A Coruna, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum of A Coruna (San Anton Castle). Galicia, Spain.
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Hebrew funerary slab of vindicianus, defined mellarchon, appointed archon. Iconography of Jewish ossuaries of Palestine. rome. Catacomb of Monteverde. 3rd century. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.
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Rosetta Stone 196 BC Granite British Museum, London