1226
The Lady of Elche is a limestone bust of a woman, dated to the 5th or 4th century BC. The bust was discovered on August 4, 1897, near Elche, Spain, where there is a small mountain that the Arabs called Alcudia (mound), which was almost surrounded by a river in ancient times.
1227
Initiation Wells, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal. Photographer: heyengel_140 / Stock Photo.
1228
View of the Canopus in the Hadrian's Villa (Italian Villa Adriana). In Tivoli, Italy. Photo: Stock Image.
1229
Persian talisman. A brass amulet to render its bearer more attractive and help her capture and subdue a lover. The lover is symbolized here as a beast of burden. Date: c. 1800s (?). Source & Credit: Alireza Doostdar, The New Inquiry.
1230
Bronze helmet, Assyrian, 8th-7th century BC. Image: Private Collection / Hermann Historica.
1231
Tournament shield (targe), c.1500. The German motto around the owl reads in translation, “Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that.” Below this are the quartered arms of the Tänzl and Rindscheit families, which were united by marriage in 1499. - from the Met.
1232
Weight in shape of frog. Date & Culture: ca. 2000–1600 B.C, Babylonian. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 406, NYC.
1233
Jug with a handle in the form of a goat, From Tell-Basta (Bubastis). Reign of Ramesses II. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1279-1213 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1234
An Amarna period relief depicting a Pharaoh and his Queen - the identity of the two is much debated. Date: c. Late 1300s to mid 1200s BC.
1235
Priest wearing the mask of Anubis; fresco, Temple of Isis, #Pompeii, Villa dei Misteri ~ II BC. Photo Credit: Planet Pompeii.
1236
Neptune's seahorses. Date: 19th century. Medium: marble. Italian work, not signed. Victor Werner Collection, Belgium.
1237
Blood rain, as a sign of the end of times. Psautier, Augsbourg ~ 1485 Basel Universitätsbibliothek.
1238
Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument; Alberto Pasini, Italian, 1880.
1239
The Caryatides, 1860-1865. Photographer: Dimetrius Constantine.
1240
Skull Wearing a Wreath of Flowers (c.1874) by Thomas Satterwhite Noble.
1241
A Mayan calendar column was found in Quirigua, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on August 13, 1929. (Photo Credit: JB Manas.)
1242
Nebra Sky Disc Nebra, Germany c. 1.600 BC. The Nebra Sky Disc is a decorated bronze plate with gold symbols, as the Sun, the crescent-shaped Moon and 32 stars.
1243
Touch, detail. Anonymous Flemish artist. The Lady and the Unicorn series of tapestries. Collection: Musée national du Moyen Âge. Date: c. 1484 – 1500.
1244
Evening Bag by Aloisia Rucellai (1928-84), c.1968. Medium: gold and platinum, translucent enamel, diamonds and rubies. Collection: Khalili Collections.
1245
Olive Wreath. Place of origin: Bosporan kingdom. Date: Mid 4th century B.C. Medium: Gold.
1246
Rodent with Corn. Medium: Pottery. Place of origin: Peru. Culture: probably Moche, ca. 200-750 AD. Now on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
1247
Egyptian goddess Nut of the sky that swallows the universe. Ceiling of tomb of Ramses Vl. Luxor west bank, Egypt. Photo via Alamy.
1248
Vessel in the Form of a Deer Impersonator. Culture: Moche culture, 100 B.C./A.D. 500, Chimbote, Santa Province. Collection: Peru Art Institute of Chicago.
1249
Eagle with blood dripping from mouth, detail of mural located at the Palace of Tetitla in Teotihuacan, Mexico (100 - 700 AD)
1250
A Mesopotamian leopard. Date: Late Uruk, Jemdet Nasr period, circa 3300-2900 B.C. Medium: inlaid limestone. Dimensions: 2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high. Photo Credit & Collection: © Christie’s Images Ltd.
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