2426
Punishment of the Envious. Detail from the Compost et calendrier des bergers, Paris, Guy Marchant, 1493. Collection: Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, SA 3390, fol. 34r
2427
Ring set with a Mouse Design Amulet from the reign of Thutmose III. This ring is inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III. Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C, 18th dynasty. Medium: Gold and glazed steatite. Collection: Met.
2428
The Emperor Justinian, by Benjamin Constant (1886). Collection: Ringling Museum.
2429
Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm from Tralleis, Lydia, C. 140-135 BC
The coins shows a snake emerging from a cista mystica (a basket used in the worship of Dionysus/Bacchus) surrounded by an ivy wreath.
2430
Circe and the Swine by Albert Goodwin (1845-1932).
2431
Scarab and intaglio swivel ring depicting "Bellerophon, king of Corinth, mounted on the winged horse Pegasus, slaying the Chimera", circa 500 BC. Culture: Etruscan. Private Collection.
2432
Vulture Pectoral. Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Culture: New Kingdom, Egypt. Medium: Gold sheet. This Vulture pectoral, probably depicting the goddess Nekhbet, was a traditional funerary emblem. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 118.
2433
Transparent amber glass jug with cylindrical neck, ovoid body and pedestal base. Greek inscription ENNIΩN EΠOIEI, meaning Ennion made (me or it). 25 - 75 A.D., probably from Syria. The Corning Museum of Glass, New York.
2434
Celebrate, clear-voiced Muse, daughter of great Zeus, the Mother of all gods and all mankind, whose pleasure is the din of cymbal-clappers and tambours and the bray of the shawms, the howling of wolves and fierce lions, the echoing mountains and wooded valleys.
2435
Gold bat pectoral. Culture: Tolita-Tumaco culture. Place of origin: Equador - Peru (?), 1st - 6th century AD. Collection: Dumbarton Oaks, US.
2436
Relief of a Baboon Relief depicting seated baboon in act of adoration, detail of a wall painting from the Tomb of Tomb of Irynefer (TT290). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. Deir el-Medina, West Thebes.
2437
Representation of a Skull. Medium: Carved obsidian, inlaid with shell and bone. Culture: Mixtec-Puebla. Region: Central plateau (?), Mexico. Date: A.D. 1200-1521. Collection: Museo Amparo.
2438
Still-Life with a Skull by Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674). Collection: Musée de Tessé.
2439
The Tower of Babel, attributed to Abel Grimmer. Date16th century. Private Collection.
2440
Pieter Brueghel the Elder - The Tower of Babel (the second version), details, 1564.
2441
Eagle with Serpent - Byzantine mosaic in the Great Palace of Constantinople, dating to the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I, 6th century A.D. Photo by Zzvet / Stock Image.
2442
Fresco of a winged woman. Culture: Roman.. Date: A.D. 1st - 2nd century AD. Medium: Fresco painting; Ocher and brown tones on a red background. Source: khm.at
2443
Terminal of a Grivna (Torque) Shaped like the Head of a Wolf-Dragon. Period: Era of the Huns. Date: Late 4th - early 5th century AD. Place of origin: Stavropol Territory, the Village of Tatarka. Medium: Gold and garnets. Collection: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
2444
Gold, garnet, and pearl Roman necklace, 1st - 2nd century AD.
2445
Orpheus and Eurydice by Auguste Rodin (detail). Modeled probably before 1887 and carved 1893. Medium: Marble. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2446
Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer. Culture: Greek, 3rd–2nd century B.C. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, via their online collections, 1972.118.95.
2447
Ancient Greek gold finger ring with a large round bezel, engraved with a siren playing the aulos. Date: c. 4th century BC.
2448
A Roman statue stands on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the southern city of Ashkelon, southwestern Israel. Photograph: Reuters/Stock Image.
2449
Mask from Nahal Hemar, Nahal Hemar Cave, Judean Desert. Date: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period - c. 8800–6500 BC. Medium: limestone, asphalt, and pigments - From the exhibition “Face to Face: The Oldest Masks in the World”. Collection: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
2450
Game of Hounds and Jackals 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom c.1814-1805 BC. Now on display at the British Museum. Detailed post: instagram.com/archaeologyart
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