2351
Aulos player. Date: 5th century B.C. Provenaance: Tarquinia, Tomb of the Leopards. The Tomb of the Leopards is an Etruscan burial chamber so called for the confronted leopards painted above a banquet scene. The tomb dates to around 480–450 BC.
2352
Roman Votive Ear Panel, 1st-3rd century AD. Made from marble with a Greek inscription “"IAEICEYXHN”“(?). Votive offerings were presented to a god, sometimes either in the hope of a cure or as thanks for one. They were made in the shape of the afflicted body part.
2353
Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Egypt with head of deified Alexander the Great, struck under Ptolemy I. Culture: Greek Period: Early Hellenistic Period Date: 315/4–300 B.C. Mint: Alexandria, Egypt (Kingdom) Medium: Silver
2354
Erigone by Charles-Antoine-Joseph Loyeux (1823-1898). Oil on canvas, 1881.
2355
Stater of Aptera with head of Artemis. Culture: Greek. Period: Early Hellenistic Period. Date: ca. 280 B.C. Mint: Aptera, Crete. Medium: Silver.
2356
Gilt silver crown adorned with pearls and blue glass gems. Place of origin: Bohemia, 15th century. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
2357
Helmet in the shape of a sea conch. Culture: Japan. Date: 17th century. Collection: The Met.
2358
Moses Taken from the River. Medium: Fresco. Date: mid-3rd century AD. The synagogue at Dura Europos, Syria.
2359
Tutankhamun’s Wooden Chariot. Carter discovered six chariots in the tomb; some were fairly elaborate ceremonial vehicles with golden overlays.
2360
The Gebel el-Arak Knife, prehistoric Egyptian, dating to the Naqada II period circa 3500 - 3200 BC, flint, ivory.
2361
A Silver Litra of Syracuse, Sicily, struck c. 466-460 BC
On the obverse is the head of the Nereid nymph Arethusa wearing her hair in a pearl band. The letters ΣVRA (SYRA, short for Syracuse) are to her right. On the reverse is an octopus.
2362
Gem engraved with a grasshopper on its hind legs, playing the double flute; in front is a butterfly resting on a cippus with a conical top. Date: c. 1st-3rd Century AD. Period: Roman Imperial. Collection: British Museum.
2363
Nomade Kirghize, Uzbekistan, CCCP, 1932. Photographer: Ella Maillart.
2364
Ancient Greek silver stater from Syracuse under tyrant Agathokles, dated to 304-289 BCE. On the obverse is Aphrodite (not Athena!), and Pegasus on the reverse.
2365
Painted wooden panel of Tabakenkhonsu.
Period: Late Period, Kushite Dynasty. Date: ca. 680–670 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut. Medium: Wood, gesso, paint. Collection: The Met, NYC.
2366
Greek gold ring. Date: c. 4th century BC. Depicted here is a female follower of Dionysos (Maenad), dancing and throwing her head back in ecstasy -a popular motif on rings of the era. In her left hand she holds a thyrsos. Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection.
2367
Alexander the Great in his griffin-powered flying chariot, detail from the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, Normandy, c 1444/5. Image: British Library via Discarding Images.
2368
Detail of a miniature of Mars and Venus being discovered in bed by Vulcan, from the ‘Roman de la Rose’, France (Paris?), c. 1380, Egerton MS 881, f. 126r.
2369
Tiles with repeat pattern. Date: circa 1580. Product place: Turkey, probably Iznik. Now on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
2370
Terracotta oil-lamp depicting the fearsome sea monster Scylla. Period: Roman, c. 2nd century AD. Collection:Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich. Photographer: Marcus Cyron.
2371
Detail from a Fishing Scene, Tomb of Qenamun (TT93), reign of Amenhotep II. Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, West Thebes. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1427-1400 BC.
2372
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.
2373
Vessel in Form of a Crocodile. Place of origin: Guatemala. Culture: Maya. Date: c. A.D. 300-600. Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment. Collection: LACMA | Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
2374
Ruins of an ancient maya pyramid (La Danta) deep in the Guatamalan jungle. Trees growing on the structure. Shot in El Mirador national park in Northern Guatemala.. Photographer: Raphael Rivest via Shutterstock.
2375
Detail, Roman Fresco with a boat decorated for a festival and marine life from the second quarter of the first century AD. ( National Roman Museum), Rome.
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