This bronze cast Applique in the shape of the Bust of Herakles is slightly hollow in the lower part. Given its semicircular outline, it is thought to have been part of a bed decoration (fulcrum).
Islamic Vessel with Floral Decoration from the 13th Century AD
Greek Mask-Applique from the 5th century B.C. representing a male head.
Bactrian Stone Pyxis made of Serpentine / Steatite with Bird-Shaped Lid.
Byzantine Terracotta Horse-Shaped Ryhton from the 5th-6th century B.C.
Archaeologists often refer to the term balsarium to designate this class of vessels, which were largely widespread all throughout the Roman Empire.
This solid bronze ring is composed of an almost circular loop and an elliptical cabochon. It is decorated with an incised figure that can be easily identified by his attributes as the god Hermes, associated with Mercury (Mercurius) by the Romans.
The Seal in the Shape of a Lion’s Head, modeled in the shape of a stylized leonine protome, was carved from a cream-colored limestone veined with red.
Carved from a small limestone monolith, this statuette is certainly one of the first three-dimensional images of elephant in Near Eastern art; moreover, these large mammals were rarely represented in the rich animal iconography of this prominent culture.
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