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William Marshal Fighting Baldwin Guisnes
A 13th century CE illustration of the famous English knight Sir William Marshal (c. 1146-1219 CE) unseating Baldwin Guisnes. (From the Historia Major of Matthew Paris, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College Library, vol 2, p. 85)
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Bicolored Statuette of Triton
This what has remained from a bi-colored marble statuette of Triton; the statuette was a product of the ateliers at Byzantium. Triton was a god and the messenger of the sea; he was the son of Poseidon. Roman Period, 2nd century CE. From the...
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Law of Anastasius I Dicorus
Marble slab inscribed in Greek. This is the law of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I Dicorus (reigned 491-518 CE), regulating the passage through Dardanelles customs. Byzantine Period, 6th century CE. From Abydos, Çanakkale, in modern-day...
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Knight Battling the Seven Sins
A 13th century CE illustration of a knight about to battle the Seven Deadly Sins. From the Summa Vitiorum or "Treatise on the Vices" by William Peraldus.
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Coin of Richard Lionheart
Official coin of King Richard I Lionheart (reigned 1189-1199 CE), struck in 1195 CE in Issoudun (formerly Exoldunum). The obverse is inscribed RICARD'REX ("KING RICHARD"). The reverse reverse is inscribed EXOLDUNI ("FROM ISSOUDUN"). (British...
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Funerary Relief from Palmyra of a Woman and Daughter
This relief depicts an older woman with her daughter. They are set in a line, represented frontally, stiff, and lifeless. Both of them wear turbans and headbands. At their temples, long strands of hair are combed back and tucked into the...
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Funerary Stele of Two Boys from Palmyra
The two young boys were represented frontally and are of a similar height. They wear the same type of clothes. The boy on the left side holds a bunch of grapes in each hand. The boy on the right grasps the left wrist of the right boy and...
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Funerary Relief from Palmyra of a Man and his Son
The inscription on this funerary relief says that the two figures are "Yedi Bel" and his son "Zabde'atach". Limestone. Roman Period, 200-273 CE. From Palmyra, in modern-day Syria. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).
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Palmyrene Funerary Relief Bust of a Priest
The overall depiction of the man is Palmyrene but the provenance of excavation is unknown. Roman Period, first to second century CE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).
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Head of a Woman from Palmyra
This limestone head of an unidentified woman dates to the Roman Period, second to third century CE. From Palmyra, in modern-day Syria. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).
