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This boundary stone, or kudurru, records a gift of land made by Eanna-shum-iddina, governor of the Sea-Land in Southern Babylonia. The receiver's name is Gula-Eresh. The text ends with a series of curses on anyone questioning the gift or...

A gold pendant earring in the form of a boat from Tarentum (Taranto), southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A gold diadem with carnelian and garnets from Canosa, Bari, southern Italy. 3rd-2nd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A gold and carnelian ring incised with an elephant holding a goad in its trunk. From Tarentum (Taranto), southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A gold diadem with central knot of Hercules from Tarentum (Taranto), southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A gold ring with female head from Tarentum (Taranto), southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A gold pendant earring from Tarentum (Taranto), southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

The remains of the kilns at the Roman baths at Venusia (modern Venosa), southern Italy. 2nd-3rd century CE.

The remains of the Roman baths at Venusia (modern Venosa), southern Italy. 2nd-3rd century CE.

The remains of the ovens of the Roman baths at Venusia (modern Venosa), southern Italy. 2nd-3rd century CE.