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A pentelic marble portrait bust of Greek philosopher Socrates. 1st century CE copy of an earlier Greek original. Found in Piazza Venezia, Rome during public works. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

A marble portrait bust of the Greek comedy poet Diphilus. 1st century CE copy of a 4th century BCE Greek original. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

A pentelic marble portrait bust of Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270 BCE). 1st century CE copy of a 3rd century BCE original. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

A marble funerary urn decorated with scenes depicting the intiation of Hercules into the Eleusian Mysteries. In the scene visible here a priestess holds a wicker screen over an initiate whose head is covered with a lion-skin. 1st century...

A marble statue of Aphrodite by Menophantos. The casket on the statue's base is inscribed in Greek: 'of the aphrodite which is situated in the Troad, Menophantos made it'. It is a contemporary copy of a 1st century BCE statue and was found...

A marble portrait bust of Philip V of Macedon r. 220-179 BCE. A 2nd century CE Roman copy of a Greek original. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

A portrait bust of Livia (58 BCE - 29 CE), wife of Roman emperor Augustus. Her hairstyle is typical of the day with a front nodus from which a braid runs over the head and behind, binding the coil of hair at the back. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome...

A marble portrait bust of an unknown aged Roman. Carved in the 1st century BCE it is typical of the realism of Roman sculpture at that time. From Palestrina. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

Four busts of Roman emperors: Domitian (top left), Titus (top right), Nero (bottom left), Trajan (bottom right).

A female figurine from the Predynastic Period in Egypt. Painted terracotta, c. 3500-3400 BCE. Brooklyn Museum.