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Bronze Plaque Showing Cupids Wrestling & Boxing
The background metal is bronze containing traces of a gold and silver, and its surface has been deliberately darkened, perhaps by organic acids. It may be an example of what Pliny calls "Corinthian bronze"...
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Egyptian Soldiers
Egyptian soldiers carrying axes and branches. A relief from the tomb of Hatshepsut depicting the expedition to the Land of Punt (1493 BCE), Deir El-Bahri.
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Egyptian Bronze Sword
Bronze sword from Egypt, c. 1200 BCE.
Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Egyptian Warship Model
A model of an Egyptian warship, c. 1200 BCE. (National Maritime Museum, Israel)
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Egyptian War Chariot
An illustration of what an Egyptian war chariot may have looked like.
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Sasa Jataka Narrative Sculpture
Coping stone fragment depicting a scene from the Sasa Jataka, identified by the inscription at the top. Now housed at the Allahabad Museum, Allahabad, this narrative sculpture is about a story where the Bodhisattva...
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Abacus of an Ashokan Pillar
Abacus of an Ashokan Pillar. Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 3rd century BCE.
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Parure of Jewellery from the Carthage Treasure
Matching sets of jewellery (parures) are rare finds from the Late Roman Period. This set of a necklace and earrings combines rock emeralds, sapphires, and pearls threaded on gold wire. Approximately 50...
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Inscribed Dish from the Carthage Treasure
The Latin inscription on this dish, reading D.D.ICRESCONI CLARENT ("Gift given to the distinguished Cresconii"), identifying the family who owned the Carthage Treasure as Cresconii. They were prominent North...
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Silver Furniture Ornaments from the Esquiline Treasure
These probably formed the terminals to the arm-rests of a chair. Each is in the form of a forearm , with a twisted band around the wrist, and hand gripping a sceptre. The elaborate gilding and the...
