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This limestone statue was dedicated to Jupiter Heliopolitanus by Sextus Proculus, the commander of the 2nd cohort. Roman Period, 2nd century CE. From Sukhne, northeast of Palmyra, in modern-day Syria. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey...

Statue in the form of a Caryatid in the Archaistic Style shows a standing woman. The right arm hangs by her side and holds her himation. The left arm is raised (the distal part is now lost) as if she intends to carry the load of an architrave...

This standing Greek youth is nude and his left thigh (the leg is lost) appears to advance forward. The neck and shoulders are smoothly modeled. His hair is plaited and falls behind the head. Many similar statues (or head of these statues...

This is the head of a statue of a Greek youth or Kouros. The rest of the body is in the Samos Museum; the whole statue would measure about 3.2 meters in height. His hair is plaited and falls behind the head, down to the neck. The depiction...

This chariot is driven by a pair of horses. The horses' mane and tail are plaited, and there are tassels around their neck (within the trappings). The chariot has 8-spoked wheels and the carriage is decorated with a lion's relief. The standing...

This marble funerary stela depicts a banquet scene. The deceased is shown at the center of the stele. He reclining on a couch. His right arm is raised, expecting a wine cup, which is being filled by a young boy standing on the left side...

This is the upper part of a long and narrow stele depicting a funerary cortege in two scenes. In the upper scene, two mourning women walk behind a funeral cart. In the lower scene, a woman and a bearded man sit on a couch. The woman's left...

On the left, two men are wrestling while on the right there are two musicians; the musician on the left seems to play the lyre. Archaic Period, late 6th century BCE. From Xanthos, Kınık, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul...

Athena is draped in a sleeveless Doric peplos with an apoptygma (folding over at the top), and attached on her shoulder and girdled above her waist. Her bust is too small for her arms and legs. She wears a round helmet. Marble. Roman Period...

This marble statue of a lion came from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Bodrum, in modern-day Turkey. Late Classical Period, circa mid-4th century BCE. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).