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White calcite (marble) cylinder seal with a combat scene

This seal is engraved with a combat scene typical of the Ear…
Grave-slab of Gundebebius

This marble grave-slab consists of a re-used, Roman architec…
Marble full-length figure of William Shakespeare by Louis-François Roubiliac

The celebrated actor David Garrick (1717-79) commissioned th…
Marble portrait bust of Richard Payne Knight by John Bacon the Younger

Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824) was a renowned philologist,…
Marble sarcophagus carved with scenes from the story of Jonah and the whale

This sarcophagus was found partially buried in the garden of…
Marble statuette of Bacchus

The marble statuette shows Bacchus in typical pose, rather l…
Marble statue of the emperor Hadrian, in Greek dress

The Roman emperor Hadrian is shown here in the himation (a G…
Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith

The Parthenon featured 92 sculptures known as metopes. They …
Inscribed stele with the yakshi Ambika

Ambika is worshiped by both Hindus and Jains, though her for…
Central scene of the east frieze of the Parthenon

The procession pictured in the Ionic frieze of the Parthenon…
Colossal marble head of Asklepios

This head comes from a colossal statue of the god Asklepios,…
Colossal marble lion from a tomb monument

This colossal lion weighs some six tons. Made from one piece…
Dedication by Alexander the Great to Athena Polias

In 336 BC Alexander the Great embarked on a programme of ter…
Discus-thrower (discobolus)

This marble statue is one of several copies of a lost bronze…
Figure of a river-god from the west pediment of the Parthenon

The central feature of the west pediment of the Parthenon wa…
Figure of Dionysos from the east pediment of the Parthenon

The central section of the east pediment of the Parthenon sh…
Figure of Iris from the west pediment of the Parthenon

The west pediment of the Parthenon showed a local Athenian m…
Fragments of horses from Halikarnassos

A four-horse chariot group ( quadriga ) was positioned on th…
Head from a marble statue of Vespasian

This naturalistic portrait of the emperor Vespasian (reigned…
Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon

The east pediment of the Parthenon shows the birth of the go…
Horsemen from the west frieze of the Parthenon

This block was placed near the corner of the west frieze of …
Ionic column from the Erechtheion

The Erechtheion was begun around 421 BC to house the cult st…
Marble block from the frieze of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios

The Temple of Apollo Epikourios ('Apollo the Helper') was bu…
Marble block from the frieze of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios

The Temple of Apollo Epikourios ('Apollo the Helper') was bu…
Marble bust of 'Clytie'

This sculpture was acquired from the family of the Principe …
Marble column drum from the later Temple of Artemis at Ephesos

This is the best preserved column drum from the Temple of Ar…
Marble funerary relief of Lucius Antistius Sarculo and Antistia Plutia

This relief originally formed part of the funerary monument …
Marble funerary slab decorated with a skeleton

The slab originally covered the front of a loculus , a small…
Marble gravestone of Xanthippos, the shoemaker

The Athenian practice of setting up sculptured grave stelae …
Marble group of Mithras slaying the bull

The cult of Mithras originated in Persia, but he was one of …
Marble head of a kouros (youth)

Two of the most distinctive forms of free-standing sculpture…
Marble head of a member of the Hekatomnid dynasty

The architectural details of the Temple of Athena at Priene …
Marble head of a youthful god: the 'Aberdeen Head'

Much of what we know of Greek sculpture is based on copies o…
Marble metope from the Parthenon

The sculpted decoration of the Parthenon included ninety-two…
Marble portrait head from a statue of a Julio-Claudian prince

The marble of this piece has a slightly greyish tinge. It re…
Marble portrait of Alexander the Great

Literary sources tell us, though perhaps not reliably, that …
Marble portrait of Julius Caesar

The head has been burnt and is badly damaged, with the prope…
Marble relief from the Lion Tomb

The Lion Tomb, named after the subject of some of its sculpt…
Marble sarcophagus showing the Twelve Labours of Hercules

The front of this sarcophagus shows Hercules performing five…
Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath

In the fourth century BC the sculptor Praxiteles created a l…
Marble statue of a pair of dogs

These dogs were found with another similar pair near Civita …
Marble statue of a youth on horseback

The statue portrays a young man mounted on a horse: he is sh…
Marble statue of Chares, ruler of Teichioussa

It is rare to find a sculpture inscribed with the name of bo…
Marble statue of Demeter

The Sanctuary of Demeter at Knidos was laid out at about the…
Marble statue of Venus

This sculpture was one of a dozen or so found at the Roman v…
Marble statues of Pan, signed by M. Cossutius Cerdo

The two statues, one in Proconnesian marble from the Aegean,…
Portrait of the Greek philosopher Antisthenes

Antisthenes (about 450-370 BC) came to be regarded as the fo…
Portrait statuette of Socrates

Socrates (469-399 BC) is considered to be the intellectual f…
Relief panel from the Harpy Tomb

Lykia was an ancient district of south-western Asia Minor (m…
Slabs from the Amazonomachy frieze from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos

This is one of the most interesting sections of the Amazonom…
Statue from the Nereid Monument

The daughters of the sea-deities Nereus and Doris are known …
Votive relief from a healing sanctuary

It was common practice in antiquity to dedicate representati…
Young cow and herdsmen from the south frieze of the Parthenon

The procession of the Panathenaic festival accompanied cattl…
Stela of Ashurbanipal

The city of Babylon had been destroyed by the Assyrian king …
Two jade bases for a huqqa pipe

These are the bases of a pair of fine huqqa pipes, no doubt …
Figures of 3 goddesses from the east pediment of the Parthenon

The east pediment of the Parthenon showed the birth of godde…

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