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A 'Queen's Vase'
Agate sealstone in the form of a scarab: a satyr with a wine-cup
Alabaster cinerary urn with reclining figure on lid
Askos in the form of a duck
Askos with painted scenes and applied figures
Banded agate seal-stone
Basalt bust of Germanicus
Beaker in Pergamene Relief Ware
Black Glaze pourer (askos) in the form of an elephant
Black Gloss boss-centred dish (phiale) with relief decoration
Black Gloss drinking cup (poculum) with a painted inscription
Black slip jug with barbotine decoration
Black-figured amphora
Black-figured amphora
Black-figured amphora (wine-jar) signed by Exekias as potter and attributed to him as painter
Black-figured amphora decorated with a winged Nike
Black-figured bowl (dinos) and stand, signed by Sophilos as painter
Black-figured lip cup, attributed to the Phrynos Painter
Black-figured neck-amphora, signed by the potter Andokides; attributed to the painter Psiax
Black-figured plate, attributed to the painter Psiax
Black-figured 'Siana' cup, attributed to the Burgon Group
Black-figured water-jar (hydria) with a scene at a fountain-house
Black-figured water-jar (hydria) with mythical and real scenes
Black-glaze mug, showing Perseus beheading the Gorgon Medusa
Black-glazed drinking vessel with seated hunter
Black-on-Red ware flask in the form of an ox
Blue glass intaglio with a portrait of Cleopatra VII
Bone figurine of two female figures
Bone spectacle fibula (brooch)
Bowl with a gorgon's head
Bowl with appliqué decoration
Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim
Bronze axe-head
Bronze bowl (lebes)
Bronze bowl handles
Bronze bust of a woman
Bronze candelabrum with the figure of a warrior
Bronze casket (cista) with an incised scene of Bellerophon and Pegasus
Bronze container for cosmetic items
Bronze crested helmet
Bronze dinos and a gold myrtle spray
Bronze diploma granting citizenship to Marcus Papirius
Bronze figure of a cow
Bronze figure of a running girl
Bronze figure of Jupiter
Bronze figure of Nike, goddess of victory
Bronze figures of mounted Amazons
Bronze figurine of a lictor (magistrate's attendant)
Bronze figurine of Hermes
Bronze gladiator's helmet
Bronze goose
Bronze griffin head
Bronze handled dish (patera) showing Scylla
Bronze head from a full length portrait
Bronze head of a goddess, probably Aphrodite
Bronze head of a young man
Bronze head of Apollo: the 'Chatsworth Head'
Bronze head of Hypnos
Bronze helmet
Bronze helmet with an inscription of Hieron I
Bronze horse and rider
Bronze lampstand
Bronze mask of Dionysos
Bronze mirror case with Aphrodite and Pan
Bronze mirror showing Herekele and Mlacuch
Bronze mirror with Eos and Kephalos in relief
Bronze model of a 2-horse chariot (biga)
Bronze phallic wind chime (tintinabulum)
Bronze portrait of a man
Bronze prow from a boat or small ship
Bronze rattle (sistrum)
Bronze reclining banqueter
Bronze relief with Aphrodite and Anchises
Bronze stand with openwork decoration
Bronze statue of a goose
Bronze statue of a young woman
Bronze statuette of a huntsman, perhaps Alexander the Great
Bronze statuette of a legionary
Bronze statuette of a reclining banqueter
Bronze statuette of a warrior
Bronze statuette of a young man
Bronze statuette of Vanth
Bronze statuette of Venus or Dione
Bronze statuette with two phalluses
Bronze strigil with handle in form of a girl
Bronze tintinabulum in the form of a winged phallus
Bronze tripod-stand for a bowl
Bronze wheeled vessel stand
Brooch containing a coin of the emperor Philip I
Brown glass jug
Bucchero ware drinking cup
Bucchero ware drinking-cup (kantharos)
Bucchero ware water jug (hydria)
Bust of Antinous
Calyx-krater (wine bowl)
Cameo double portrait of the emperor Trajan and his wife Plotina
Cameo of Agrippina the Elder
Cameo portrait of Augustus
Canopic jar
Caryatid from the Erechtheion
Central scene of the east frieze of the Parthenon
Chalcedony gem showing Nike, goddess of Victory, and a trophy
Chalcedony seal-stone with yellow jasper inclusions
Chalkidian black-figured column-krater, attributed to the Inscription Painter
Chariot group from the south frieze of the Parthenon
Clay ground 'Hadra' water-jar (hydria), attributed to the Dromeus Painter
Cobalt-blue glass beaker
Cobalt-blue glass model boat
Colossal marble foot
Colossal marble head of Asklepios
Colossal marble lion from a tomb monument
Colossal marble statue of Apollo
Colossal seated statue of a man from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos
Colossal statue of a man from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos
Colossal statue of a woman from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos
Conical glass bowl
Copper ingot in the shape of an oxhide
Crocodile-skin suit of armour
Decorated bucchero ware bowl (olla)
Decorated pottery askos
Decorated pottery vase
Decorative reliefs from a cuirass
Dedication by Alexander the Great to Athena Polias
Discobolo
Discus-thrower (discobolus)
Double juglet of Base Ring ware
Faience dish decorated with a scene of the River Nile
Faience figure of a swimming girl
Faience flask
Faience head of Arsinoe II
Faience perfume bottle (aryballos) in the form of a dolphin
Faience vase in the form of a duck
Faience vessel decorated with a depiction of the god Heh
Faience vessel in the form of Eros riding a duck
Figure of a river-god from the west pediment of the Parthenon
Figure of Dionysos from the east pediment of the Parthenon
Figure of Iris from the west pediment of the Parthenon
Figures of 3 goddesses from the east pediment of the Parthenon
Fikellura style amphora with a running man
Firman (letter of permission) for Lord Elgin
Fragment of a marble shield
Fragments of horses from Halikarnassos
Framed portrait of a woman, with cord for suspension
Gaulish red slip pottery bowl
Gilded silver bowl
Glass bottle in the form of a fish
Glass bowl
Glass bowl with enamelled decoration
Glass box
Glass cremation urn
Glass cup
Glass cup or bowl
Glass cup signed by Ennion
Glass cylindrical box
Glass dropper-flask in the form of a gladiator's helmet
Glass flask
Glass footed cup (skyphos)
Glass jug (oinochoe)
Glass perfume jar (alabastron)
Glass triple-bodied bottle
Glass vessel in the form of a pomegranate
Glass window pane
Gold alabastron (perfume bottle)
Gold aureus commemorating the consecration of the emperor Hadrian
Gold boat-shaped earrings
Gold box-bezel ring
Gold brooch with a bow in the form of a winged chimaera
Gold diadem of twisted ribbons with a Herakles knot
Gold diadem with embossed decoration
Gold dress pin
Gold ear decoration
Gold earrings from the Kyme Treasure
Gold earrings shaped like wild goat heads
Gold earrings with elaborate granulation
Gold ear-stud
Gold fibula (brooch) with lions and sphinxes
Gold libation bowl (phiale) with six bulls
Gold necklace with lion-headed terminals
Gold ring engraved with a woman at an altar
Gold ring showing the Temple of Aphrodite at Palaepaphos
Gold ring with movable circular box-bezel decorated with a griffin
Gold sheet restored to form a bowl
Gold wreath
Gold-plated bracelets with rams' head terminals
Gold-plated bronze pin
Gold-plated spirals, probably earrings
Green glass bowl
Green plasma sealstone, attributed to the 'Semon Master'
Group of arsenical copper tools
Gypsum statue of woman
'Hand of Sabazius'
Head from a marble statue of Vespasian
Head from a statue of the god Dionysus
Head of a horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon
Horsemen from the west frieze of the Parthenon
Il vaso Portland
Ionic column from the Erechtheion
Ivory bust of a charioteer
Ivory comb of Modestina
Ivory cosmetic box
Ivory disc engraved with a bull
Ivory figure of a hunchback
Ivory game box
Ivory inset from a couch-end ornament in the form of a satyr's head
Ivory mirror handle
Ivory plaque showing Aristaios
John Henning's moulds and casts of the Parthenon sculptures
Jug with a griffin-head spout
Juglet
Kotyle with a running hound, attributed to the Hound Painter
Lamp showing a chariot race
Lead coffin with lid
Lead-glazed pottery drinking cup (skyphos)
Lekythos showing Odysseus escaping from Polyphemos' cave
Letter by Philip Hunt describing the removal of sculptures from the Parthenon temple
Lidded jar decorated with sphinxes, goats and floral motifs
Limestone cinerary urn in the form of seated man
Limestone cippus with relief showing musicians
Limestone female figure
Limestone figure of a 'temple boy'
Limestone head of a bearded worshipper
Limestone head of a woman resembling Cleopatra VII
Limestone reliefs showing two men leading a horse
Limestone statue of a bearded worshipper
Limestone statue of a female worshipper playing a lyre
Limestone statuette of a hunter
Marble beaker
Marble block from the frieze of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios
Marble block from the frieze of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios
Marble block from the west frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike
Marble bust of a girl
Marble bust of an old man
Marble bust of 'Clytie'
Marble bust of Hercules
Marble bust of the emperor Hadrian wearing military dress
Marble bust of Trajan
Marble cinerary urn of Vernasia Cyclas
Marble column drum from the later Temple of Artemis at Ephesos
Marble figurine of a woman
Marble figurine of a woman
Marble frieze slab from the Nereid Monument
Marble frieze slab from the Nereid Monument
Marble frieze slab with horse and groom
Marble funerary relief of Lucius Antistius Sarculo and Antistia Plutia
Marble funerary slab decorated with a skeleton
Marble grave monument for a dead youth
Marble gravestone of Xanthippos, the shoemaker
Marble group of Mithras slaying the bull
Marble head of a companion of Odysseus
Marble head of a kore (maiden)
Marble head of a kouros (youth)
Marble head of a member of the Hekatomnid dynasty
Marble head of a woman
Marble head of a youthful god: the 'Aberdeen Head'
Marble head of Apollo from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos
Marble inscription with damnatio memoriae of Geta, son of Septimius Severus
Marble metope from the Parthenon
Marble pilaster capitals from the Pantheon in Rome
Marble portrait bust of Homer
Marble portrait bust of Perikles
Marble portrait head from a statue of a Julio-Claudian prince
Marble portrait of a young boy as a worshipper of Isis
Marble portrait of Alexander the Great
Marble portrait of an unknown man
Marble portrait of Julius Caesar
Marble portrait of Tiberius
Marble portrait statue of a veiled woman
Marble relief from the Lion Tomb
Marble relief of Jason the physician and patient
Marble relief with female gladiators
Marble relief with lion and gladiator
Marble relief with two theatre masks
Marble sarcophagus showing the Twelve Labours of Hercules
Marble sarcophagus with a Bacchic scene
Marble sarcophagus with lid
Marble statue of a charioteer
Marble statue of a kore (girl) holding a bird
Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath
Marble statue of a pair of dogs
Marble statue of a Roman priestess
Marble statue of a woman
Marble statue of a woman seated in a chair
Marble statue of a youth on horseback
Marble statue of Chares, ruler of Teichioussa
Marble statue of Demeter
Marble statue of Dionysos
Marble statue of Hermes
Marble statue of the emperor Hadrian, in Greek dress
Marble statue of the emperor Septimius Severus
Marble statue of the spinario
Marble statue of Venus
Marble statues of Pan, signed by M. Cossutius Cerdo
Marble statuette of a woman
Military horse trapping inscribed with the name of Pliny the Elder
Miniature krater with ram's head handles
Model of a granary or beehive decorated with geometric patterns
Mosaic glass bowl
Mosaic glass plate
Mould-made bowl
Neck-handled amphora with two designs of concentric circles
Objects from a tomb at Trebbia
Onyx cameo portrait of a woman wearing the stola
Painted limestone stele showing a boy with a pigeon
Painted plaques
Painted roundel with portraits of a man and a woman
Painted sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa
Painted terracotta cinerary urn with a man on the lid
Painted terracotta head from a statue of a worshipper
Pair of bronze headrest supports (fulcra) from a couch
Pair of disc and amphora earrings linked by a long chain
Panathenaic prize amphora, signed by the potter Kittos
Panel from a mosaic showing a lion and cupids
Part of a marble sculpture of two boys fighting over a game of knucklebones
Pedestalled krater
Perfume bottle (aryballos) with lion-head mouth, attributed to the Chigi Painter
Portrait of the Greek philosopher Antisthenes
Portrait statuette of Socrates
Pottery cinerary urn shaped like a hut
Pottery jug with high spout
Pottery lamp in the form of a ship
Pottery mug in the form of the wreathed head of a boy
Pottery perfume bottle (alabastron), attributed to the Pescia Romana Painter
Rag doll
Red jasper intaglio: portrait head of Mark Antony
Red Polished Ware bowl
Red Polished Ware figurine cradling a child
Red Polished Ware vessel
Red-figured cup (kylix)
Red-figured cup attributed to the Kodros Painter
Red-figured cup showing a Greek drinking party
Red-figured cup, attributed to the Brygos Painter
Red-figured cup, attributed to the Foundry Painter
Red-figured drinking horn (rhyton), signed by the potter Sotades
Red-figured neck-amphora (jar), attributed to the Libation Painter
Red-figured plate, signed by Epiktetos as painter
Red-figured squat oil- or perfume-jar (lekythos), in the style of the Meidias Painter
Red-figured storage jar (pelike), attributed to the Marsyas Painter
Red-figured volute-krater attributed to the Berlin Painter
Red-figured water jar (hydria), attributed to the Lipari Painter
Red-figured water jar (hydria), signed by Meidias as potter
Red-figured wine bowl (bell-krater), attributed to the McDaniel Painter
Red-figured wine bowl (bell-krater), signed by the painter Python
Red-figured wine bowl (calyx-krater)
Red-figured wine bowl (calyx-krater), attributed to the Niobid Painter
Red-figured wine bowl (volute-krater), attributed to the Baltimore Painter
Red-figured wine-cooler (psykter), signed by Douris as painter
Relief dedicated to the Thracian goddess Bendis
Relief from the Nereid Monument
Relief panel from the Harpy Tomb
Ribbed black-glaze jug (oinochoe)
Ribbed loutrophoros, attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Bottle
Sandwich gold-glass bowl
Sarcofago dipinto di Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa
Sarcophagus lid with the portrait of a woman
Sculptured marble plinth
Seven gold plaques showing Artemis as 'Mistress of Animals'
Shell cosmetic container
Sigillata jug
Silver beaker
Silver double-headed drinking vessel (kantharos)
Silver figurine of Tutela
Silver libation bowl (phiale) with chariots
Silver medallion with Aphrodite seated on a rock
Silver shekel of the Second Jewish Revolt, struck over a denarius of the Emperor Hadrian
Six pottery bowls containing different coloured pigments
Slabs from the Amazonomachy frieze from the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos
Stand and bowl with griffin's heads
Statue from the Nereid Monument
Statue of Demeter on an altar
Stone vase, known as a kandila
Terracotta alabastron with the top in the form of a female head and bust
Terracotta antefix of a Gorgon's head
Terracotta antefix, satyr's head and female head
Terracotta ash-urn with a lid in the form of a woman lying in bed
Terracotta 'Campana' plaque with a scene of a triumphal procession
Terracotta 'Campana' relief with a Nilotic scene
Terracotta figure of a horseman
Terracotta figure of a seated goddess
Terracotta figure of a woman in Greek dress
Terracotta figure of an actor
Terracotta figure of winged Victory
Terracotta figurine of 2 gladiators
Terracotta figurine of a woman riding on a pig
Terracotta figurine of a woman with a child
Terracotta figurine of the Egyptian god Bes
Terracotta funerary urn
Terracotta group of 'knucklebone' (astragalos) players
Terracotta group of two women
Terracotta head of a young man
Terracotta head shaped like a vase
Terracotta lamp with a caricatured scene
Terracotta mantle-dancer
Terracotta model of a merchant ship
Terracotta perfume flask (askos) in the form of a lion
Terracotta plaque with a chariot-racing scene
Terracotta protome of Dionysos
Terracotta relief showing Skylla
Terracotta scent bottle in the form of a fat, squatting man
Terracotta scent-bottle in the form of a warrior's head
Terracotta seated figure
Terracotta tablet with Cypro-Syllabic inscription
Terracotta 'Tanagra' figure
Terracotta 'Tanagra' figure of a woman
Terracotta 'Tanagra' figure of a woman wearing a sunhat
Terracotta 'Tanagra' figure of an old nurse
Terracotta votive womb
The Arcisate Treasure
The Barber Cup
The Crawford Cup
The 'Hunt krater'
The Piranesi Vase
The Portland Vase
The Strangford Apollo
The sword of Tiberius
The tomb of Payava, a Lykian aristocrat
The Townley Vase
The Warren Cup
Three bronze strigils with scenes from the Roman Circus
Torso of a statue of a nude kouros (youth)
Torso of a statue of the emperor Hadrian wearing a cuirass
Tragic theatre mask made of terracotta
Two gold fibulae (brooches)
Two silver cups with repoussé decoration
Two terracotta figurines of African boxers
Upper part of a colossal limestone statue of a bearded man
Upper part of a marble male figure
Vase decorated with bulls and birds
Vase in the form of a male grotesque head
'Violin' figurine
Votive relief from a healing sanctuary
Wall painting of Ulysses and the Sirens
Wall painting showing a coastal landscape
Water pipe
'West Slope' ware jug (oinochoe) with a gorgon's head on the neck
White-ground cup, attributed to the Pistoxenos Painter
White-ground cup, attributed to the Sotades Painter
White-ground jug, attributed to the Brygos Painter
White-ground lekythos with a scene at a tomb
Young cow and herdsmen from the south frieze of the Parthenon
Young satyr on an altar with Bucrania and garlands
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