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Head of a ruler or noble (we have no idea who), Mesopotamia, ca. 2000 BCE. Some scholars suspect that this may be one of the rare pieces of Mesopotamian art that actually attempts to depict what an individual looked like rather than a stylized depiction.

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Block (painted sandstone) from an ancient Egyptian relief depicting a battle scene. Artist unknown; 18th Dynasty, perhaps from the reign of Amenhotep II. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Roman relief of Rheia handing stone to Kronos, marble, 2nd c. CE

#roman #marble

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Head of a Foreign Warrior, 200s BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Size: Overall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.) Medium: marble with traces of paint

https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.440

#mustache #goatee #little beard #marble

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Painted Etruscan Antefixes - part I

An antefix (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before) is a vertical block which terminates and conceals the covering tiles of a tiled roof. It also serves to protect the join from the elements.

During the Archaic period, antefixes were produced in great numbers throughout Etruria, especially in Caere, southern Etruria (modern-day Cerveteri). Accordingly, many examples have survived. These painted terracotta objects were commonly used on the eaves of a roof, in order to protect the end tiles from the elements. They also formed part of the architectural decoration of buildings and were believed to banish bad luck.

Antefix with a head of Silenus and anthemia nimbus / Cerveteri, Lazio, Italy / 4th century BCE

Antefix with a Maenad head / Portonaccio Temple at Veii, Italy / 510 BCE

Antefix with the head of Silenus / Cerveteri, Italy / 480 BCE

Antefix with female head with nimbus / Lanuvium, late-Archic temple of Juno Sospita / 5th century BCE

Antefix with the head of Silenus / Italy / 4th century BCE

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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Roman Pavonazzetto Marble and Nero Antico Marble Statue of a Kneeling Barbarian, C. 98 - 117 AD

#mustache #roman #marble

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Roman statue of Melpomene, muse of tragedy, holding a tragic mask. 2nd century A.D., now on display at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotec in Copenhagen

#mask #roman #marble

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Janiform Kantharos, c. 470-460 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Size: Overall: 19.6 x 17.2 cm (7 11/16 x 6 ¾ in.); Diameter of base: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); Diameter of rim: 15.3 cm (6 in.) Medium: molded earthenware with slip decoration

https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.69

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Important to show the other side, too.

#beard #janiform #greek #tagamemnon

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Silver tetradrachm from the city of Naxos, Sicily. On the obverse, a bearded head of Dionysus; on the reverse, a nude, squatting Silenus with a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) and thyrsos (staff of the worshippers of Dionysus), alongside the inscription ΝΑΞΙΩΝ (”Of the Naxians”). Artist unknown; ca. 425 BCE. Photo credit: Exekias/Wikimedia Commons.

#sicily #coin #numismatics #beard

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Hercules, c. 30 BC - 20, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Half-human, half-divine, not very bright, but very strong, this hero was the most popular of all mythological figures. His intellectual weakness made him a sympathetic figure while his persistence in undergoing great trials was inspirational. Roman artists often portrayed Hercules as middle-aged, as though greater maturity would increase his power andvirility. Hercules slew a monster-lion—the scourge of Nemea—by strangling it and beating it with his olive-wood club. He wears the beast’s pelt as a trophy, and this statuette’s right hand once held a club. Size: Overall: 14.5 x 8 cm (5 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.) Medium: bronze with silver and copper inlays

https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.2

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Polychrome glazed brick panel with sphinxes —emblem of the god Ahura Mazdā— from the palace of the Persian king Darius I at Susa (Babylonian: Šušim; now Shush, Iran) ~ ca.510 BC Louvre Museum • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB