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Scylla about to throw a rock
Two tailed Scylla about to throw a rock. Etruscan, 4th century BCE. Middlebury College Museum of Art, United Kingdom.
I love her. She’s all things Scylla: two tails on either side of her body; little skirt for modesty but otherwise nude; a rock in a raised hand that she’s about to throw.
From the museum website:
“This solid-cast sculpture probably formed the finial of a cista, a tall Etruscan bronze box that held cosmetics and that was closed off by means of a domed lid.”
I'm hoping some ancient Etruscan person imagined harnessing the rage and ferociy of Scylla, as they were getting ready to go out.
Here is another image of Scylla throwing a rock:
Two tailed Scylla, silver gilt. Greek, (Tarentine,) 3rd Century BCE. The providence of this piece is contested.
Gold armband with Herakles knot, 3rd–2nd century BCE
Gallo-Roman mosaic of a duck (end of 2nd century).
Musée de Saint-Romain-en-Gal, France.
Vassil - Wikimedia.
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Potnia Theron, 3rd century BCE, Etrusco-Italic Antefix. Image from: “An Etrusco-Italic Antefix of Potnia Theron from Ardea” by Hamutal Suliman-Wolf.
Detail of vault with flowers and birds, Archiepiscopal Palace Chapel (interior), mosaic, c. 494-519, Palazzo arcivescovile di Ravenna (Ravenna, Italy) (JSTOR)
This extremely rare sestertius coin from 80–81 AD, minted under Emperor Titus, depicts one of the most magnificent symbols of the Roman Empire: the majestic Colosseum… which had only just been inaugurated!
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This detail makes it a true historical gem, as the Colosseum was inaugurated in the year 80 AD with games that lasted over 100 days.
To the right of the scene stands the mysterious Meta Sudans, a monumental conical fountain where gladiators and citizens would cool off before entering the amphitheatre. Though it no longer exists, it has been immortalised in this little bronze treasure.
What is fascinating is that this coin was not just currency… it was imperial propaganda! It showcased the emperor’s power, grandeur and public works to the people. At a single glance, this coin transports us to first-century Rome, where spectacle, architecture and power merged into an eternal image.
Proof that even the smallest objects can hold the greatest stories.
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En esta rarísima moneda sestercio del año 80–81 d.C., acuñada bajo el emperador Tito, se captura uno de los símbolos más grandiosos del Imperio Romano: el majestuoso Coliseo… ¡recién inaugurado!
Este detalle la convierte en una auténtica joya histórica, ya que el Coliseo fue inaugurado precisamente en el año 80 d.C. con juegos que duraron más de 100 días.
A la derecha de la escena aparece el misterioso Meta Sudans, una monumental fuente cónica donde los gladiadores y ciudadanos se refrescaban antes de entrar al anfiteatro. Hoy desaparecida, pero inmortalizada en este pequeño tesoro de bronce.
Lo fascinante es que esta moneda no solo servía como dinero… ¡era propaganda imperial! Mostraba al pueblo el poder, la grandeza y las obras públicas del emperador. En un solo vistazo, esta pieza nos transporta a la Roma del siglo I, donde el espectáculo, la arquitectura y el poder se fusionaban en una imagen eterna.
Una prueba de que incluso los objetos más pequeños pueden contener las historias más grandes.
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Su questa rarissima moneta da due sesterzi dell'anno 80–81 d.C., coniata sotto l'imperatore Tito, è raffigurato uno dei simboli più imponenti dell'Impero Romano: il maestoso Colosseo… appena inaugurato!
Questo particolare lo rende un vero e proprio gioiello storico, dato che il Colosseo fu inaugurato proprio nell'anno 80 d.C. con giochi che durarono più di 100 giorni.
Sulla destra della scena si intravede il misterioso Meta Sudans, una monumentale fontana conica dove gladiatori e cittadini si rinfrescavano prima di entrare nell'anfiteatro. Oggi scomparsa, ma immortalata in questo piccolo gioiello di bronzo.
La cosa affascinante è che questa moneta non serviva solo come mezzo di pagamento… era propaganda imperiale! Mostrava al popolo il potere, la grandezza e le opere pubbliche dell’imperatore. Con un solo sguardo, questa moneta ci trasporta nella Roma del I secolo, dove lo spettacolo, l’architettura e il potere si fondevano in un’immagine eterna.
Una dimostrazione del fatto che anche gli oggetti più piccoli possono racchiudere le storie più grandi.
Source: Descubriendo El Pasado
Morgan amber
* Etruscan fibula - a woman and a youth reclining
* c. 500 BCE
* Falconara Maritima (Ancona)
* MET museum
source:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Alkedo, Roman ship
* 1st century CE
* Pisa
* Museo delle Nave Antiche, Pisa
* Romanports.org: the resurfaced fleet of Pisa
source:
Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bas-relief of the tauroctony of the Mithraic mysteries. Found in 1895 at the Sarrebourg mithraeum (Pons Saravi, Gallia Belgica). Now on display at La Cour d'Or museum in Metz.
Chalcedony portrait bust of a young woman, ca. A.D. 130–140, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art
Rogers Fund, 1907 Size: H. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm) Medium: Chalcedony
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248001
The woman’s hairstyle closely resembles that found on life-sized marble portraits of Roman matrons of the period, who closely followed the fashions of the imperial court. (Roman, Hadrianic or Antonine era)
Copenhagen Sarcophagus, dated approximately 220-240 AD, depicting a Roman ship with a spritsail
The marble sculpture shows three nude male figures aboard a ship in rough waters.One figure is in the water next to the ship, while another sea creature is visible beneath the waves.
The ship depicted is an ancient Roman trading vessel, notable for its use of a spritsail (a square sail supported by a diagonal spar). This depiction is one of the earliest and clearest visual evidences of the use of the spritsail in antiquity.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.
Glass cameo with the head of Diana
25 - 100 CE
Cleveland Museum of Art 1965.465
Сelestial body
This ancient Roman piece describes the birth of a celestial body, which always takes place in the constellation Pisces. The naked body represents its recent birth, and the bird serves as an image of the soul, so the wings behind the back show that the soul has entered its new body. The person holds a heart in their hands, which represents the soul in the human body
Participating the ritual, Artemis, lady of the wild animals, protector of all the totemic generations Artemis pouring a libation, attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 460-450 BC. From Eretria, current location: Louvre Museum.
Artemis as “Potnia Theron”
Danaë and Perseus Saved by the Fishermen (detail)
Fresco from Pompei. dating from the 1st century AD. found in the House of the Greek Epigrams in Pompeii, cm. Dim. 67x63 cm, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
The scene is part of the Greek myth where Danaë and her infant son were cast into the sea in a chest by her father, King Acrisius, who feared a prophecy that his grandson would kill him.
Terracotta statue of Orpheus playing the lyre. From a group depicting the encounter of the argonaut with the sirens, Taranto, IV century B.C. Housed in the Taranto Archaeological Museum (MARTA)