#museumfinds

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Roman mosaic depicting Triton, a dolphin, and a fish, found in the Sanctuary of Artemis (Ephesus)

ca. 200 CE

British Museum 1872,0803.72

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Roman statue of the goddess Luna

2nd century CE

Musée d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Genève MF 1317

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Greek bronze statue of a wild boar

6th century BCE

Harvard Art Museum 2012.211

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Roman ring stone depicting an artist painting a statue head

1st - 3rd century CE

Metropolitan Museum of Art 81.6.48

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Cycladic marble statue of a harp player

2800 - 2700 BCE

Metropolitan Museum of Art 47.100.1

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Roman gem depicting a handshake (dextrarum iunctio - a symbol of unity (e.g. in a political or wedding context)). In the background, a herald’s staff, a poppy flower on a long stem, and an ear of corn on either side

1st century CE

MK&G Collection 2011.164

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Etruscan kylix with two naked youths facing each other in front of a tree. The one on the left holds a wreath in his right hand and grasps the trunk of the tree in his left. The one on the right holds a wreath up in his right hand and a club in his left

400 - 300 BCE

Harvard Art Museum 2007.104.2

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Two small reliefs with a goat and a dromedary

2nd century BCE - 2nd century CE

MK&G Collection 2011.274, 2011.275