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Marble statue of the Roman god Silvanus. The torso is rectangular in shape with sculpted details of the chest, abdomen, biceps, and genitalia. The strong hip line separates the abdomen from the thighs and indicates a contrapposto pose. A cloak covers…

Small pomegranate fruit sculpted form terracotta clay. The shape is round with irregularities, and tapers into a point on one end, and is shaped into a wide blossom (calyx) on the other end.

Small rounded buff object in the shape of a scarab beetle. The top is incised with shell and head details, and the bottom is flat with incised hieroglyphs; the incisions are coloured reddish-brown. There is a hole lengthwise, from the head to the…

Small, roughly oval, buff object in the shape of a scarab beetle. The top is incised with shell and head details, and the bottom is flat with incised hieroglyphs; all incisions are coloured reddish-brown. There is a hole lengthwise from the head to…

Small, rounded, buff object in the shape of a scarab beetle. The top is incised with shell and head details, and he bottom is flat with incised hieroglyphs; all incisions are coloured reddish-brown. There is a hole lengthwise from the head to the…

Small rounded buff object in the shape of a scarab beetle. The top is incised with shell and head details, and the bottom is flat with incised hieroglyphs; the incisions are coloured reddish-brown. There is a hole lengthwise, from the head to the…

This object represents a scarab beetle, with incised details marking out the shell and head. The legs protrude and are tucked along the main body. The bottom of the scarab features a cartouche, framed on the left and right by long geometric columns,…

Small, rounded, light brown object in the shape of a scarab beetle. The top is incised with shell and head details, and the bottom is flat with incised hieroglyphs; all incisions are slightly darker. There is a hole lengthwise from the head to the…

Samian, terra sigillata
Red/brown in colour.
Has more of a sharper curve, not as round.
No design on the outside, has a bit of a design on the handles, some well defined lines can be seen.
Lines around the neck can be found.
Some white/grey clay or…

An elongated oval shape formed from red terracotta, with vertical lug handle on one end, and a wide nozzle on the other. The decorated rim has concentric, geometric designs, and the discus motif features a male lion facing right. Two filling holes…

Red polished ware formed by hand, with a red slipped surface polished to a medium-high lustre. Small lug protrudes from the belly of the juglet, sometimes referred to as a ‘nipple projection’, and possibly associated with fertility. Incised with…

The front displays a female head in profile, with hair tied in a bun, and covered by a kekryphalos. The back displays a large palmette located beneath the vertical pouring handle attached at neck; florals extend from each side of the palmette,…

The surface has a central tondo, in which is displayed a maenad in profile seated on what appears to be a rocky outcropping (heavily stylized), with hair swept up, and partly covered and held in place by a jeweled sakkos. She wears a diaphanous…

The surface has a central tondo, in which is displayed a female head in profile, with hair tied in a bun and held in place by a kekryphalos (hair net) highlighted with white and ochre paint. Below her chin is a small libation bowl, behind her head, a…

Shape: pedestal foot in two degrees; surface of plate is concave, inclining towards a depression in the centre, surrounded by a groove; the center of the depression is raised; the lip turns out prominently. Fabric colour is beige. The plate depicts…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. This loom weight should be dated to the Archaic or Classical period on the basis of comparison to other loom weights from…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. This loom weight should be dated to the Archaic or Classical period on the basis of comparison to other loom weights from…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. Pyramidal loom weights are by far the most common type found in Italy in the first millennium BCE. This loom weight should…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. Pyramidal loom weights are by far the most common type found in Italy in the first millennium BCE. This loom weight should…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. Pyramidal loom weights are by far the most common type found in Italy in the first millennium BCE. This loom weight should…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. Pyramidal loom weights are by far the most common type found in Italy in the first millennium BCE. This loom weight should…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. Pyramidal loom weights are by far the most common type found in Italy in the first millennium BCE. This loom weight should…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. Pyramidal loom weights are by far the most common type found in Italy in the first millennium BCE. This loom weight should…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. Pyramidal loom weights are by far the most common type found in Italy in the first millennium BCE. This loom weight should…

Loom weights are used to keep the warp (vertical) threads of the warp-weighted loom pulled tight and in place during weaving. Pyramidal loom weights are by far the most common type found in Italy in the first millennium BCE. This loom weight should…