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Miniature vessel made of light reddish brown clay with a round body, long thin neck, and a defined protruding lip. There are areas of black (possibly glaze) on the neck. Throwing lines are visible all along the body.

This funerary stele depicts a female figure supporting a small child, possibly a girl, on a draped bed. The child is toward the middle of the image, sitting on or beside the woman. The bed has two supporting legs which are visible, which have…

Terracotta frog lamp; unpierced pointed lug handle; large central filling-hole; one nozzle. Evidence of usage; was possibly glazed. Marks within the lamp indicate that it was likely mold-made, and that the top and bottom components were joined…

Logo for the Friends of the MCA Club

Obverse legend: D(ominus)N(oster) IVSTINI-ANVS P(er)P(etuus) AVG(ustus), translation: Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Augustus; helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing front, holding globus cruciger in right hand and shield in left, crosses…

Obverse legend: CONSTANTIUS NOB(ilissimus) CAES(ar), translation: Most Noble Caesar Constantius; laureate bust of Constantius Chlorus facing right. Reverse legend: SACRA MON(eta) VRB(is) AVGG(=Augustorum) ET CAESS(=Caesarum) NN(=Nostrorum),…

A small statuette of a female. She is wearing an archaic dress and holding an unknown object possibly with both hands. The back of the statuette is flat and plain.

Rectangular papyrus from Roman Egypt with Greek script, written in the 13th year of Trajan (109-110 CE). Contains 37-38 lines of text written in Greek. Document is probably an application for a lease.

On Friday, October 14th, the University of Ottawa Department of Classics and Religious Studies hosted a lecture by Dr. Robert Weir from the University of Windsor. He presented his research on an ancient coin, which may have been minted at Stymphalos,…

Dragendorf Form 18/31
Ceramic material with red gloss (terra sigillata)
Dish has warped lip - a second (?)
Originally sold as stampd by luventius
Illegible stamp
Foot Interior Has Sticker reads "CANTERBURY" VAUXHALL March 15, 1871 (Auction house)

Two rectangular lead panels with moulded designs incorporating vine tendrils, grapes, and kantharoi; bordered with a rope pattern. The panels are mounted on an acrylic base with the smaller one above the longer one. The back of the pannels are flat…

A small clay cylinder with a hollow middle for attachment to a necklace or bracelet. Engraved with a design along the surface for the purposes of rolling onto fresh clay in order to create a seal. Black in colour with brown spots due to wear.

A small clay cylinder with a hollow middle for attachment to a necklace or bracelet. Engraved with a design along the surface for the purposes of rolling onto fresh clay in order to create a seal. Slightly greenish-beige in colour.

A small clay cylinder with a hollow middle for attachment to a necklace or bracelet. Engraved with a design along the surface for the purposes of rolling onto fresh clay in order to create a seal. Light blue in colour, with a deeper blue present in…

Reproduction of female Cycladic figurine on wooden base. The sculpture is milky-white in colour and features a highly stylized depiction of the human form. The figure is depicted standing upright with a large, ovular face with a prominent nose, small…

Reproduction of a Cycladic figurine on a granite-like base. The sculpture is milky-white in colour and features a highly stylized depiction of the human form. Figure appears with arms crossed over chest, a long neck, and an oval-like head. The…

Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription has not been translated.

Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription, provided by the Yale Babylonian Collection: "5 quarts of good beer, 3 quarts of bread, 2 sheqel oil, 2 sheqel alkali, 1 fish, 1 bushel onions (for) Shu-Sin. 6 quarts of beer, 4…

Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription has not been translated.

Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription, provided by the Yale Babylonian Collection: ""1 mana gold, 2 metal bowls, the votive offering of the king. 14 sheqel and 1/3 golden goods, the votive offerings of the month of…

Black painted plaster, rectangular with one rounded side. There is a hole in the back for hanging. Cuneiform script. Translation: "To the goddess Inanna, the mistress of Eanna, his mistress, Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, the king of Ur, king of Sumer and…

Obverse legend (retrograde): ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, translation: Nero Caesar Augustus; laureate bust of Nero with aegis, facing right. Reverse legend (retrograde): ΕΤΟΥΣ ΒΙΡ, translation: Year 112; eagle holding lightning bolt, facing right, palm…

Obverse: A woman sits surrounded by trees, with her legs to the right and her head tilted downward against her right hand, with her arm propped up by her leg. She is nude from the waist up and has a robe draped around her legs and gathered around her…

Obverse legend: ANTONINVS AVG(ustus) PIVS P(ater) P(atriae) TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) XXIIII, translation: Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of the country, with tribunician power for the twenty-fourth time; laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right.…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) DOMIT(ianus) AVG(ustus) GERM(anicus) CO(n)[S(ul) XI], translation: Imperator Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Consul Eleven Times; draped bust of Apollo facing right, to right a branch of laurel. Reverse exergue: (ex)…