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Historical Archive: Human Activities This page is alphabetical, not chronological. abduction: Ajax drags Cassandra from the Palladion, banded agate intaglio, 3rd-2nd c. BCE Etrusco-Italic, p.c., access courtesy of Hadrien Rambach Baking Bread: Labor for December, enamel 1540-60, Jean de Court (Vigier), UMMA 1977/1.168 bathing: woman bathing at a fountain and column, agate intaglio, 2nd-1st c. BCE Italic, on Enger cross c.1100, KGM 88,635. The cross has its own page. For bathing an infant, see Nativity. dancing woman, marble, 3rd c. BCE Greek, MFAB 4759. Dancers have their own page. drawing water: pyxis with Christ and the Samaritan woman, ivory, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 A. This object has its own page. driving chariots: victorious charioteers, tortoise-shell reliefs, 3rd c., RLM. Chariots have their own page. eating: grave stone of the daughter of the standard-bearer Crescens with funeral banquet, from Kirkby Thore (Eng.), 2nd-4th c., BM 1970,0102.7. Eating and drinking have their own page. eye treatment (oculist): sarcophagus of Eugami and Cyriaca, from S. Vittore, Ravenna, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale. For contiguous images see Ravenna. falconing: mirror-back with courtly couple, ivory, 2nd quarter of 14th c. Paris, Louvre. fighting animals: Hercules and the Cretan bull, probably 1st c., BM 1814/7-4/1652. Humans fighting animals have their own page. fighting humans: buckle with fighting knights from Kígyóspuszta (Hungary), gold and niello, 13th c., HNM. Humans fighting humans have their own page. fighting mythological beings: Hercules and Achelous, intaglio rock crystal, Annibale Fontana, c.1560-1570, WAM 41.71. See other examples in Dragons and Iconographic Index, Classical Mythology. fishing: Stephansbursa, gold repoussé reliefs, early 9th c., Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Schatzkammer. This object has its own page. Hunting and fishing have their own page. giving birth: pregnant woman on a birthing stool, ceramic, Egypt 1st c. BCE/CE, BM 1992/8-11/1 giving birth: pregnant woman on a birthing stool, ceramic, Egypt 1st c. BCE/CE, BM 1992/8-11/1 hunting: Diana weather vane, copper sheets, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1892-94, PMA 1932-30-1. Hunting and fishing have their own page. nursing: grave stone of the family of Aelius Munatius, Dunapentele (Hungary) 238-44 CE, HNM 22.1905.3 nursing: grave stone of the family of Aelius Munatius, Dunapentele (Hungary) 238-44 CE, HNM 22.1905.3 grave stone of the family of Aelius Munatius, Dunapentele (Hungary) 238-44 CE, HNM 22.1905.3 nursing: Giovanni di Balduccio, Charity, marble c.1330, NGA 1960.5.4. This work has its own page. playing music: musical automaton in the form of a male saint, court of Charles V (J. Turriano?), Madrid 1570-80, MAAB. For musicians see Musical Instruments. reaping: Reaper with bird, carnelian intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26123, Bonner 122 reaping: Reaper, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Taubman, Bonner 115 riding an ass: Entry into Jerusalem, ivory pyxis, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114. For contiguous images see Pyxides. riding horses: Saint Faustinus from Porta della Pile, mid 13th c., Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia. For other examples see Horses. sailing: man in boat and fish from Antioch of Pisidia, ceramic, Roman (poss. Christian), KM 0000.09.3898 sailing: Jonah sarcophagus found between Ilminster and Bath, Eng., marble, c.300, BM 1957,1011.1. This work has its own page. sailing: Andrea Guacioloti, Pope Nicholas V in the ship Eclesia, cast bronze 1455, UMMA 1984/1.283 sleeping: Jonah asleep under a vine, late 3rd c. central Turkey: This group has its own page. sleeping: Tree of Jesse, alabaster with paint and gilding, 15th c. Nottingham, PMA 1945-25-108 (pair with 1945-25-107) spinning: grave stone of Veriuga, Dunapentele (Hungary) early 2nd c., HNM 56.1911.3=62.54.1 spinning: grave stone of Veriuga, Dunapentele (Hungary) early 2nd c., HNM 56.1911.3=62.54.1 spinning: grave stone of Veriuga: distaff and spindle, Dunapentele (Hungary) early 2nd c., HNM 56.1911.3=62.54.1 spinning: Mary at Annunciation, ivory pyxis, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114. For contiguous images see Pyxides. washing: Albrecht Altdorfer 1509-18, Pilate washing his hands, from altarpiece of St. Sebastian, Abbey of St. Florian washing: Albrecht Altdorfer 1509-18, Pilate washing his hands. For washing an infant, see Nativity.