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Historical Archive: 5th through 2nd century BCE
For works dated 6th-5th century BCE see 7th and 6th c. BCE.
ibex finial fr. Minusinsk basin, bronze, Tagar culture 7th-3rd c. BCE, Hermitage |
deer/elk finial fr. Minusinsk basin, bronze, Tagar culture 7th-3rd c. BCE, Hermitage |
textile, Pre-Columbian Paracas culture 7th-3rd c. BCE, Imola |
Late Archaic male votary with wreath from the Cypriot Temple at Golgoi, c.500-480 BCE, IMA 28.35. For profile see IMA. |
amber beads fr. Werblitz (Wierzbnica), Woj. Zachodniopomorskie, Poland, 6th-4th c. BCE, SMB MVFg If 2384a |
pitcher (oinochoe), core-formed glass, Syria? 5th c. BCE, KM 1977.02.0001 |
warrior, bronze, 5th c. BCE Umbria, ANAM. For other views see ANAM. |
Scythian feline, bronze with electrum sheath, c.5th c. BCE, DO BZ.1923.7. This work has its own page. |
swan fr. Pazyryk barrow 5, reindeer wool felt, Pazyryk culture 5th-4th c. BCE, Hermitage 1687-260 |
altar from Semirechye (Zhetysu), Kazakhstan, cast bronze 125 cm wide, Sakae culture 5th-3rd c. BCE, Hermitage СА-13760. For details see Hermitage. |
jet bead set in gold as a bound pendant, 5th to 3rd c. BCE, from Maikop, RGM D351. For another view see RGM. |
spindle whorls fr. Certosa grave 259, ceramic, glass, c.480-70 BCE, Bologna |
'The Grimani Oinochoe': bronze jug from Peloponnesos, Greek c.460-50 BCE, MFAB LA18. For detail see MFAB. |
red-figure Attic skyphos: owl, c.450-400 BCE, KM 0000.00.2608. For oblique view see Kelsey. |
Parthenon South Metope III, marble, 447-432 BCE, BM 1816,0610.2. This work has its own page. |
Parthenon South Metope XXVIII, marble, 447-432 BCE, BM 1816,0610.12. This work has its own page. |
Parthenon South Metope XXXI, marble, 447-432 BCE, BM 1816,0610.15. This work has its own page. |
"Mars of Todi", Etruscan bronze votive figure, late 5th c. BCE, Vat 13886. This work has its own page. |
gold bulla, 4th c. BCE?, Bryn Mawr M.19; for other views see Bryn Mawr |
Hercules from Rome, bronze, Etruscan 4th-3rd c. BCE, KM 0000.00.6710 |
Etruscan amphora with sea monster handles, Orvieto, 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, Penn MS2511, which has its own page |
winged sphinx earring pendant, 4th-3rd c. BCE, KHM VIIb 259. For another view see KHM. |
Etruscan carnelian scarab, late 4th-3rd c. BCE, in ?13th c. gold seal matrix, HNM K.16.1871.7, which has its own page with centaur intaglio reverse |
wreath, gold, 4th-3rd c. BCE, SF 1967.7. For detail see SF. |
bead with thunderbolt, rock crystal, Tiritaka/Charax (north Black Sea area, c.4th c. BCE-3rd c. CE), Pushkin KB33 no.546. For another view see Pushkin. |
Chorasmian horse, 4th c. BCE-4th c. CE, Hermitage |
gryphon, ceramic/gilt, Tarantine 350-325 BCE, SF 1990.10.2 |
Battersea Shield, bronze with glass inserts, c.350-50 BCE, from the Thames River, BM 1857,0715.1. For details see BM. |
gold ring, prob. Cyprus, Hellenistic? Bryn Mawr M.167; for other views see Bryn Mawr |
Temple Boy from Phaneromeni (Cyprus), ceramic, c.350-25 BCE, KM 0000.02.9124. For frontal view see Kelsey. |
birth of Athena, Etrusco-Italic bronze mirror back fr. Arezzo, 330-310 BCE, Bologna IT 1073. For details see Bologna |
Nike earring pendants, gold, late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, SF 1984.102.2a-b |
Eros earring pendant, gold, late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, SF 1984.102.3 |
Etruscan gold bulla from Pozzo della Chiana, late 4th to first half of 3rd c. BCE, Arezzo |
votive breast, ceramic, late 4th-mid 1st c. BCE Veii, KM 0000.00.1776 |
votive eyes and nose, ceramic, late 4th-mid 1st c. BCE Veii, KM 0000.00.1774 |
Greek pyxis with nereid riding a hippocamp, ceramic, 3rd c. BCE, IMA 47.40. For lid see IMA. |
dancing woman, marble, 3rd c. BCE Greek, MFAB 4759. For additional views see MFAB. |
female ring-dancer, ceramic, 3rd c. BCE Cyprus (Chytroi or Soli?), KM 0000.02.9120. For oblique view see Kelsey. |
Gonzaga cameo, agate: 2 rulers, 3rd c. BCE or 1st c. BCE/CE, Hermitage ГP-19076, which has its own page |
bronze bear, poss. 3rd c. BCE, prob. 2nd c. CE, Aachen cathedral. The bear has its own page. |
Ajax drags Cassandra from the Palladion, banded agate intaglio, 3rd-2nd c. BCE Etrusco-Italic, p.c., access courtesy of Hadrien Rambach |
votive cow from Veii, ceramic, 3rd-2nd c. BCE Italy, KM 0000.00.1771 |
earring, gold/garnet, 3rd-2nd c. BCE, SF 401a-b |
gold pendant, Eastern Mediterranean 3rd-1st c. BCE, p.c., which has its own page |
incantation bowl from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 6th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.03.3756. For other contemporary bowls and eggshells see Kelsey. |
Vienna Gonzaga cameo: Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II, agate, 278-69 BCE, setting with enamel 1575-1600, KHM IXa 81 |
miniature female head, ceramic, Cyprus c.250 BCE, KM 0000.02.9127. For profile see Kelsey. |
winged genius, silver, Etruscan c.200-150 BCE, poss. from Chiusi, MFAB |
glass kantharos with gold/carnelian/garnet, c.200-100 BCE, Severskaya, Kuban region, MSHM. For oblique view see MSHM. |
mythological phalera with Athena, c.200-100 BCE, Severskaya, Kuban region, MSHM |
hermaphrodite, marble, Hellenistic? 2nd c. BCE? Penn MS5970, which has its own page |
Etruscan cinerary urn: Kadmos and dragon, alabaster, 2nd c. BCE, KHM I 1040a. For other views see KHM. |
Etruscan cinerary urn cover, alabaster, 2nd c. BCE?, KHM. For another view see KHM. |
Egyptian gods, unfinished chalcedony quader, Hellenistic, prob. 2nd c. BCE, AS 2009,6. This object has its own page. |
bracelet, early 2nd c. BCE? prob. Greek western Syria; gold, garnet, glass, emerald. AIC loan fr. Oriental Institute OIM 29788 |
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. |
Parthian ivory rhyton, 2nd-1st c. BCE, Hermitage CA-1504, which has its own page |
bracelets, Valais 2nd-1st c. BCE. VHM |
glass kantharos, 2nd-1st c. BCE, Vozdvizhenskaya Kurgan, Kuban region, MSHM |
cinerary urn with Eteocles and Polynices from Villa della Piene, ceramic with gesso and paint, Etruscan c.150 BCE, KM 0000.00.2608 |
elephant from Seleucia (Iraq), molded ceramic, c.150 BCE-200 CE, KM 0000.01.6041 |
camels from Seleucia (Iraq), molded ceramic and bitumen, c.150 BCE-200 CE, KM 0000.01.4400, 0000.01.6372, 0000.01.4315. For oblique view see Kelsey. |
gold/garnet/crystal/glass brooch, late 2nd-early 1st c. BCE, northeastern Black Sea, with Hellenistic carnelian intaglio Athena and Nike, Morgan 2012.2:14 |