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Historical Archive: Third century, not more precisely datable
miniature tools or weapons, bronze, 1st to 3rd c., BM, 2975+ |
reclining woman (Aphrodite?) from Karanis (Egypt), faience, 1st-3rd c., KM 0000.02.5986 |
Medici cameo: emperor (Claudius Gothicus or Antoninus Pius?) with genius, sacrificing poss. to Hope, 1st-3rd c., sardonyx cameo in gilded metal, Florence MA 14443. This work has its own page. |
Hercules, emerald intaglio, 1st-3rd c., BM 1865,0712.198. For other views and impression see BM. |
oscillum against evil eye, limestone, 1st-3rd c., ANAM. For other views see ANAM. |
mold-blown beaker with standing figures, 1st to 4th c., Hermitage |
gladiator fibula, silver, 1st to 4th c., MFAB |
Medusa, silver, 1st to 4th c. eastern provincial Roman, MFAB |
glass flask and footed cups found together, 1st-4th c. Karanis (Egypt), KM 0000.00.5936, 0000.00.5965, 0000.00.5966. For other views see Kelsey. |
crocodile pendant, jadeite, Caribbean watershed 1-500 CE, DO PC.B.263, which has its own page |
Cock-headed anguipede, jasper, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26054, Bonner 172. See many 1st-6th c. works at 'Abrasax' gems. |
2nd-3rd c. magical inscription on an earlier crystal ball, MFAB 50.1315. This object has its own page. |
"Thracian Horseman" funerary relief, marble, 2nd-3rd c. Macedonia, MFAB 50.962 |
Mithras relief from Fiano Romano: Mithras and the Bull, 2nd or 3rd c., marble, Louvre MND 1911 |
Mithras relief from Fiano Romano, reverse: Mithras banqueting with Sol, 2nd or 3rd c., marble, Louvre MND 1911. For detail and side view see Louvre. |
molds for counterfeit coins, ceramic, 2nd to 3rd c., Musée de Normandie de Caen |
jar, mold-blown glass, 2nd-3rd c. Egypt, KM 0000.00.5346 |
Lead sarcophagus, 2nd/3rd c., prob. E Mediterranean, 55 x 173 x 41.2 cm, DO BZ.1941.2. This work has its own page. |
2nd-3rd c. carnelian intaglio, in 13th c. gold seal ring, HNM K.60.3.B, which has its own page |
Roman harness distributor, 2nd-3rd c., copper alloy, Morgan 2012.2:7 |
Headdress mount(?), gold/garnet/glass/poss. jadeite, 2nd-3rd c., eastern Black Sea, Morgan 2012.2:105 |
marble gravestone fr. Crimea Chersonesus, 2nd-3rd c. with 6th c. Greek inscription, Hermitage Х-1039. For oblique view see Hermitage. |
Greek marble grave stone of Judas with candelabra, palmettes, doves, flasks, from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense, 3rd-4th or poss. *2nd-3rd c., Rome, Vat 17584 |
funerary stela of Herakela (age 60) and Ares (age 52), limestone and paint, 2nd-early 4th c. Terenouthis (Egypt), KM 0000.02.1179. For details see Kelsey. |
grave stone of the daughter of the standard-bearer Crescens with funeral banquet, from Kirkby Thore (Eng.), 2nd-4th c., BM 1970,0102.7 |
wooden comb, 2nd to 4th c. Karanis (Egypt), KM 0000.00.9976 |
Crucifixion amulet, jasper, E Mediterranean late 2nd-3rd c., BM 1986,0501.1, which has its own page |
discharge document of the soldier Septimius Bubas, bronze, Danube region, 3rd c., RLM |
victorious charioteers, tortoise-shell reliefs, 3rd c., RLM |
victorious charioteers, tortoise-shell reliefs, 3rd c., RLM |
ring, gold/garnet, 3rd c., eastern Roman (Georgia?), Morgan 2012.2:11 |
portrait head, bronze gilt, 3rd c., fr. west wall of Aquileia forum, ANAM. For profile view see ANAM. |
Caracalla, onyx cameo, 3rd c., Hermitage ГP-12732 |
grave stone of an estate manager, sandstone, 3rd c., HMP |
Roman layered blue glass intaglio of Victory, 3rd c., on disk fibula from Bad Hönningen, RLM 35.54. For fibula see RLM. |
Good Shepherd, sard, 3rd c., BM, Dalton 503 |
portrait seal with fish, chalcedony, 3rd c., BN Chab. 1334 |
portrait seal with fish, chalcedony, 3rd c., BN Chab. 1334 |
Medea and her children from a funerary monument, Dunapentele (Hungary) 3rd c. CE, HNM 16.1906.6 |
Dionysiac frieze, architectural sculpture, 3rd c. CE Dunapentele (Hungary), HNM 27.1906.2 |
Hercules club from Vienna, gold, 3rd c., KHM VIIa 20 |
infant death mask, mortar, from a 3rd c. sarcophagus, Paris, Musée Carnavalet Paris AP 75 |
infant death mask: modern plaster impression, Musée Carnavalet Paris |
lamp with gladiators, ceramic, 3rd c. Egypt, KM 1971.02.0233 |
Abrasax, jasper intaglio, 3rd c., Fitzwilliam. This work has its own page. |
Chnoubis and animals, jasper intaglio, 3rd c., Fitzwilliam. This work has its own page. |
lead sarcophagus from Tyre, 3rd c., Penn B10280/82/83/84, which has its own page |
Roman ring, gold/emerald, 3rd c. or later, BM 1917,0501.859, which has its own page |
Hercules urinating, 3rd or late 15th c., sardonyx cameo, Florence MA 14612 |
vessel imitating glass, wheel-cut ceramic, 3rd to 4th c. Speyer, HMP |
tiger wall painting fr. Toprak-kala palace (Uzbekistan), 3rd-4th c., Hermitage |
fragmentary hunt scene, 3rd or 4th c. (possibly German or Alexandrian), blown and cut glass, TMA 28.1888 |
diatreta glass with Greek inscription, 3rd or 4th c., from Braunsfeld, Stollberger Str., RGM |
cast of Greek marble grave stone of Ammias prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30879 |
Latin marble grave stone of Salutia prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense with menorah and open scroll, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30785 |
Greek marble grave stone of Primitiva and Euphrainon poss. from Trastevere with ethrogs, lulabs, menorahs, flasks, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30887 |
Greek marble grave stone of Aster prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense with birds, trees, flask, grapes, menorah, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30825 |
ivory terminal: boat, sailors; 3rd-4th c., Vat 62588 |
conical lamp from Karanis, free-blown glass, 3rd-5th c., KM 0000.00.5545 |
nereid riding hippocamp, bone, 3rd-5th c., KHM X 293 |
gold-glass medallion: menorah, amphora, horn, citron, branches; 3rd-5th c., BM 1863,0727.10 |
monogram seal, carnelian, 3rd or 6th c., DO 57.65 |