Friday, October 5, 2018

Rome: City to Empire Exhibition Part Five




Ivory and copper part of a Pyxis (Cylindrical Box), probably Alexandria, Egypt, 6th century CE
Glass and Gold Vessel Base of Saint Peter and Paul, Rome, Italy, 4th century CE
 Glass and Gold Vessel Base of A Scribe, Rome, Italy, 4th century CE


Glass Goblet with Biblical Scenes, Cologne, Germany, 4th century CE


Fragment of Gilded Wall Painting, Nero's Golden House, Rome Italy. 54-65 CE



Terracotta Amphora, made in Spain, excavated in the Baths of Titus, Rome, Italy, 1st-2nd century CE
Terracotta Amphora, probably made in Italy, 75-25 BCE

Silver Wine Cup, Chaourse, France, about 220-270 CE
Glass Rhyton, Syria or Palestine, 50-100 CE


Terracotta Plaque of Satyrs Making Wine, probably Italy, 50 BCE-100 CE


Wall Painting Fragment of A Man Drinking, Pompei, Italy, 50-79CE


Terracotta Plaque of Bacchus, Rome, Italy, 1-25 CE



Silver Ibis Toothpick from the Hoxne Treasure, Hoxne, England, late 4th-early 5th century CE



Pottery Oinochoe (Wine Jug), Smyrna (modern Izmir), Turkey, 50-25 BCE
Glass Jug, Kerch, Crimea, modern Ukraine, 4th century CE
Silver Wine Cup, Chaourse, France, about 220-270 CE


Funerary Monument, Italy, about 100-110 CE


Marble Sarcophagus of the Wedding of Bacchus and Ariadne, Rome, Italy, 2nd century CE














Marble Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Life of Moses, found in Bedoin, France, late 4th century CE



Marble Burial Chest, probably Italy, 1st-early 2nd century CE


Mummy portraits of a Woman and a Man, Rubaiyat, Egypt, 160-170 CE


6 comments:

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    1. Thanks Michal, it sure is but I'm glad to finish with all the photos.

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  2. Really amazing items. Those mummy portraits look as if they could be from the Renaissance period!

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    1. Thanks Aaron, there are some amazing objects, it is a great exhibition. The Bettany Hughes' talk was really interesting as well.

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  3. More great objects,it really is amazing how life like the Egyptian funeral portraits are.
    Best Iain

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