EditorialMinoan period. Knossos Palace. Bronze Age. Bull-leaping Fresco, ca. 1400 BC. It depicts a young man performing what seems to be a handspring or flip over a charging bull. Bull Leaping was a local sport, during which the athlete had to execute jumps ove...
EditorialAmforis fox of green, yellow glass, pointed outwards. Funnel-shaped opening, two vertical ears and wide embossed band under the opening. Received as a gift through the intervention of Victor de Stuers, purchased from Kleykamp. 'Sassanidischvlgns dr. No...
EditorialVz: bust with halo n.r., Kz: temple of which 7 columns visible, inscription as dots indicated, coin, antoninian, late 3rd century, metal, copper, Diam. 12x14 mm, wt. 1.05 gr, Roman IIIB AD, the Netherlands, North Brabant, Cuijk, Cuijk and Sint Agatha.
EditorialEarthen lamp with decorated mirror. Loeschcke type Ib, shoulder form IIIb. White earth with yellow-brown paint. Ear broken off. Mirror largely disappeared, hole at the bottom of the spout. Standring. Fire traces on the spout. No longer able to trace th...
EditorialThe Netherlands Roman period, coin, aes, 3rd-4th century, metal, copper, Diam., 20 mm, wt., 1.64 gr, IIIB-IV AD, the Netherlands, South Holland, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Bodegraven.
EditorialTerracotta lamp of flat round model, early shape with a distinctly distinct trunk, a neck with volutes on the side and a triangular spout, the ear is missing. On the upper surface the bust of Mercury, on the right, Loeschcke type I A, shoulder shape II...
EditorialTerracotta lamp of flat round model, early shape with a distinctly distinct trunk, a neck with volutes on the side and a triangular spout, the ear is missing. On the upper surface the bust of Mercury, on the right, Loeschcke type I A, shoulder shape II...
EditorialThe Netherlands Roman period, coin, aes, 3rd-4th century, metal, copper, Diam., 17 mm, wt., 0.94 gr, roman IIIB -IV AD, the Netherlands, Gelderland, Wageningen, Wageningen.
EditorialVz: (women) head l. with pearl necklace, Kz: stylized rose, coin, drachma, gallia, metal, silver, diam. 17x18 mm, wt. 4.52 gr, gr BC IIIB-II, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown.
EditorialEarthen lamp with decorated mirror. Loeschcke type Ib, shoulder form IIIb. White earth with yellow-brown paint. Ear broken off. Mirror largely disappeared, hole at the bottom of the spout. Standring. Fire traces on the spout. No longer able to trace th...
EditorialStanding male worshiper, Sumerian, Early Dynastic IIIb, Date ca. 25002350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Copper alloy, H. 7 3/4 x W. 2 1/8 in. (19.7 x 5.4 cm), Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed.
EditorialMinoan period. Knossos Palace. Bronze Age. Bull-leaping Fresco, ca. 1400 BC. It depicts a young man performing what seems to be a handspring or flip over a charging bull. Bull Leaping was a local sport, during which the athlete had to execute jumps ove...
EditorialWhistle Figure, 500-1000. Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, Monte Alb?b IIIB. Molded pottery; overall: 25.5 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm (10 1/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.).
EditorialFoundation cone with cuneiform inscription of Enmetena of Lagash, Early Dynastic IIIb, ca. 2500?2350 B.C., Southern Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Clay, 6.46 in. (16.41 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed,.
EditorialFoundation figure of a deity, Early Dynastic IIIb, ca. 2500?2350 B.C., Southern Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Copper, H. 10 7/8 x W. 2 1/16 in. (27.6 x 5.2 cm), Metalwork-Sculpture,.
EditorialTerracotta squat alabastron (jar), Late Helladic IIIB, ca. 13th century B.C., Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. approx. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.), Vases, It has been suggested that this vessel shape was used primarily to contain honey or unguents.
EditorialTerracotta krater, Late Helladic IIIB, ca. 13th century B.C., Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. 12 in. (30.5 cm.), Vases, Decorated on each side with an octopus, two vertical handles.
EditorialTerracotta chariot krater, Late Helladic IIIB, ca. 1300?1230 B.C., Helladic, Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm), Vases, The chariot was an important motif in art from the Greek mainland; its frequency on Mycenaean pictorial vases has charac...
EditorialTerracotta kylix (drinking cup) with whorl shells, Late Helladic IIIB, ca. 1300?1190 B.C., Mycenaean, Terracotta; Fine painted ware, H. 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm.), Vases, The use of vertical whorl-shells is characteristic of decoration of the Late Helladic ...
EditorialTerracotta stirrup jar, Late Helladic IIIA2 late-IIIB, ca. 1325?1200 B.C., Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.), Vases, The stirrup jar is one of the most common Mycenaean shapes used to contain liquids such as oil or wine.
EditorialMycenaean female figurine, Late Helladic IIIB, 13th century B.C., Helladic, Mycenaean, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 3 in. (7.6 cm), Terracottas, The statuette, of psi type, is handmade and solid with only the upper half preserved. It has a flat torso, pro...
EditorialMinoan period. Knossos Palace. Bronze Age. Bull-leaping Fresco, ca. 1400 BC. It depicts a young man performing what seems to be a handspring or flip over a charging bull. Bull Leaping was a local sport, during which the athlete had to execute jumps ove...