#ReliefWednesday - The front of a Roman sarcophagus decorated with the Labours of Hercules: ca. Late 2nd Century AD. I like how Hercules is shown ageing over the period of the completion of his tasks. #Myth #Art

Image: Uffizi Gallery (1914 n. 145). Link - uffizi.it/en/artworks/sa…

Going through some photos from years past, and this pic is making me jones for some time in #Oxford again. My visit in December was chilly (but worth it - wonderful meal and conversation with Dr Crom!), but May in Oxford is all about flowers, fields, and warm days.

#ReliefWednesday
Stela of retiarius Skyrtos ' the Dacian', a free man who became a gladiator and won six fights before his fatal defeat.
You can see it until April 21st at the Baths of Diocletian for the Dacia exhibition.
Tomis (Constanța),
Romania, 2nd/3rd century AD.

In #Bologna , I'm looking at the world through rose' colored glasses. James D'Emilio  Beverley Stanford LJ Trafford Dr Pat Witts

#MosaicMonday portraits of two of the four chariot team faction leaders (aurigae) from a larger mosaic. White and blue, each with their lead horses. They wear leggings, long sleeves (decorated!) w/ fasciae (ropes tied around their torso).

3rd c. CE, #PalazzoMassimo , Rome.
📸 me

A left hand holding drapery was found with the head, indicating that both pieces came from a larger-than-life sized statue. A torso was supposedly found, but disappeared. 2/

#BritishMuseum (1873,0820.1)

The head of the Hellenistic bronze Satala Aphrodite - the Armenian goddess Anahit in the guise of Aphrodite. Anahit was the goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Armenian mythology. Once a goddess of war.

1st c. BCE, Black Sea region (modern Sadak, Turkey) 1/

Simple *and* complex. This Late Bronze Age (bronze) shield from Wales is decorated with alternating concentric rows of ribs and small bosses. The central conical boss gives additional dimension to this parade shield.

12th-10th c. BCE
#BritishMuseum
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For #SpoliaSunday we're off to the MAF_Firenze to admire this upcycled ancient #bronze statue of a lamp-bearer, found in #Pesaro in the lands of the #dellaRovere duchy of #Urbino and sent to #Florence as a wedding gift from the duke to his heiress in 1630.