Ancient Stone

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Votive stele in honor of the god Ptah, dedicated in his temple at Deir el-Medina by Nakht-em-Mut, fo

Monumental marble head of the Roman goddess Juno, wearing a diadem.  Found at Vienne (ancient Vienna

national-trust:Golden sunrise illuminates the ancient stones @avebury_nt, the largest stone circle i

Limestone tomb stela of Hetepsi. Artist unknown; ca. 2323-2100 BCE (Old Kingdom). Found at Dendera;

Alabaster canopic jar of Hor-Uahibre. Artist unknown; 664-525 BCE (26th Dynasty, Late Period). Now i

Funerary stele for Eukoline, daughter of Antiphanes.  Artist unknown; ca. 380 BCE.  Now in the Keram

Fragment of an ancient Egyptian tomb relief (limestone with traces of paint), depicting a scribe of

Head of Zeus.  Artist unknown; Flavian period (69-96 CE).  From Ephesus; now in the Ephesus Archaeol

Limestone slab depicting Hapy (Hapi), ancient Egyptian god of the annual Nile flooding.  Artist unkn

Limestone head, identified as the Ptolemaic queen Arsinoe II. Artist unknown; 278-270 BCE (reign of

Egyptian block statue (gabbro) of one Nespamedu, son of Paiunhor and Tanethut. Artist unknown; 305-3

Bust of the pharaoh Amenemhat III (r. ca. 1859-1813 BCE).  Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

35,000 year-old flute carved from a vulture bone. Found in modern-day Germany, these are the oldest

Inscribed cartouche in the Temple of Horus, Edfu, bearing the name of Cleopatra VII (r. 51-30 BCE). 

Statue of a man (either an emperor or general) in a Roman military corselet decorated with Selene an

Stone macehead of King Scorpion, Pre-Dynastic Egypt, circa 3,000 BC

Ancient Egyptian statue (limestone with plaster and paint) of the upper part of a hippo goddess.  Ar

Colossal portrait sculpture of the Empress Plotina, wife of Trajan, thought to have been made after

Oldmeldrum Prehistoric Inspired Sculpture, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 27.5.18.

Marble portrait bust of the Roman emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37 CE).  Artist unknown; 1st cent. CE.  Fo

The three items here are whale bone chess pieces made at around the same time as the Anglo-Saxon Lew

Inscripted stone at the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, Delphi - Greece

Of all the joys of strolling through the museum—studying Larry Rivers’s brush strokes, or seeing Yor

Scarab (glazed steatite) inscribed with Menkheperre, the throne name of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thu

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