Ancient Stone

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Ancient Egyptian painted stela from a niche in the chapel of Anu.  Artist unknown; ca. 1981-1640 BCE

Naophorous (temple-bearing) greywacke block statue of Psamtik[seneb], governor of Sais.   Artist unk

Marble portrait of the Roman emperor Augustus (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE). Now in the Walters Art Museum, Ba

Marble portrait of the Hellenistic monarch and military commander Pyrrhus of Epirus (318-272 BCE). 

Alabaster statue of a male priest, from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk. Artist unknown; ca. 3

Stonemasons making colossal statue of the Pharaoh, from a Rare Record of Frescoes from Thebes, recor

Ancient Egyptian faience cartouche containing the name of the lunar deity Khonsu-Neferhotep.  Artist

Marble head of the Roman deity Jupiter.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE.  Now in the Spurlock Museum,

Ancient Egyptian steatite sculpture of a crocodile with a falcon’s head, representing either the dei

Sardonyx cameo depicting a Ptolemaic prince as Hermes.  Artist unknown; 3rd cent. BCE.  Now in the C

Sandstone head of the Buddha, from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh.  Artist unknown; ca. 6th cent. CE.  Now i

Ancient Egyptian limestone canopic jar of one Userhat.  Artist unknown; ca. 1400-1352 BCE (reign of

Part of a painted tomb-wall showing Asiatic tribute-bearers (painted plaster on stone), from the Tom

Diadem of Tutankhamen. Studded with semiprecious stones, this crown was found on the head of King Tu

Funerary stele (painted limestone) of the Royal Sealer Indi and his wife Mutmuti, Priestess of Hatho

Cornerstone of an altar, showing the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II “the Great” (r. 1279-1213 BCE)

Statue of Hermes,carved from Pentelic marble.  Roman-period copy (1st or 2nd cent. CE) after a lost

Marble bust of the Roman emperor Lucius Verus (r. 161-169 CE, jointly with Marcus Aurelius).  Now in

A set of four ancient Egyptian limestone canopic jars, used for holding organs removed from the dece

Standing sandstone statue of the 11th Dynasty pharaoh Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II (r. ca. 2061 BCE-2010

Carthaginian bronze cuirass, disovered in 1919 during the removal of stones at the Tunisian palace K

And as the chorus sang upon those ancient stones, my heart was lost forever.Syracuse, Sicily, Italy,

Statue of Amun, patron deity of Egyptian Thebes.  Artist unknown; ca. 2000 BCE (11th Dynasty, Middle

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