Aion Art

arjuna-vallabha:

Horus egyptian roman sculpture, Vatican, Museum

met-egyptian-art:

Outer Coffin of Khonsu, Egyptian Art

Medium: Wood, gesso, paint, varnish

Funds from various donors, 1886 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544704

gregory-lejeune:

Buste d’Antinoüs (détail du Groupe de San Ildefonso, vers 130-138).

Source: cc https://www.flickr.com/photos/76509819@N04/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

met-egyptian-art:

Amulet of Khnum, Egyptian Art

Medium: Faience

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551325

lionofchaeronea:

Electrum hekte coin of the ancient Greek city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, depicting the forequarters of a winged lion (obverse) and a seated Sphinx (reverse).  Artist unknown; ca. 412-378 BCE.  Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

glencairnmuseum:

“Woe! (It’s a pity!) 
HaninaSon of Hanina
[May he(?)] ascend!”

Funerary reliefs like this one from Palmyra, Syria, were used to seal off a burial chamber within a tomb. The image of the deceased is identified by the Aramaic inscription carved beside the head.

(Limestone, 3rd Century A.D. In Glencairn’s Roman and Early Christian Gallery)  ow.ly/2s87307cTlg