4th Century Bc Collection (page 12)

History of Paper: 3, c1900
History of Paper, c1900. The library of Alexandria, c300 BC. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

The Alexander Mosaic, c79 AD, (1902). The Battle of Issus in 333 BC, after the Roman mosaic from the city of Pompeii which was destroyed in 79 AD

Remains of the Servian wall near the railway station, Rome, 1902. View of the defensive barrier built round the city in the early 4th century BC

Horseman, Pazyryk felt artefact (carpet detail), 5th or 4th century BC. From the Pazyryk burial mounds, a series of Iron Age kurgans in the Altai Mountains, Siberia

Silver tetradrachma from Syracuse (obverse: a goddess with dolphins), 5th-4th century BC. Syracuse, on the island of Sicily

Cinerary Urn in the form of a reclining Youth (Etruria), early 4th century BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Pendant with Head of Athena Parthenos, early 4th century BC. Scythian Art. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Pile Carpet (Detail: Fallow deers and horsemen), 5th-4th century BC. Ancient Altaian, Pazyryk Burial Mounds. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Amphora with relief scenes, first half of 4th century BC
Amphora with relief scenes, first half of 4 century BC. Scythian Art. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Comb with a fighting scene, c400 BC. Scythian Art. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Aphrodite and Eros, end of 4th century BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Carved Petroglyph (People, deers, elks, birds, boots and circles), 4th-3rd millenium BC. Russian Forest Cultures. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Artemisia, 1634. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Artemisia, 1634. Artemisia II was the wife and successor of Mausolus, the satrap of Caria in Asia Minor, Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Sophoclean, c325-300 BC. Figure discovered on an ancient site at Tanagra (now Grimadha in Boeotia). Located in the Louvre, Paris

Horse, Quadriga of the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, 350 BC. A four-horse chariot group was positioned on the top of the stepped pyramid that crowned the Mausoleum. British Museum, London

Assorted Greek and Roman jewelry, 4th century BC-17th century. Greek gold ring, 4th century BC, Gold bracelet, Parthian, 2nd century AD, golden earing, Roman, 3-4th century

Nereid Monument, Lykian, 390-380 BC. Located in the British Museum

Carthaginian masks, Tunisia, 4th-3rd century BC. Cathage was settled by Phoenician settlers from Tyre in 814 BC. The city became the centre of a powerful empire that rivalled Rome for control of

Wall Fresco, House of the Menander, Pompeii

Ancient Egyptian pectoral, 5th-4th century BC. Earthenware with blue pearls. From a private collection

Mummy Mask in Stucco, Ptolemaic Dynasty. Located in the collection, Egyptian Museum, Berlin

Head of the Pharaoh Teos, 4th century BC. Teos, the second pharaoh of the 30th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, ruled from 362 until 360 BC. From the collection of the Philadelphia University Museum

Alexander the Great visits Darius, 4th century BC, (15th century). Alexander visits the King of Persia, left detail of a work in the collection of the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon

Apollo Belvedere, Ancient Greek statue, c400-323 BC. In Greek mythology Apollo was god of music, poetry, prophecy and healing and the ideal of youthful manly beauty. From the Vatican Museum, Rome

The Death of Socrates, 4th century BC, (1787). Artist: Jacques-Louis David
The Death of Socrates, 4th century BC, (1787). Socrates (469-399 BC) the Greek philosopher was found guilty of impiety and of corrupting the youth

Costume design for classical figures, 16th century. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Costume design for classical figures, 16th century. Top left: Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Roman orator and statesman. Top right: Euclid (active 300 BC), Greek mathematician

Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher. Plato (c428-c348 BC) was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. His most famous work is The Republic, in which he outlines his vision of an ideal state

Hippocrates of Cos, Ancient Greek physician, 1866. Known as the father of medicine Hippocrates (c460-c359 BC) laid the foundations of a scientific basis for medicine

Theophrastus, Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, 1866. Theophrastus (c372-c287 BC) was a pupil of Plato and of Aristotle who he succeeded as President of the Lyceum in 323 BC

Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, 1661. Euclids (fl300 BC) main achievements in mathematics were in the field of geometry. Frontispiece of an edition of his Elements of Geometry. (London, 1661)

Horn Bridle Decoration from Pazyryk, Altai Mountains, 5th century BC-4th century BC. Representing a Horned Tiger and two swans

Kitten Carved wooden bridle-plate from Pazyryk, Altai Mountains, 5th century BC-4th century BC. The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley of the Ukok

Saddle-Cover of Eagle-Griffin attacking Ibex, Pazyryk, Altai Region, 5th century BC-4th century BC. Detail in applied felt decoration

Carpet detail, Man and Horse, from Tomb at Pazyryk, Altai, USSR, 5th century BC-4th century BC. At Hermitage, Leningrad

Corner of Pile Carpet from Tomb at Pazyryk, Altai, USSR, 5th century BC-4th century BC. At Hermitage, Leningrad

Breast-Strap Ornament from Riding outfit, Pazyryk, Altai Mountains, 5th century BC-4th century BC. The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley of the Ukok

Riding outfit from Pazyryk, Altai Mountains, USSR, 5th century BC-4th century BC. The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley of the Ukok plateau in

Wooden bridle ornament, Head of Tiger from Altai, 5th century BC-4th century BC. At the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

Chinese Bronze Wrestlers, Late Zhou Dynasty, 4th century BC-3rd century BC. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history

Roman Tombs on the Appian Way, Rome, (1st-3rd century), c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Roman Tombs on the Appian Way, Rome, (1st-3rd century), c20th century. The Appian Way was one of the strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic

Detail of painting on Etruscan Sarcophagus from Tarquinia, late 4th century BC. Battle-Scene showing Greek influence. At Archaeological Museum, Florence

Etruscan Sarcophagus detail, Procession with Musicians, c5th century BC-4th century BC. Painted limestone. At Vatican Museum

Etruscan Stela Detail, Combat between horseman and foot-soldier, c4th century BC. At Museo Civico. Bologna, Italy

Etruscan Cinerary Urn, c7th century BC-4th century BC. Used to contain the cremated remains of an individual. Tarquinia Museum

Alexander the Great of Macedon (Iskandar) is brought by a priestess to spare an idol from destructio
Alexander the Great of Macedon (Iskandar), Mughal School, 1595-1596. Iskander is brought by a priestess to spare an idol from destruction. Illustration from a Persian manuscript

Red figured Nestoris (wine-jar), Lucania, , c390-c380 BC
Red figured Nestoris (wine-jar), Artemis and Actaeon, Lucania, c390BC-c380 BC. Aktaion changed to a stag by Artemis and killed by his hounds

Dionysus on a goat, Greek terracotta, Attic period, c350 B

Terracotta Flask with moulded medallion, Bellerophon killing the Chimaera, c300BC-c250BC. Made in Apulia

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