Black Background Collection (page 18)

Roman head of Helioserapis
Head of the Roman god Helioserapis, found in Norfolk. From the British Museums collection

Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, 5th century BC
Attic Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Detail of a Greek kylix showing a hunter and his dog
Detail of a Greek kylix (drinking cup) showing a hunter and his dog carrying hares. From Athens, from the British Museums collection

Model of the Pantheon, 1st century
Model of the Pantheon, a temple in Rome which was commissioned by Marcus Agrippa and built by the Emperor Hadrian, 1st century

Roman clay lamp with design of gladiators, 3rd century
Roman clay lamp with design of gladiators from Trier, Germany, 3rd century

Roman bronze figure of a man wearing a cloak, 4th century
Roman bronze figure of a man wearing a cloak with a hood, from Trier in Germany, 4th century

Copper As of Claudius, 1st century
Roman copper As of Claudius, with head facing left, 1st century

Sardinian bronze warrior with a horned helmet

Portrait head of Emperor Lucius Verus
Marble portrait head of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus, now at the British Musuem

Gold Roman fibula, 1st century
Gold Roman fibula from Ravenna, now in the British Museum, 1st century

Pipeclay figure from a Roman tomb at Colchester. It is the figure of a lector reading from a scroll: Romans were customarily entertained at meals by professional readers

The Colchester Sphinx, 1st century
The Colchester Sphinx, a Roman funerary monument found outside the Roman town walls of Colchester in 1821. Now in Colchester Castle Museum, 1st century

Bronze statuette of the infant Horus
Bronze statuette of the Romanised Egyptian god, the infant Horus, found in the river Thames in London. He has the wings of Cupid, the vine-wreath of Bacchus, the crescent of Luna

Minoan pottery shrine containing a goddess with raised arms. On the roof two human figures watch the goddess through the light-well

Mycenaean gold seal-ring, 17th-12th century BC
Mycenaean gold seal-ring from Shaft Grave IV at Myceneae, Greece. It shows a warrior fighting three enemies, and is apparently influenced by Cretan work, 17th-12th century BC

Minoan Poppy Goddess - note the poppy-heads on her crown - from a shrine at Gazi, near Heracleion on Crete. From the Archaeological Museum of Heracleion, Crete

Phaestos Disc, from Minoan Royal Palace at Phaestos, 20th century BC
The Phaestos Disc, from the Minoan Royal Palace at Phaestos. The inscription in hieroglyphs has not yet been deciphered, and its authenticity is sometimes doubted

Late Minoan sarcophagus, from Ierapetra on Crete

Stone head of a colossal statue of Constantine I, 3rd century
Stone head of a colossal statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine I (c. 27 February 272 - 22 May 337), from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome, 3rd century

Base of the south cross at Castle Dermot, with Celtic huntsmen and animals

Celtic gold helmet, 4th century BC
Celtic gold helmet from Amfreville, France, 4th century BC

Marble statue of the Roman emperor Nero, 1st century
Statue of the Roman emperor Nero (15 December 37 - 9 June 68), wearing a toga, 1st century

Statuette of a drunken Hercules from the Roman town of Herculaneum
Statuette of a drunken Hercules from the House of the Stags in Herculaneum

Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, 10th century
Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, of Caliph al-Musta sippu. It was minted at Baghdad, 10th century

Silver dirham with a horse and rider, 10th century
Silver dirham with a horse and rider, from the Abassid Dynasty, and possibly of Caliph al Muqtadir, 10th century

Bust of the Athenian statesman Pericles, 5th century BC
Bust of Pericles (c. 495 -429 BC), the Athenian statesman, 5th century BC

Gallo-Belgic jug, which was made in the Rhineland and exported to Britain pre-conquest. This one is from a cemetery at Lexden, Colchester, Essex. The capacity to the base of the neck is 9.1 litres

The Roman Colchester Sphinx, 1st century
The Colchester Sphinx, from a Roman funerary monument at Colchester, Essex. It is made of Bath oolite, 1st century

Stone relief showing the water-goddess Coventina, 2nd century
Stone relief showing the British water-goddess Coventina in triple forms. From Coventinas well near Hadrians wall. In Chester Museum, Northumberland, 2nd century

Marble bust of the Athenian statesman Pericles, 5th century BC
Marble bust of Pericles (c. 495 -429 BC) from the Vatican Museums collection, 5th century BC

Gold Mycenaean cup, 15th century
Gold Mycenaean cup showing bull-catching, from Vaphio in Greece. At the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 15th century

Cycladic marble vase, 26th century BC

Cycladic figure
Cycladic female figure

Depiction of Typhon from the pediment of an early temple near the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, now from the Acropolis Museums collection

Greek terracotta figure of a man sawing wood, 6th century BC
Greek terracotta figure of a man sawing wood from Boetia, Now in the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 6th century BC

Vase known as Athena a la Ciste, 4th century BC. Artist: Cephisodotus
Athena a la Ciste, a replica of a 5th century Greek original from Crete, formerly attributed to Cephistodes, father of Praxiteles, but recently attributed to Alcemene

Greek bronze of a warrior, 6th century BC
Greek bronze of a warrior, from the National Museum in Athens, 6th century BC

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