#ancient relief

[evilios]

Marble Relief of Sun God Helios in a Quadriga

This relief dates back to 300-280 BCE and was found at the temple of Athena at Ilion-Troy, modern Turkey. Currently at the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany.

Photo source: 🏺

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Pair of Architectural Reliefs with Elephants.

Date: A.D. 80–100

Culture: Roman

Place of origin: Western Roman Empire

Medium: Italian marble

[egypt-museum]

Relief of Osiris, green-skinned

Tomb of Nefertari (QV66), Valley of the Queens, West Thebes.

[heartsfortwotpot]

i call two my “missus” because i missus them

[koenji]

pomegranate and grape vine reliefs. (png)

[rudjedet]

I feel we all need to see the 1,5 cm long grasshopper from the mastaba tomb of Hetepherakhet again

[ancientculture-blog]

Relief with Achaemenid warriors.

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Photo: Jakub Hałun

[ancientrome]

Relief of the Temple of Hadrian on the Field of Mars.

[vintagehomecollection]

Antiques at Home, 1989

[evilios]

Relief depicting Apollo - made out of marble and dating back to the year 175-200 A.D., this relief shows Apollo between two torch bearers. This object was found on the rear facade of the stage building of the theatre in Miletus.

Photo credit: Leonardo

[romegreeceart]

Wool merchant Titus Aelius Evangelus

* Ostia Antica

* 2nd century CE

* Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm

Stockholm, November 2023

[egypt-museum]

Relief of Osiris and Nephthys

New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, ca. 1332-1292 BC. Tomb of Maya and Merit, Saqqara necropolis.

[blueiscoool]

A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Relief with Profile of Ramesses II.

Place of origin: Egypt

Period: 19th Dynasty ; Reign of Ramesses II

Date: 1279-1213 B.C.

Medium: Limestone with traces of paint.

[lionofchaeronea]

Fragment from an Apulian red-figure volute-krater, depicting a woman's head (gorgoneion?) in relief. Artist unknown; ca. 350-320 BCE. Now in the Museum der Universität Tübingen, Germany. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.

[the-puffinry]

Engraved Scaraboid with Aphrodite Riding a Goose, about 400 B.C.E.

Aphrodite riding on a goose. Terracotta from Locri, Calabria, Italy. Made in Boeotia c. 470 – 460 BC. [this actually looks like a swan to me; look at the upper beak?].

Aphrodite on a goose, 2nd-1st Century B.C.E.

Aphrodite riding on a goose, 380 BCE, Taranto.

Relief of Aphrodite on a goose, 50 BCE-100 CE, Italy.

Terracotta figurine of Aphrodite seated on a goose, 3rd to 2nd century BCE, Cyprus.