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ALT Absolutely gorgeous painted terracotta cinerary urn with the figure of a young fair-haired, blue-eyed man reclining on the lid - propped up by two pillows - and a molded panel on the chest. The figure wears a white tunic (chiton) with two purple clavi (vertical stripes), a mantle - possibly a toga - with a purple border and a gold finger-ring, and holds a libation bowl (phiale). The name of a woman Thana Ancarui Thelesa is painted on the chest of the urn and a scene of five colorful embattled warriors appears below. How did the figure of a man on the top get mixed with the chest bearing a woman's name? Etruscan, about 150-100 BCE, from Chiusi, Italy. British Museum (1926,0324.124)
ALT A winged female figure in part covered by a garland of vegetation with a knot of yellow and purple striped textile. Behind panels of blue and pink and red.
ALT Detail of the garland with stylised dolphin and foliage designs
ALT The portrait of a winged female genius. She wears a gold necklace which has a red stone pendant, and gold earrings.
ALT Two photos of busts of the Roman couple described in the post.
ALT Two photos of busts of the Roman couple described in the post.
ALT Detail of the bottom of a large floor mosaic, with large flowing borders containing laurel leaf and ribbon patterns which separate tondos with portraits of Pan and a satyr. Pan is looking very 3D and goaty, with a long nose, horns, a goaty beard, and a wreath of pine branches and pinecones on his head. The satyr is leering out, his flowing hair held by a wreath of ivy leaves and berries above the two small horns sprouting out of his forehead. He has ruddy red cheeks, and wears a cloak of animal skin. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.
ALT Statue head of Fortuna with hair styled up and a pleasant expression on her face.
