THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Inscriptions
41. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianti.
Terracotta.
Ca. 150 BCE.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
42. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
“The Orator”.
Bronze.
Late 2nd — early 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 2.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
43. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait bust of Sophocles on a herm (known as Solon).
Pentelic marble.
The head and the bust are of different ancient statues.
1st—2nd cent. CE, Roman work.
Inv. No. 377.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
44. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Marble statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus. Pedestal.
Marble. Second half of the 1st century BCE.
Herculaneum, terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus.
45. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Pedestal of the Obelisk of Theodosius. West side.
Hippodrome of Constantinople.
390 CE.
Istanbul.
46. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Pedestal of the Obelisk of Theodosius. East side.
Hippodrome of Constantinople.
390 CE.
Istanbul.
47. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Cornelia Antonia from Pisidia (inscription).
Marble.
160s—170s CE.
Inv. No. 8 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
48. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Grave stele with family portraits and with a Greek inscription from Thessalonica.
Marble.
2nd—3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 194 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
49. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nero. Base with inscription.
Marble.
54—68 CE.
Inv. No. 506 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
50. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Stele of Captain Julius Callineicus.
Early 3rd century CE.
Inv. No. 3872 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
51. INSCRIPTIONS. Asia.
The oath to Augustus.
Sandstone. 3 BCE.
Dess. ILS 8781 = Ditt. OGI 532.
Inv. No. E 1137-1.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
52. INSCRIPTIONS. Greece.
Architrave or roadway blocks at the bases of the Northeast Gates.
White marble.
Late 1st — early 2nd cent. CE.
Isthmia, Archaeological Site of Isthmia.
53. INSCRIPTIONS. Greece.
Architrave block with an inscription at the Northeast Gates.
White marble.
Late 1st — early 2nd cent. CE.
ILGR 113 = AE 1971, 440 = AE 1974, 605 = AE 1978, 779.
Inv. No. IA 69-42.
Isthmia, Archaeological Site of Isthmia.
54. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Term of Perikles.
Marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original ca. 425 BCE by Kresilas.
Inv. No. 1805,0703.91.
London, British Museum.
55. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A Roman funerary relief of Lucius Antistius Sarculo and his wife Antistia Plutia.
Marble.
Ca. 30—10 BCE.
Inv. No. 1858,0819.2.
London, British Museum.
56. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Sword of Tiberius. Detail of the scabbard: Tiberius and Augustus.
Ca. 15 CE.
Inv. No. 1866,0806.1.
London, British Museum.
57. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Sarcophagus of woman from the Seanti family.
Clay. 2nd century BCE.
Drawing after a watercolour 1886 by painter F. Eichler.
Inv. No. 1887,0402.1.
London, British Museum.
58. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Funerary relief with portraits of the freedmen Publius Licinius Philonicus and Publius Licinius Demetrius.
Marble.
Ca. 30—10 BCE.
Inv. No. 1954,1214.1.
London, British Museum.
59. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Atrium with an inscription in honour of Pliny the Younger.
Milan, Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio.
60. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Inscription in honour of Pliny the Younger.
Marble. 111—114 CE.
CIL V. 5262 = ILS 2927.
Milan, Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio.