THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Sculpture | Asia
141. SCULPTURE.
Front of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt.
Asiatic marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. 79.
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II.
142. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Rear of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt. Frieze of a sarcophagus lid showing the presentation of Apollo and Artemis to Zeus. Acroteria.
Rear wall: asiatic marble. 160 CE.
Lid: Italian marble. Ca. 150 CE.
Inv. Nos. 95 (wall) / 96 (lid).
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II.
143. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Rear of columnar sarcophagus showing the Labours of Heracles and scenes of hunt.
Marble.
Upper register: modern work imitating the composition of the front panel (17th cent.).
Lower register: 160 CE.
Inv. No. 95.
Rome, Museum and Gallery of Villa Borghese, Room II.
144. INSCRIPTIONS. Asia.
Base of a statue erected in honor of Tiberius and depicting the personifications of 14 Asian cities
Copy.
Original: 30 C.E.
Front side (Sardis, Magnesia).
CIL. X. 1624 = ILS. 156.
Inv. No. MCR 342.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
145. INSCRIPTIONS.
Base of a statue erected in honor of Tiberius and depicting the personifications of 14 Asian cities
Copy.
Original: 30 C.E.
Back side (Temnos, Cybira, Myrina, Ephesos, Apollonis, Hyrcania).
Inv. No. MCR 342.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
146. INSCRIPTIONS.
Base of a statue erected in honor of Tiberius and depicting the personifications of 14 Asian cities
Copy.
Original: 30 C.E.
Left side (Mostene, Aegae, Hierocaesarea).
Inv. No. MCR 342.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
147. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sleeping Hermaphroditus.
Microasiatic marble.
Roman copy of the mid-2nd cent. CE after a bronze original of the Asia Minor of the mid-2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 1087.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
148. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sleeping Hermaphroditus.
Microasiatic marble.
Roman copy of the mid-2nd cent. CE after a bronze original of the Asia Minor of the mid-2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 1087.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
149. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sleeping Hermaphroditus (close-up).
Microasiatic marble.
Roman copy of the mid-2nd cent. CE after a bronze original of the Asia Minor of the mid-2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 1087.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
150. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sleeping Hermaphroditus (close-up).
Microasiatic marble.
Roman copy of the mid-2nd cent. CE after a bronze original of the Asia Minor of the mid-2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 1087.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
151. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sleeping Hermaphroditus.
Microasiatic marble.
Roman copy of the mid-2nd cent. CE after a bronze original of the Asia Minor of the mid-2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 1087.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
152. SCULPTURE. Syria.
Head of a man.
Part of a headstone from Palmyra.
Sandstone.
The first quarter of the 3rd century.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
153. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Relief with the image of Kybele.
Terracotta.
2nd century BCE. Asia Minor.
Height 24.5 cm, width 17.8 cm.
Inv. No. Г. 406.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
154. SCULPTURE. Syria.
Funerary relief of Mezzabena.
Limestone.
Palmyra. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. ДВ-4175.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
155. SCULPTURE. Syria.
Funerary relief of Mezzabena.
Limestone.
Palmyra. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. ДВ-4175.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
156. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Artemis of Ephesus (so-called Great Artemis).
Marble.
Roman copy ca. 98—117 CE of a wooden statue of the 7th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 712.
Selçuk, Ephesus Museum.
157. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Artemis of Ephesus (so-called Great Artemis).
Marble.
Roman copy ca. 98—117 CE of a wooden statue of the 7th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 712.
Selçuk, Ephesus Museum.
158. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Artemis of Ephesus (so-called Great Artemis).
Marble.
Roman copy ca. 98—117 CE of a wooden statue of the 7th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 712.
Selçuk, Ephesus Museum.
159. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Artemis of Ephesus (so-called Great Artemis).
Marble.
Roman copy ca. 98—117 CE of a wooden statue of the 7th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 712.
Selçuk, Ephesus Museum.
160. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Artemis of Ephesus (so-called Great Artemis).
Marble.
Roman copy ca. 98—117 CE of a wooden statue of the 7th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 712.
Selçuk, Ephesus Museum.