THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Inscriptions | Greece
1. ARCHITECTURE. Greece.
The first row of seats in the theatre of Dionysus in Athens.
4th cent. BCE.
Athens, Acropolis, Theatre of Dionysus.
2. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Bust of Gaius Memmius Threptos.
Marble.
Attica, 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 272.
Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.
3. 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.
4. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Pedestal of the Obelisk of Theodosius. West side.
Hippodrome of Constantinople.
390 CE.
Istanbul.
5. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Pedestal of the Obelisk of Theodosius. East side.
Hippodrome of Constantinople.
390 CE.
Istanbul.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Cornelia Antonia from Pisidia (inscription).
Marble.
160s—170s CE.
Inv. No. 8 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
7. 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.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nero. Base with inscription.
Marble.
54—68 CE.
Inv. No. 506 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Stele of Captain Julius Callineicus.
Early 3rd century CE.
Inv. No. 3872 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Hercules at rest (the Farnese-Pitti type). Detail: the signature of the sculptor-copyist Glykon.
Marble.
Roman work of the late 2nd — early 3rd cent. CE after a bronze original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6001.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait herm of Socrates.
Marble.
Roman copy from an original by Lysippos of the second half of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. No. 6415.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Aedicula from the Patronus tomb.
Volcanic tuff with traces of plaster.
Ca. 20 BCE.
IGUR III 1303d.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
16. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Wall block from the Patronus tomb with an inscription.
Volcanic tuff.
Ca. 20 BCE.
IGUR III 1303f.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
17. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Wall block from the Patronus tomb with an inscription.
Volcanic tuff.
Ca. 20 BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
18. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Warrior (so-called “Borghese Gladiator”). Detail: signature on the tree-trunk support.
Pentelic marble. Ephesus, ca. 100 BCE.
Inv. No. Ma 527 (MR 224).
Paris, Louvre Museum.
19. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Calliope.
Fresco fragment of the Fourth style from Pompeii (II. 4. 10).
62—79 CE.
Inv. No. P 4.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
20. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Funeral procession.
Fragment of wall painting from the Patronus tomb.
Ca. 20 BCE.
Inv. No. P 37.
Paris, Louvre Museum.