This double sided mithraic relief made of marble dates back to the 2nd or 3rd century ce and was created by the ancient romans.
Marble two sided relief.
Marble two sided relief 1st century a d.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
B c in national museum greece.
Dionysiac cult objects and theatrical masks are often depicted on similar marble ornaments found in pompeii where they were.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
Seated on the right is demeter with her head veiled in mourning for her daughter persephone.
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The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief.
In archaeology a biface is a two sided stone tool and is used as a multi purposes.
This is a decorative marble relief from a peristyle garden of a roman house or villa.
Description a three sided relief cut from a single block.
The relief was most likely used for decorative purposes and may have been placed in one of the mithraeum s or places of worship.
The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
Marble votive relief of bearded dionysus 1st c.
His mouth is open.
On the reverse in flat relief and in a sunken panel are two satyr masks in profile facing each other.
The masks of a young maenad and bearded silenus are carved on the one side in high relief.
The satyr mask on the right has the horns of a goat.
The double sided mithraic relief is an example of a bas relief which means that rather than creating a three dimensional sculpture.
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A marble relief adorning the facade of the fondamenta dei mendicanti in castello venice.
This is a marble two sided relief originating from rome and carved in the imperial period in the 1st century a d.
The satyr mask on the left is shown with ram s horns and above a basket.
In a low relief or bas relief basso relievo the design projects only slightly from the ground and there.
The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief.
Two sided stone tool used as a multi purposes knife manufactured through a process of lithic reduction.
Lower paleolithic biface or hand axe.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome.
Aphrodite is seated opposite consulting with her son eros at the center who holds the scales made from a separate piece of marble to determine how long persephone will stay in the underworld.
The double sided relief has a crack that runs down.
Venice marble relief detail art sculpture venice.