Trident and Tales

Egyptian mold for a Heron (a bird associated with the sun, the annual flooding of the Nile, and the afterlife)

2nd - 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic period)

Roman mosaic depicting Triton, a dolphin, and a fish, found in the Sanctuary of Artemis (Ephesus)

ca. 200 CE

Greek appliqué of a Maenad

3rd - 2nd century BCE

Greek mirror with a nymph washing her hair

ca. 280 BCE

Roman statue of the goddess Luna

2nd century CE

Greek amphora with a Satyr carrying a Silenos on his back, another satyr behind them

ca. 470 BCE (The Charmides Painter)

Greek votive relief of Selene with a crescent on her head, around her seven stars, and the signs of the zodiac

2nd - 3rd century CE

Etruscan statue of Perseus holding the head of Medusa

4th century BCE

Greek bronze statue of a wild boar

6th century BCE

Roman ring stone depicting an artist painting a statue head

1st - 3rd century CE

Cycladic marble statue of a harp player

2800 - 2700 BCE