Trident and Tales

Roman beaker depicting a man carving a Zeta into a Nilometer (used to record the Nile's flood every year)

On the other side, a female figure (perhaps Isis) reclining in front of a temple

150 - 200 CE

Statuette of Venus leaning against her idol, found inside a niche of a Pompeian house

Cosmetic vessel with a human head and carved sphinxes on the inside, the shell served as a container for eye-cosmetics

ca. 630 - 580 BCE

Greek (?) statue of a young girl with a dove

ca. 300 BCE

Greek terracotta relief plaque with Scylla

ca. 450 BCE

Egyptian offering table featuring a labyrinth and a crocodile (perhaps the god Sobek?)

Ptolemaic period - Roman period, 332 BCE - 395 CE

Greek engraved gem depicting a flying bird with a snake in its beak

7th - 6th century BCE

Roman mural from Herculaneum

1st century CE

Greek bead depicting a man playing the lyra

5th century BCE

Egyptian toy in the shape of a rider and two horses on wheels

4th century CE

Etruscan statue of the goddess Lasa (associated with divination and fate) with a sea monster

4th century BCE

Egyptian "New Year's" flask, used in a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new agricultural year (late summer)

Late Period, 7th - 6th century BCE

Roman sarcophagus panel depicting Athena attempting to stop Persephone's abduction

150 - 170 CE