Trident and Tales

Roman ring with the inscription VTERE FELIX GELAS VIVASE AMERISA NOBIS

100 - 200 CE

Greek lekythos (oil flask) with three mythological scenes

Upper zone: chariot surrounded by men and women (perhaps the abduction of Persephone or the departure of a goddess / god) Middle zone: Achilles mourning Patroklos, and Nereids bringing Achilles' second set of armor Lower zone: Amazonomachy (battle of Greeks against Amazons)

ca. 420 BCE, Eretria Painter

Egyptian cosmetic box in the shape of a duck

New Kingdom, dynasty 18 - 19, 1550 - 1196 BCE

Roman relief of a Satyr offering honeycomb to a herm (which depicts either Silenus or Pan)

1st - 2nd century CE

Group of ancient Greek perfume bottles

610 - 550 BCE

Roman statue of Hercules holding the skin of the Nemean Lion

30 BCE - 20 CE

Greek ring with a bee and the letters E and Φ (short for Ephesos)

3rd century BCE

Egyptian statuette of an Apis Bull

Late Period, Dynasty 26 - 30, 664 - 343 BCE