A terracotta theater mask representing an African slave. Made in Sicily, ca. 350 BCE, now housed at the British Museum [1800×1900] by Fuckoff555
September 22, 2024The Lex de imperio Vespasiani is an epigraphic text on a bronze tablet, now partially lost, containing part of a law that granted some or all powers of the emperor to Vespasian in the year 70 CE. The extant text is on a large bronze tablet currently held at the Musei Capitolini in Rome [2930×4446]
September 22, 2024Sepulcher of infante Alfonso in the Miraflores Charterhouse, in Spain, made by the Castilian sculptor Gil de Siloé between 1489–1492 CE [2136×2848]
September 22, 2024A black-figure column krater with wrestlers and paidotribes (gymnastics teachers). Made by the “Swing Painter”, c. 540-530 BCE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia [1000×850]