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At least 2200 years old, this Hellenistic statuette representing Skylla, from ancient Greece. The statuette, standing 28.6cm tall, features Skylla emerging from the sea, with a conus-shaped base decorated with wavy incisions.[716×895]

September 30, 2024

This artifact is now housed by Phoenix Ancient Art, a dealer of ancient art. The statuette's provenance, includes being a part of the estates of Dr. Jacob Hirsch, the Tom Verzi collection, and the Sheldon and Barbara Breitbart collection, acquired in 1966.

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At least 2200 years old, this Hellenistic statuette representing Skylla, from ancient Greece. The statuette, standing 28.6cm tall, features Skylla emerging from the sea, with a conus-shaped base decorated with wavy incisions.[716×895]

13th Century AD, Rock-Hewn Churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia [1587 x 896]

The Anikova dish is a cast silver plate depicting the siege of Jericho. Created by Nestorian Christian Sogdians in Semirechye during the 8th century BCE [1774×1788]

Honorary decree of the Eleians to the Olympic Victor Damokrates of Tenedos. Winner of the wrestling constest at Olympia, he becomes proxenos of the city. 300-250 BCE, now housed at the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens [2852×4944]