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  • Period: Classical Antiquity
  • Subject: Historical Event & War

Found 23 sculptures.

Cancelleria Reliefs showing a carved marble procession of armed and robed Roman figures.

Cancelleria Reliefs

Two marble relief ensembles with controversial interpretations and imperial revisions.

 Stone relief of a horse from the Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum, shown in profile with its head raised and a harness visible.

Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum

Six limestone reliefs portraying Emperor Taizong’s prized battle horses.

 Red porphyry Sarcophagus of Helena carved with mounted soldiers, figures, and garland decoration.

Sarcophagus of Helena

A monumental porphyry sarcophagus with battle scenes and lion feet.

 Portonaccio Sarcophagus with a crowded battle relief and carved figures on the lid

Portonaccio Sarcophagus

An elaborate Roman battle sarcophagus with strong links to Marcus Aurelius.

 The Serpent Column with a weathered green patina stands inside a shallow red-walled enclosure near an ornate fence and public square.

Serpent Column

A bronze column once crowned by an ornate golden tripod.

 Thutmose III sphinx with a dark body and gold detailing on the headdress, beard, and collar

Thutmose III Sphinx

A bronze sphinx with gold inlays and royal symbols, possibly part of a lock.

 Diptych of Boethius with two carved ivory panels showing robed male figures holding staffs.

Diptych of Boethius

An ivory consular diptych with detailed reliefs and imperial symbolism.

 The Rassam cylinder, a tall reddish-brown inscribed prism covered in dense horizontal text lines.

Rassam cylinder

A ten-sided prism inscribed with cuneiform recounting Ashurbanipal’s campaigns.

 Two marble relief slabs from the Plutei of Trajan, one carved with animals and the other with robed figures.

Plutei of Trajan

Two marble relief slabs showing imperial and historical scenes from ancient Rome.

 Black Obelisk with stepped top and carved relief bands on a wooden base in a museum interior.

Black Obelisk

A well-preserved Neo-Assyrian limestone monument with reliefs of tribute-bearing kings.

 Gemma Augustea cameo with white carved figures in two registers, including a chariot scene above and captives below.

Gemma Augustea

A lavish Roman cameo in onyx with imperial, mythological, and military symbolism.

 The marble base of the Antoninus Pius Column with detailed relief scenes, including a winged apotheosis panel and a procession of figures.

Antoninus Pius Column

Marble base with an apotheosis scene, once part of a Roman imperial monument.

 Stone of Motecuhzoma I with detailed carvings, circular frieze figures, and a central depression on top.

Stone of Motecuhzoma I

A massive round monolith carved with conquests and a sacrificial well.

 Fragmented relief from the Stele of the Vultures showing a large figure holding a staff with a bird emblem above smaller figures trapped in a net, with cuneiform text above.

Stele of the Vultures

A limestone relief showing victory, divine power, and fallen enemies in vivid registers.

 Two Giants of Mont\'e Prama statues displayed in a red and black exhibition stand.

Giants of Mont'e Prama

Ancient life-size figures carved from local limestone, depicting warriors, archers, and boxers.

 Great Cameo of France in a gold frame, showing carved classical figures arranged in three horizontal levels.

Great Cameo of France

A five-layer onyx cameo with 24 figures and strong dynastic propaganda.

 Merimose funerary cone with impressed hieroglyphs on a reddish-brown clay surface.

Funerary Cone

Small clay cones placed above tomb chapel entrances in ancient Egypt.

 Mesha Stele, a tall dark stone slab covered in ancient carved script with missing fragments and visible cracks.

Mesha Stele

An ancient Moabite inscription recounting revolt, devotion, and royal building works.

 Ardashir Investiture Relief showing two mounted figures facing each other with smaller figures behind them and forms beneath the horses.

Ardashir Investiture Relief

A well-preserved Sasanian rock relief showing a royal coronation scene.

 Gemma Claudia cameo with four profile portraits facing inward, gold border, and intertwined horn-shaped elements at the bottom.

Gemma Claudia

An ancient sardonyx cameo showing four imperial portraits and symbolic cornucopias.

 Alexander Sarcophagus with relief carvings, displayed in a glass case with a gold-chain barrier.

Alexander Sarcophagus

A richly carved marble sarcophagus with battle and hunting scenes.

 Trajan\'s Equestrian Statue showing an armored rider on a horse with one front leg raised.

Trajan's Equestrian Statue

A colossal bronze rider and horse, known from ancient descriptions and coins.

 Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal relief showing a horse-drawn chariot, archers, and lions in a hunting scene.

Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal

Dynamic reliefs of a royal hunt show lions in vivid states of life and death.