Angela O'Brien
@GrecianGirly
Avid book collector/Dreamer/MA Student
(Half-English / Half-Greek)
Posts: Archaeology/Ancient History/Classics๐บ๐
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Marble statue of a wounded Amazon at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, first-second century Roman copy of a Greek original.
Ancient Greek gold hair net with relief bust of the goddess Athena. Late 3rd-2nd century BC.
Benaki Museum, Athens. ๐ท my own. More: e.issuu.com/issuu-reader3-โฆ
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
The โSeveran Tondoโ depicting Septimius Severus, his wife Julia Domna, and their sons Caracalla & Geta (face scratched out). Painted on wood, the imperial portrait dates to around 200 AD, and originated from Egypt. On display at the Altes Museum in Berlin. #Woodensday ๐ธ My own
St George and the dragon, from a book of magic spells and incantations written in Syriac (Northern Iraq?, 18th century?). Given to Cambridge UL Special Collections in 1891 by University Librarian Francis Jenkinson. MS Add. 3086. #StGeorge sDay #StGeorge