ENTRIES BY REGION – COLORS & STONES

Gold medallion with Aphrodite [d/b]

Aleppo Museum

Relief of a woman from Palmyra, 2nd century [Damascus Mus.]

Relief of a woman, Palmyra, 3rd century [LACMA] [d/b]

Relief of a woman, Palmyra, 2nd-3rd century [Louvre] [d/b]

Relief of Habibat, Palmyra, 2nd century [Louvre] [d/b]

Relief of a woman with a child, Palmyra, 2nd century [Prague] [d/b]

Relief of a woman with a child, Palmyra, 200-275 CE [auction] [d/b]

Gold necklace with carnelian cameo, Kerch, 1st century [d/b]

Gold brooch, Kerch [d/b]

Medallions with a sun motif

Brooch from the Peschanyj Barrow, Sarmatian, 1st century BCE [d/b]

Portraits of Arsinoe and Berenike

Naszyjnik z motylem, Muzeum w Odessie, Ukraina [d/b]

Gold plaque with Demeter, 4th century BCE [d/b]

Silver medallion with Aphrodite from Anapa, 1st century BCE [d/b]

Funerary diadem with a medallion depicting Aphrodite-Artemis and two Erotes, 2nd century, Gorgippia [d/b]

Gold medallion from Gorgippia, Aphrodite Urania Apatura, 1st-2nd century [d/b]

Polychrome necklace, 1st century BCE, Kuban [d/b]

Gold necklace, 5th-4th century BCE, Sardinia [d/b]

Necklace from Yemen, 2nd century BCE [d/b]

Jewelry from Ukraine recovered in Spain

Aplikacja “sfinks” ze scytyjskiego kurhanu, 4 wiek pne.

Palmyra, relief of Hessed, 2nd C [Damascus Museum] [d/b]

Damascus Museum – group portraits

Damascus Museum collection – female portraits

Ornaments of a bridle, 1st century, Dachi burial ground, Rostov region [d/b]

Bracelet [cuffs], 2nd-3rd century, Syria [d/b]

Jewelry from Syria – Late antique / Byzantine period [4th century +]

4th century belt ornaments from Syria – silver, gilt and niello

Medallion from Dedoplis Gora, Georgia [d/b]

Luna / Atargatis. Lintel with three deities from Mashara, Syria

Hypogeum of Atenatan [sarcophagus with a horse], Palmyra

Syrian glass found in Georgia, 1st-2nd century

Medallion from Lechkhumi village, Georgia [d/b]

Gold brooch with an intaglio, Tartus, Roman time Syria [d/b]

Medallion / ornament, 5th century, Syria [d/b]

Brooch with sardonyx, 3rd century, Syria [d/b]

Medallion with sardonyx, 3rd century, Syria [d/b]

Brooch with sapphire, 1st-2nd century [d/b]

Brooch from Hama, Roman time Syria [Damascus Museum, 2854/5937] [d/b]

Gold brooch from Khisfin [Damascus Museum] [d/b]

Medallion from Ur [Iraq], Temple of Sin, 700-500 BCE [d/b]

Spindle and distaff as symbols – notes

The Azerbaijan Museum in Tabriz, Iran

Acorns, pomegranates and miniature amphorae shaped-pendants

The “blessing” gesture – a sign of horns

Medallion, an ornament of a diadem, Ur, 2500 BCE [d/b]

Inlaid Rosette, Egypt, 1427–1400 BCE [d/b]

Disc-shaped headdress ornaments, Egypt, ca. 2100 BCE

Openwork ornaments from Armenia. Solar system, the sun motif.

Steatite pyxides from Armenia 8th-7th century BCE [d/b]