Colors and Stones

Isis bust from Cyrene [d/b]

• DATA BASE

Roman children with a Horus lock – notes

• DATA BASE

Pre-islamic geometry, part 2

• ORNAMENTS / PATTERNS, SYRIA

Pre-islamic geometry – Coptic art

• ORNAMENTS / PATTERNS

Ankh or Ansa – Fayum type mummy shrouds and portraits

• FAYUM, Jewelry on paintings and sculptures

Golden girl, sarcophagus Hawara, 2nd C, Museum Cairo [d/b]

• DATA BASE, EGYPT, FAYUM db, FEMALE BURIAL, priestess

Sarcophagus, wood with painted linen, Egypt, 4th C [d/b]

• DATA BASE, FAYUM db

Girl with pearls, Fayum portrait, in Bonn [d/b]

• DATA BASE, FAYUM db

Linen shroud, a man with a nimbus, Roman time Egypt [d/b]

• DATA BASE, FAYUM db

Linen shroud, Roman time Egypt [d/b]

• DATA BASE, FAYUM db

Mummy shroud, Akhmim, 2nd C [d/b]

• DATA BASE, FAYUM db

Shroud of a woman, Akhimin, 1st C [d/b]

• DATA BASE, FAYUM db

Fayum portrait of a woman, 2nd-3rd C [d/b]

• DATA BASE, FAYUM db

Fayum portrait of a child, 4th century [d/b]

• DATA BASE, FAYUM db

Necklace with pearls and emeralds, Pompeii [d/b]

• DATA BASE, JEWELRY db, necklace db

Al-Lat, camels and Hatra [notes]

• DEITIES, female deities, HATRA, Kazakhstan, SILK ROAD

“Regina Vasorum”, 4th C BCE, Magna Graecia

• DATA BASE, Magna Graecia

The Stavropol (Kazinsky) Hoard, 4th-2nd C BCE

• necklace db, STEPPE PEOPLES, torque / torc db

Fayum portraits – the necklace-like head ornaments. Overview

• FAYUM, Jewelry on paintings and sculptures, MY FAVORITE TOPICS

Migration Period – Black Sea region and Hunnic diadems

• BLACK SEA REGION, diadem db, Huns, STEPPE PEOPLES, UKRAINE

Greek, Hellenistic and Roman jewelry in Turkey

• BLACK SEA REGION

Dura Europos, wall paintings from the House of the Banquet, 194 CE

• DURA EUROPOS

Greek Hellenistic jewelry from Delos, 1st century BCE

• COMPILATIONS / galleries, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Region, MEDALLIONS, necklace db

Syria – Africa connections. Notes

• DATA BASE, SYRIA

Mithras, an Amazon

• COSTUMES, DEITIES, DURA EUROPOS, PARTHIAN, TEXTILES / garments

A question about the authenticity of the bust of a woman from Chicago Art Institute

• DATA BASE

Sarmatian necklaces

• BLACK SEA REGION, COMPILATIONS / galleries, PARTHIAN, SARMATIAN, SILK ROAD, torque / torc db, UKRAINE

Parthian ivory rhytons from Old Nisa, 3rd – 2nd C BCE

• EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Region, PARTHIAN, SILK ROAD, VESSELS

New statue of Kanishka, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd C

• COSTUMES, GANDHARA, Jewelry on paintings and sculptures

Sarmatian jewelry from Banat, Great Hungarian Plain / Pannonia (Romania, Hungary, Serbia)

• BLACK SEA REGION, DANUBE Limes, Romania, SARMATIAN

Jewelry from ancient Tomis, Romania

• BLACK SEA REGION, COMPILATIONS / galleries, FEMALE BURIAL, JEWELRY db, MEDALLIONS, Romania

Matrona’s Box. Jewels of the Roman Era from the Collection of the State Hermitage

• BLACK SEA REGION, BLACK SEA region db, JEWELRY db

Hellenistic brooches from auction

• BLACK SEA region db, brooch db, SARMATIAN

Emperor Magnentius and a brooch with a cross

• BYZANTIUM, Jewelry on paintings and sculptures

Crux gemmate – notes

• DATA BASE

Reused – overview

• DATA BASE

Trésor des Lazaristes

• JEWELRY db

Votive statue of a baby from San Casciano, Italy.

• Jewelry on paintings and sculptures

Hausa textiles. Art of Nigeria

• TEXTILES / garments

Roman period wall paintings – overview from the database of Alix Barbet

• Jewelry on paintings and sculptures

Caracalla portraits in gemstones – overview

• COMPILATIONS / galleries, DATA BASE

Artezian treasure, Bosporan Kingdom

• BLACK SEA REGION, BLACK SEA region db, DEITIES, female deities, JEWELRY db

Yemen and Arabia, notes on ancient jewelry

• Arabia, CAMELS

Ancient treasures from the Al Thani Collection

• COMPILATIONS / galleries, FEMALE portraits db, Jewelry on paintings and sculptures, SILK ROAD

Chungul Kurgan – notes

• Bejeweled cups, BLACK SEA REGION, MY FAVORITE TOPICS, STEPPE PEOPLES, UKRAINE, VESSELS

Scythian conical cups – vessels or a headdress? – Overview

• Bejeweled cups, BLACK SEA REGION, MY FAVORITE TOPICS, STEPPE PEOPLES, UKRAINE, VESSELS

Painted terracotta metope from Thermos, 7th C BCE

• ORNAMENTS / PATTERNS, TEXTILES / garments

Ivory medallions with an image of Nike [d/b]

• DEITIES, female deities

Stolen from Palmyra, Syria.

• PALMYRA, Palmyra - reports, Palmyra female portraits db, Palmyra men db, Palmyra Museum, SYRIA

Jars with relief decoration from Eastern Syria

• Bejeweled cups, SCULPTURES, SYRIA, VESSELS

Jewelry from female burials 10th-8th century BCE, Mediterranean

• EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Region, FEMALE BURIAL

Ferculum – notes

• DEITIES, female deities, priest, SCULPTURES

Roman key-rings, notes

• COMPILATIONS / galleries, JEWELRY db

Ostotheke, chests and jewelry boxes.

• SCULPTURES

Marble thrones – notes

• DEITIES, Jewelry on paintings and sculptures, ORNAMENTS / PATTERNS, SCULPTURES

Mosaic from the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta in Aquileia

• Jewelry on paintings and sculptures, MY FAVORITE TOPICS, TEXTILES / garments

Figurines of children from the Boubasteion, Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt – overview

• Jewelry on paintings and sculptures, TEXTILES / garments

Late Antiquity / Byzantine set of jewelry from Bulgaria

• Bulgaria, BYZANTIUM

Painted sarcophagus from the 3rd century Roman tomb found in Corinth, Greece

• DATA BASE

Mosaic from 3rd century Syria, , Osrhoene region

• SYRIA, TEXTILES / garments

Blue Miroku

• DEITIES, male deities, SILK ROAD

Ancient colors – notes and sources

• DATA BASE

The oldest textiles found in the Middle East outside Egypt processed with plant-based dyes

• TEXTILES / garments

The chin-guards of China and Inner Mongolia

• China, Inner Mongolia