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Amulet of Bes1st century BC - 1st century AD
1.25" tall
A small terracotta amulet of the god Bes, from Roman Egypt.
Bes was an apotropaic deity, the protector of the home. As such He is often depicted on everyday household items such as chairs, pottery, or even on the walls of the house itself.
Shown here wearing His plumed headdress and panther skin, Bes (possibly from the Nubian “Besa“, or ‘Protector‘) may have originally been a cat god. Why He evolved into a dwarf is not known.
Update;
This item donated to the Hallie Ford museum in Salem Oregon.
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Bronze KeyRoman Empire
circa 3rd-4th century AD
33x15mm, 5.97g
ex Forvm Auctions
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Candlestick UnguentariumCirca 1st-3rd Century AD
10.9cm tall.
ex Apollux
Roman glass candlestick unguentarium with flared rim and flattened base, possibly from Syria.
Fully intact with nice mottled green iridescence.
" ... they drove about in chariots with seats, through the woods and groves, just as wild beasts do, holding in their hands the sacred frankincense, and the fragrant dates, and cassia, and the delicate perfumes of Syria."
~ Melanippides of Melos (Danaides)
Update;
This item donated to the Hallie Ford museum in Salem Oregon.Enodia
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Ceramic FaceLate Hellenistic - Early Roman
1.7"
ex Olympvs Coins
Update;
This item donated to the Hallie Ford museum in Salem Oregon. Enodia
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Roman Arrowheads1st century BC - 3rd century AD
Two bronze tri-lobe arrowheads, 20mm and 33mm.Enodia
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Roman Glass VesselCirca 4th-5th century AD
5.5cm tall, 4.2cm wide.
ex Zurqieh
Nice Roman perfume bottle with flared rim, pinched neck and globular body, probably of Mid-Eastern origin.
Fully intact with a pale yellow tint.
“Then with fine oil, she smoothed herself, and this, her scented oil, unstoppered in the bronze-floored house of Zeus, cast fragrance over earth and heaven.”
~ Homer (Iliad 14, 142-145)
Update;
This item donated to the Hallie Ford museum in Salem Oregon.
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Romano-Egyptian Votive StatueCirca 1st century BC - 1st century AD
5.5 inches tall
ex Superior Galleries
Terracotta votive statue of the Hellenistic god Harpokrates.
Harpokrates, the god of silence, is the Hellenistic adaptation of the Egyptian child-god Horus, and as such was said to be the son of Isis and Serapis.
Update;
This item donated to the Hallie Ford museum in Salem Oregon.
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UnguentariumCirca 1st-3rd century AD
10.15cm tall.
ex Ancient Artifacts & Treasures
Roman glass testtube unguentarium, possibly from Syria. Fully intact with a slight blue tint.
Perfumes
"I shall scent my skin all over to attract my lovers... It is better for a courtesan to know the Lydian perfumes than the customs of the Peloponnesus".
~ 'Bilitis' (Pierre Louÿs)
Update;
This item donated to the Hallie Ford museum in Salem Oregon.
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