Curiosities of ancient Rome (Artifact)

Marble tombstone of Agrippina the Elder – mother of emperor Caligula. The building was in the mausoleum of Augustus; currently located in the Capitoline Museums.

Roman perfume vessel in the shape of a shoe. Dated to 1st – 2nd century CE.

Bronze Roman arm purse. Other objects of this type had coins inside. The object was found on the so-called Barcombe Hill near Vindolanda (northern England). Dated to the 2nd century CE.

Roman swastika-shaped fibula. The object is made of bronze and dates to the 3rd-4th century CE. The artifact was found near Veliko Gradište, in eastern Serbia.

Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt.

Interesting Roman olive lamp. The object is made of bronze and dates to the 1st BCE – 1st century CE.

A portrait – in the form of a tondo – showing Trajan as an elderly man, on whom are seen marks of: time and stress. The object is dated 117 CE; shortly before his death. Currently, the artifact is in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara (Turkey).

Roman mask, made of bronze, which was worn by cavalary-men during the competitions, so-called hippika gymnasia. Dated to 1st – 2nd century CE.

Roman bust of young Ptolemy of Mauritania, grandson of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. The sculpture was made of bronze and dates to the 1st century CE.

Marble bust of Claudia Antonia – daughter of emperor Claudius. The property is located in Domus Romana (Roman villa) in the city of Mdina, in Malta. Dated to the 1st century CE.