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Artifacts is a collection of curiosities dedicated to objects left behind by the ancient Romans. This category features lesser-known facts and interesting information about archaeological finds, such as tools, weapons, coins, inscriptions, and everyday objects, which provide a deeper understanding of life in the Roman Empire.
Relief showing two gladiators (gladiatrix) in a fight. Each of the women is armed with a sword and a square shield, but no helmets. As the preserved inscriptions on the stone indicate, Amazon and Achillia fought each other, and the stake of the fight was an honorary draw. The object was found in Halicarnassus (Southwestern Turkey). Dated on the 1st-2nd century CE.
Roman lamp in the shape of a bear holding a vessel. The object is dated to the 1st century CE the artifact is in the Museum of Santa Giulia, Brescia (northern Italy).
Roman silver spoon with an engraved inside image of a rabbit nibbling a carrot. The object was found in the area of the former Roman settlement of Manching (southern Germany); dated to the middle of the 3rd century CE.
Roman perfume vessel, made of Roman glass with a golden cup in the shape of a woman’s head. Thanks to the long skewer, it was possible to remove the liquid from the glass container, drop by drop. Object dated to the 1st century CE.
Roman glass vessel in the shape of a fish. Object dated to the 1st-2nd century CE.
Roman fresco depicting Phrixus and Helle with a ram with a golden fleece. The object was probably found in Pompeii. The scene shows the moment Helle falls into the water and dies. Phrixus and Helle were siblings who were to be sacrificed to Zeus by their father Atamas – king of Beotia. However, god decided to send a ram to save them and carry them east.
Beautiful Roman multicolored glass vessel. The object is dated to the 1st century BCE.
A 35-meter-long wreck of a Roman ship. As it turns out, it was a transport unit that carried 6,000 amphoras. The property was discovered in 2019 off the coast of the Greek island of Kefalonia. This is one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean Sea.
