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  1. #Fayum - like image of a goddess #Roman time Egypt

    "The headdress – sun disk with flanking cow horns and crowned by two feathers indicates that Aphrodite-Hathor is probably depicted here. The figure on her right is missing. The oval face with the full cheeks is idealized, the suggested double chin and the so-called Venus wrinkles belong to an antique ideal of beauty." See #AltText

    Bilder von Göttern und Menschen der römischen Kaiserzeit – eine kunsttechnische Betrachtung
    Cristina Thieme

  2. I swear I know this guy!

    A very realistic #Fayum type portrait of a middle-aged man.
    #AncientEgypt #Roman period, encaustic painting on wood

    Photo by Hans Ollermann, from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
    flickr.com/photos/menesje/2566
    #ArtHistory

  3. Four striking so-called #Fayum Romano-Egyptian mummy portraits from the #BrooklynMuseum. The difference between encaustic (the first and fourth portraits) and tempera (second and third portraits) is really striking. Encaustic brings the subject to life. #archaeology

  4. Gold #Roman signet ring with carnelian or garnet intaglio from Petra, Jordan. It is small so it is believed that it belonged to a child, but it could have been worn by an adult person on the pinky finger what we can see on shrouds from #Fayum or sculptures from #Palmyra . The ring was found in the ruins of the Qasr al-Bint, the temple where the Nabataean god Dushara was probably worshiped.

    #Dushara #Nabataean #Petra
    #RomanRed #Archaeology

  5. Gold #Roman signet ring with carnelian or garnet intaglio from Petra, Jordan. It is small so it is believed that it belonged to a child, but it could have been worn by an adult person on the pinky finger what we can see on shrouds from #Fayum or sculptures from #Palmyra . The ring was found in the ruins of the Qasr al-Bint, the temple where the Nabataean god Dushara was probably worshiped.

    #Dushara #Nabataean #Petra
    #RomanRed #Archaeology

  6. Gold #Roman signet ring with carnelian or garnet intaglio from Petra, Jordan. It is small so it is believed that it belonged to a child, but it could have been worn by an adult person on the pinky finger what we can see on shrouds from #Fayum or sculptures from #Palmyra . The ring was found in the ruins of the Qasr al-Bint, the temple where the Nabataean god Dushara was probably worshiped.

    #Dushara #Nabataean #Petra
    #RomanRed #Archaeology

  7. Gold #Roman signet ring with carnelian or garnet intaglio from Petra, Jordan. It is small so it is believed that it belonged to a child, but it could have been worn by an adult person on the pinky finger what we can see on shrouds from #Fayum or sculptures from #Palmyra . The ring was found in the ruins of the Qasr al-Bint, the temple where the Nabataean god Dushara was probably worshiped.

    #Dushara #Nabataean #Petra
    #RomanRed #Archaeology

  8. Gold #Roman signet ring with carnelian or garnet intaglio from Petra, Jordan. It is small so it is believed that it belonged to a child, but it could have been worn by an adult person on the pinky finger what we can see on shrouds from #Fayum or sculptures from #Palmyra . The ring was found in the ruins of the Qasr al-Bint, the temple where the Nabataean god Dushara was probably worshiped.

    #Dushara #Nabataean #Petra
    #RomanRed #Archaeology

  9. "Painted panel from a wooden casket, depicting Aphrodite in a shrine adorning herself with a necklace."
    From #Fayum, #Roman time Egypt.
    Panel is dated to 250-300 CE
    © The Trustees of the British Museum bmimages.com/preview.asp?image
    #AncientColors