Classical Miscellany |
Abacus.
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Pyramid of Cestius from the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.
Imprint of a hob-nailed sandal on a roof-tile, with brickstamp.
Erotes in a goat-drawn cart. Pompeii.
Inscription of Scipio Africanus on Delos. Copy in Museum of Roman Civilization, Rome.
Tombstone of Nicostratus Popidius with image of a groma, a surveyor's tool.
A bronze urn or cist. Etruscan. Villa Giulia Museum, Rome.
Fresco image of a cricket. Villa at Boscoreale.
Bronze lid. Etruscan? Nuraghic Sardinian? Villa Giulia.
Game board and various gaming pieces; keys. Crypta Balbi, Rome.
Box fittings of ivory and bronze. Crypta Balbi, Rome.
Buckles and such. Crypta Balbi, Rome.
Bronze and ivory bits of inlay and such. Crypta Balbi, Rome.
Metal bits. Crypta Balbi, Rome
The so-called "Dominus" from Piazza Armerina, Sicily.
One of the soldiers from the Piazza Armerina mosaics.
Mosaic of a hunter. Rome.
Fragment of a marble "Shield of Achilles." Capitoline Museums, Rome.