Roman sculptural bits


Marble head of a Roman legionary. 1st-2nd c. AD. University Museum, Philadelphia (54-3-1)


Facade relief from the tomb monument of Tiberius Flavius Miccalus, praefectus and priest. From Kamaradere, Perinthus, now in Istanbul (Inv. 73.7 T). Second half of 1st c. BC. Photos from ArtServe.


Marble relief of Praetorian guardsmen from the Arch of Trajan at Puteoli (Pozzuoli). University Museum, Philadelphia (MS 4916). AD 102.	Left panel. Notice the central man clutching his shield strap over his shoulder.	Right panel.	Detail of scabbard.	Close-up of shield with scorpion decoration.	The inscription of Domitian (AD 95/96) on the back that was chiseled out and hidden when the monument was constructed (so-called damnatio memoriae - a modern appellation).

Relief with battle of soldiers in the presence of Minerva. Part of a structure,
from Dunapentele in Hungary, in the Hungarian National Museum (6.1926.8),
Budapest. ca. 150-200 AD. Photo from ArtServe.


Sarcophagus with battle-scene, Rome.


Frieze of arms from the wall of the castrum at Dijon, France. Photos from ArtServe.


Tropaeum relief. Rome.	Horse-head (/boukranion?) from a monument. Rome.

Roman oil-lamp with horseman. American Museum
of Natural History (Smithsonian), Washington, DC.


Terracotta plaque of a charioteer. Early Republican(?). Palatine Museum, Rome.	Terracotta antefix of a horseman. Early Republican(?). Palatine Museum, Rome.	Terracotta head of Juno(?). Palatine Museum, Rome.