http://davidaaronancientarts.com Leading authority in Classical, Egyptian, Near Eastern and Islamic Art Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:41:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yemen, c. 1st - 2nd B.C H: 60 cm W: 25 cm Inscription reads: “IL-YAFA WAGAH" http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/neareastern/a-funerary-stone-stella-with-human-head/ Lebanon, Turkey 1st century B.C H: 22 cm http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/marble-head-of-a-male/ Greece Hellenistic period, 2nd – 1st century B.C H: 35 cm http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/hellinistic-standing-female/ 2nd century A.D H: 61 cm x W: 34 cm With standing figure and inscription http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/palmyrian-stone-relief/ Turkey/Syria 1st – 2nd century A.D H: 37 cm This marble nude of a woman is a truly delicate expression of the female body. Her figure captures the exceptional skill Roman sculptors had sought so hard to accomplish in the 1st – 2nd centuries. Her body is formed into the stylistic Roman ‘S’ ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/roman-torso-of-a-female/ Turkey/Syria 1st – 2nd century A.D H: 51 cm W: 41 x 32 cm This is an exceptionally rare example of a Roman capital herm. The artist here incers profuse decoration, which would have served no structural function, but gives some variety to the extenuated shaft. This piece would have formed the crowning ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/double-faced-marble-capital-with-human-face/ Late 18th – Early 19th Dynasty, c. 1320-1380 B.C Height: 25.5cm Length: 38.2cm This very beautiful and extremely meaningful slab comes from a tomb of an official, probably of the courtyard/temple sort, known from the cemetery lying to the south of the Unas Causeway at Saqqara. The owner is identified as a man ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/egyptian/egyptian-limestone-panel-relief/ An Egyptian gesso-painted wooden coffin fragments belonging to Hedj-Shemsu Middle Kingdom, circa 1991-1782 B.C Upper portion: 49.5 x 12.7 cm; Lower portion: 49.5 x 14.6 cm This is an ancient Egyptian gesso-painted wooden coffin fragment from the Middle Kingdom. This painting of the man and the hieroglyphics next to him are a wonderful ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/egyptian/egyptian-gesso-painted-wooden-coffin-fragments/ 1st century B.C Italy, Turkey, Syria H: 19 cm This is an especially charming marble head of a woman , she is delicate in every possible way. Her finely-modelled features are brought to life with the slight tilt and downward angle of her head. Although, presumably expressionless, her face seems to tell us ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/marble-head-of-a-female-youth/ Sakkara 26th Dynasty, Period of Psamtik I 664 – 610 B.C H: 42.9 cm W: 49.3 cm This fragment is an exceptionally rare and extremely important piece from the east Step of a Pyramid tomb of Bakenrenef at Saqqara. Bakenrenef held an important position as the Vizier of Pharaoh Psamtik I 664-610 B.C, therefore ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/egyptian/polychrome-limestone-relief-fragment/