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Description: Two female figurines sitting on a throne, with ovoid polos on the head and crown of four rows of pendants (breasts) on the chest. Their presence in the same burial suggests the presence of this cult in the ancient city. The surfaces feature abundant traces of a whitish engobe. It resembles the more ancient […]

Description: Group of statues depicting a naked nymph who brings her right hand to the head, while she shies away to escape the embrace of a sensual ithyphallic Pan. The group, probably an  apax , is part of a wide range of erotic depictions rather widespread in the Hellenistic period.

Description: Statuette of a naked youth, legs apart, with softly and delicately modeled body. The position of the legs and the slight bend of the trunk reveal the desire of the craftsmen to take inspiration from the great statues by Lysippus.

Description: Male head devoid of most of the hair, of part of an eye and of the bust.  Modeled with a matrix but carefully finished by hand and stick, to the point that it can be classified as a sculpture, like the others found near this one and displayed in the same showcase. The finding is […]

Description: Group of statues depicting the scene of a disheveled hetaira (the gap in the center of the chest does not allow other observations), sitting with her legs apart, while she is spanking a “client” kneeling between her legs. The latter rests his head on her left thigh and has a disfigured face, which contrasts […]

Description: Trilobate oinochoe with continuous profile and ribbon handle, from the shoulder to the rim on which it rests. At the ends of the handle two head are applied: a Maenad, above the rim, and a bearded Silenus. It is one of the most significant findings of the significant amount of “fine table pottery” found […]

Description: Rather bulging amphora with high neck and dual rod handles. The A side is decorated with the scene of Herakles strangling the Nemean lion while a winged Nike is about to crown him.  The B side features a bathing scene with a semi-draped woman receiving gifts from a naked cupid. Between scenes, under the […]

Description: Olpe with ovoid body, cylindrical neck and ribbon handle. On each of the two sides (side A and side B) there is the profile of a female face turned to the left, with a flowered and finely drawn hair net. Under the handle, there is a large palmette between spirals with bell-shaped flowers. The […]

Description: Pagenstecher lecythi with characteristic shape with disc foot, ovoid body, high flared lip and handle from the neck to the shoulder. The two vessels are decorated with black figures on a ceramic background, saved and coated with tan-colored engobe, a technique which incorporates the more ancient one consisting of black figures. Each vessel features […]