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Corinthian terracotta figurine with articulated limbs, 5th century BCE. The attire—cylindrical polos , short tunic and shoes—seems to indicate a ritual dancer. A small hole on the top of the head indicates that the figurine was meant to be suspended

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Corinthian terracotta figurine with articulated limbs, 5th century BCE. The attire—cylindrical polos , short tunic and shoes—seems to indicate a ritual dancer. A small hole on the top of the head indicates that the figurine was meant to be suspended

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Figurine with articulated legs thought to represent the ecstatic Oklasma dance connected to worship of Dionysus. Parthian empire, ca. 247 BC - 224 AD. Terracotta with traces of pigment. Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art

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Figurine with articulated legs thought to represent the ecstatic Oklasma dance connected to worship of Dionysus. Parthian empire, ca. 247 BC - 224 AD. Terracotta with traces of pigment. Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Roman figurine showing a dog with a protruding tongue. The finding is dating back to 4-5th century CE and it's made of copper. This was found in Gloucestershire .

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Roman figurine showing a dog with a protruding tongue. The finding is dating back to 4-5th century CE and it's made of copper. This was found in Gloucestershire .

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Terracotta torso showing the internal organs of the abdomen, intended either to indicate the part of the body that needed help or as thanks for a cure. Objects like this were left at healing sanctuaries and religious sites as offerings to gods such as Asklepios. 200BCE-200CE. Wellcome

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Terracotta torso showing the internal organs of the abdomen, intended either to indicate the part of the body that needed help or as thanks for a cure. Objects like this were left at healing sanctuaries and religious sites as offerings to gods such as Asklepios. 200BCE-200CE. Wellcome

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The Tandragee Idol, dated to the Iron Age, with some sources suggesting a date as early as 1000 BCE. It shows the torso and head of a grotesque and brutish figure who crosses his body with his left arm to hold his right arm in what appears to be a ritualistic pose. Northern Ireland

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The Tandragee Idol, dated to the Iron Age, with some sources suggesting a date as early as 1000 BCE. It shows the torso and head of a grotesque and brutish figure who crosses his body with his left arm to hold his right arm in what appears to be a ritualistic pose. Northern Ireland

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Greek terracotta figurine of a fox scratching its head, late 6th to early 5th century B.C.

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Greek terracotta figurine of a fox scratching its head, late 6th to early 5th century B.C.

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Bronze calf with silver plating, representing Ba'al-Sapon, and a pottery shrine, 16th century BCE. This cultic fixture was placed outside the city gate of ancient Ashkelon, on a slope headed towards the port so sailors could worship Ba'al-Sapon, a protector of sailors in Canaanite religion

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Bronze calf with silver plating, representing Ba'al-Sapon, and a pottery shrine, 16th century BCE. This cultic fixture was placed outside the city gate of ancient Ashkelon, on a slope headed towards the port so sailors could worship Ba'al-Sapon, a protector of sailors in Canaanite religion

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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An ancient sculpture showing a Greek strategist. The marble object was discovered in Herculaneum and is dated to the 1st century CE. It is probably a copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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An ancient sculpture showing a Greek strategist. The marble object was discovered in Herculaneum and is dated to the 1st century CE. It is probably a copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Bronze Drum from the Idaean Cave. In ancient Greece, the tympanon was a type of circular, shallow tambourine, beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. This one dates from the 8th century BC and is considered the first to appear in Greek art. It is a votive bronze disc found...

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Bronze Drum from the Idaean Cave. In ancient Greece, the tympanon was a type of circular, shallow tambourine, beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. This one dates from the 8th century BC and is considered the first to appear in Greek art. It is a votive bronze disc found...

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A bronze disc-armor with human figures and fantastic animals, found in the Picene necropolis of Pitino di San Severino in Italy. 6th-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche

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A bronze disc-armor with human figures and fantastic animals, found in the Picene necropolis of Pitino di San Severino in Italy. 6th-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche

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Terracotta figurine of Aphrodite in a shell, 4th century BCE

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Terracotta figurine of Aphrodite in a shell, 4th century BCE

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Moche ceramic stirrup-spout bottle depicting a mythological decapitating figure holding a human head and a ritual blade with supernatural attributes. North Coast Peru, Moche culture, Early Intermediate Period, 1–800 AD, Now at the Museo Larco – Lima, Perú

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Moche ceramic stirrup-spout bottle depicting a mythological decapitating figure holding a human head and a ritual blade with supernatural attributes. North Coast Peru, Moche culture, Early Intermediate Period, 1–800 AD, Now at the Museo Larco – Lima, Perú

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A two-foot-tall cotton figure known as a Zemi, a depiction of a divine or ancestral spirit made by the Indigenous Taíno people who lived in the Caribbean late 14th or early 15th century.Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Turin

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A two-foot-tall cotton figure known as a Zemi, a depiction of a divine or ancestral spirit made by the Indigenous Taíno people who lived in the Caribbean late 14th or early 15th century.Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Turin

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