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Statue of Marcus Nonius Albus, Roman official of the time of Augustus, Herculaneum, 1st c. BC. A prominent public figure in Herculaneum, where he sponsored public infrastructure, and where numerous statues and inscriptions honoring him have been found under the ashes of the Vesuvius…
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Frescoed Advertisement, probably selling different varieties of wine. The God Semo Sancus is believed to be the figure above the different colored containers, affirming the purchaser of trustworthiness of the transaction. Found in Herculaneum, one of the towns buried by Vesuvius.
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A man from Thessaloniki found an statue of a woman wrapped up inside a black plastic bag next to a trash bin. He informed the local authorities, just to find out that the statue dates back to 323–31 BC, spannig from the death of Alexander the Great to the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt.
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The woman, holding the measuring tool for the Roman foot, is identified by the restored inscription as Ktisis, a figure personifying the act of generous donation. The man has the Greek inscription “good” by his head, half of a text that probably said, “good wishes. Byzantine 500-550
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