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Doctor of archaeology and cultural anthropologist interested in Roman art and portraiture with special emphasis put on #RomanEast and #PalmyraπΊππ΅π±πͺπΊππββ https://khiflorenz.academia.edu/%C5%81ukaszSoko%C5%82owski
#ReliefWednesday - Sassanid relief depicting the triumph of Shapur I (r. AD 240-270) over Valerian at Naqsh-e Rostam, located 3 km north of Persepolis. It is the most impressive of eight Sassanid rock carvings cut into the cliff beneath the tombs of their Achaemenid predecessors.
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out, focused on the closing of humanities depts. & museums. @otavano.bsky.social discusses the U. of Ottawa, @mokersel.bsky.social on the DePaul Art Museum, @meirazk.bsky.social & @vox-magica.bsky.social on shuttering religious studies depts, & Justin Vorhis on U. Iowa.
Yes, recently I am working on the paper on AION mosaic from Paphos.
You are right. I was wondering for a while, that perhaps it could be Aion π
That's really good!
Kind of spolia reuse and creation of ancient cult of relics (from the glorious past). At the same time, a marker of relevance of old culture, by 310s begining to fade away.
The bearded man, it's Euphrates, am I correct?
Excellent. Still, in my view, the colors are perhaps a bit to vivid. But, it my be, I am operating by aesthetic taste from my own context (temporal and geographical) π
A quick recovery and lots of health for Duke! Lots of fortitude for his Dadies ;) Fingers crossed!
"Every great culture is born, develops, matures, and diesβ¦ everything repeats in cycles." β Oswald Spengler
"Just as the Macedonian conquest prepared the ground for Hellenism, the Arab conquest opened the way for the Umayyads and Abbasids." β Arnold Toynbee
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#AncientBluesky πΊ
The fathers and grandfathers of our current leadership
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#Cyprus #Aphrodite #EasternMediterranean #CrossroadsofCivilisations
βAnd gradually she lost her fear, and he
Offered his breast for her virgin caresses,
And then his kisses. She knew not whither
She was going, nor that the bull was Jove.β
Ovid, Metamorphoses
In Greek mythology, #Europa was the daughter of Agenor, king of #Phoenicia (modern Lebanon). From a beach near Sidon she was abducted by Zeus, disguised as a bull, who swam with her to #Crete
The eastern Mediterranean seems pivotal to our history from the start
πΈ Pompeii (IX 5, 18β21), MAN 111475
Aphrodite riding on a goose, or Leda abducted by Zeus transformed as a swan? That is a question!
Probably rather Aphrodite, though recently I am studing Leda's iconography.
Greek terracotta from Hellenistic period, circa 2nd c. BC
#AncientBluesky πΊ #Mythology #Aphrodite #Iconography
The consequences speak for themselves.
Lovely!
The closing of African American Studies and GWSS at Iowa is absolutely heartbreaking. It is such an important time to study these subjects. Words really cannot express how upsetting this decision is. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...
Three terracotta statues of Orpheus, sitting on a stool and playing his instrument, and two sirens, half human and half bird, standing in front of him.
Three terracotta statues of Orpheus, sitting on a stool and playing his instrument, and two sirens, half human and half bird, standing in front of him.
A highlight of early Hellenistic Taranto is the stunning terracotta group of Orpheus and the Sirens, recently returned from the Getty to Italy. While striking, their original setting, possibly on a funerary monument, remains a mystery.
Taranto, late 4th c. BCE, π· by me #Archaeology πΊ
It might be βΊοΈ
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Amazing quality. Thank you, @chapps.bsky.social!
FUNERARY STELA OF FELICULA, C. 180-190 CE. CLOISTER OF S. PAOLO FUORI LE MURA Like most of the ancient pieces on display in the magnificent medieval cloister of the papal basilica built over the traditional burial site of St Paul, this probably came from the via Ostiensis necropolis which once occupied this area. A portrait, now almost completely effaced, shows a female face with short hair, her torso in a tunic and mantle. The inscription says "To the departed shades. To Felicula. She lived 12 years, 3 months. Her parents Cocceia Magna and Cocceius Chrestus made this for their sweetest daughter". This is a middling-level monument, not extravagant, and "dulcissima" is by far the most frequent adjective found on girls' tombs, though it most often refers to much younger girls, 2-3 years old, and may have evoked the innocence of a very little girl. But in that "dulcissima" is compressed all the sweetness of a whole lifetime unfairly stolen. This was a freedman family of the gens Cocceia, of which the emperor Nerva was a member.
For #EpigraphyTuesday we're in the #cloister of #SanPaolofuorileMura along the #ViaOstiense heading south out of #Rome. This damaged marble monument recalls a little girl, Felicula, 12 years old, daughter of Cocceia Magna and Cocceius Chrestus, from the later C2 CE. #AncientBluesky πΊ
Good Night!
Nice Lemons π #oilpainting #art
"The World Saved by Ukrainians"
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