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Lugal-Dalu was probably a local ruler of Adab. The inscriptions on the statue's right shoulder describe the depicted man as "king of Adab" and the statue as an offering to the temple of the god Esar (or E-Shar), the greatest...

Roman statue of the goddess Persephone (also known as Proserpina). The restoration of the statue has her holding a theatre mask, like one of the Muses. c. 140-160 CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Naples)

The inscription on the frontal part of the pillar reads, in Greek, "You will recognize the fine statue by Alkamenes, the Hermes before the Gates, Pergamios gave it, know thyself". This is a copy of an original...

A detail of a marble statue of Cupid and Psyche from the Domus of Cupid and Psyche in Ostia Antica, Italy. The statue was made at the time the house was built, in the second quarter of the 4th century CE.

This statue of the goddess of prosperity shows her seated on a lotus and a lion. She holds a lotus bud in her right hand and the pot of abundance in her left. These symbols of prosperity derive from the horn of plenty...

A statue of Margaret of Anjou, queen consort of England (r. 1445-1471). Margaret was married to Henry VI of England (r. 1422-1461 and 1470-71). Statue by Ferdinand Taluet, 1877, in Luxembourg Garden, Paris.

This alabaster statue depicts a man who wears a fringed robe. It probably came from an Ishtar temple. The statue likely represents a local ruler of the city of Ashur; his name was Zariqum. This ruler was loyal to Amar-Sin...

Marble statue of Narcissus, from Gaeta (Italy), Roman copy of the 4th century CE. The statue type of the standing naked boy leaning with his left arm on a pillar is interpreted as the beautiful youth Narcissus who sees his...

This is a wooden statue of Tamonten — one of the Four Deva Kings (Shitenno) and a guardian of Buddhist teaching. This statue can be seen at the Daibutsuden or Great Buddha Hall of the Todaiji temple complex in...

A statue of Bertha, queen consort of Kent (c. 560-601), by Stephen Melton, 2006. The statue stands in Lady Wootton's Green in Canterbury, the ancient capital of the Kentish kingdom in southeast England.