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Roman glass perfume bottles from Tarentum, southern Italy. 1st-2nd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A glass funerary urn, Tarentum, southern Italy. 1st-2nd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A quartz seal carved with a depiction of a leaping stag, Tarentum, southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A black volute krater, Tarentum, southern Italy, 4th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A rhyton in the form of a mule's head, Tarentum, 5th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A detail from a floor mosaic depicting a chariot racer, Tarentum, southern Italy, Late 2nd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A panel from a larger floor mosaic depicting a hunting lion, Tarentum, southern Italy, Late 2nd, early 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

The central panel from a larger floor mosaic depicting the abduction of a nymph, Tarentum, southern Italy, Late 2nd, early 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A panel from a larger floor mosaic depicting a hunting leopard or panther, Tarentum, southern Italy, Late 2nd, early 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

This clay tablet records several inscriptions found on an old lapis lazuli cylinder seal. The seal had belonged first to the Kassite king Shagarakti-Shuriash (reigned 1245-1233 BCE) in Babylon. It was taken to Assyria; later it was returned...