Inv. Scu 1099 It depicts a standing female figure. Its head has been reattached to the body by means of a restoration that distorts the real torsion. Her weight is resting on the left foot, next to which there is…
Collocation
Group of two young girls playing
Inv. Scu 1151 The group is depicting two young girls playing. The game consisted in hitting a rock stuck in the ground with a ball: whoever missed had to carry the winner on his shoulders who would cover the loser’s…
Child Statue of Hercules
Inv. Scu 1016 This monumental statue represents the hero Hercules as a child and is made of basalt. The god is shown nude with the exception of the iconographic lion skin worn over his head. The legs and paws of…
Statue of Faun
Statuette of Hermaphrodite holding Eros
Inv. Scu 370 Hermaphrodite, standing on the right leg with the left slightly bent, is completely naked except for the cloak that falls from the shoulders down below the knees; in the folds of the cloak the figure holds Eros…
Crocodile
Inv. Scu 24 The crocodile, resting on a plinth, is carved from a single block of pink granite and is depicted with great naturalism. The crocodile is the incarnation of Sobek, the Egyptian god associated with the waters and floods…
Fragment of an original Greek funerary stele
Inv. Scu 984 Only the central part of the stele remains: in the foreground, a female figure wears a long tunic (chiton) and cloak (himation) and sits on a stool . In front of her, there is a young girl…
Fragment of landscape relief
Inv. Scu 1426 The fragment shows a complex representation on several planes. In the centre of the scene, one can recognize the pediment of a temple decorated with a shield with Gorgon ’s head, held up by two Tritons .…
Sarcophagus with scenes of the Calydonian boar myth
Inv. Scu 1897 Sarcophagus front carved with figures that take up the entire field available. The composition depicts an episode of the myth of Meleager and the hunt of the Calydonian boar; particularly popular in the mid imperial period, the…
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Inv. Scu 3247 This statue represents the Emperor Marcus Aurelius . The figure of the emperor is dressed in military clothing (for example the tunic and cloak), but his feet are shod in civilian shoes, of the type worn by…