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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN DIONYSIAC BONE HANDLE
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Both sides carved in relief, one side with Dionysos riding a goat which is garlanded around the neck, the deity naked save for a cloak over his left shoulder, an ivy leaf and berry wreath in his hair, holding a thyrsos in his right hand, the other side with a naked double-flute player (satyr?), stepping forward with head thrown back, on a moulded dais
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Both sides carved in relief, one side with Dionysos riding a goat which is garlanded around the neck, the deity naked save for a cloak over his left shoulder, an ivy leaf and berry wreath in his hair, holding a thyrsos in his right hand, the other side with a naked double-flute player (satyr?), stepping forward with head thrown back, on a moulded dais
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high