Object from Athens NAM
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“The last Aphrodites”
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Multi-coloured Coptic textile (inv. no. ΑΙΓ 8381) depicting a naked female figure with her entourage: Aphrodite or Nereid, with a young Eros and Nymphs or Nereids, who hold canisters with the Tree of Life. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Textile fragment (inv. no ΑΙΓ 8385) depicting a naked dancer, a Maenad, Dionysus or some other mythological person. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Ivory carvings (inv. nos ΑΙΓ 947, 949) llustrating Aphrodites or Nereids among dolphins and sea creatures. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Multi-coloured Coptic textile (inv. no. ΑΙΓ 8381) depicting a naked female figure with her entourage: Aphrodite or Nereid, with a young Eros and Nymphs or Nereids, who hold canisters with the Tree of Life. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Textile fragment (inv. no ΑΙΓ 8385) depicting a naked dancer, a Maenad, Dionysus or some other mythological person. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Ivory carvings (inv. nos ΑΙΓ 947, 949) llustrating Aphrodites or Nereids among dolphins and sea creatures. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
The Unseen Museum
is the well-known exhibition project of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum that brings to the fore antiquities stored in its vaults away from the visitor’s eyes.
The Unseen Museum presents
“The last Aphrodites”
. It is a small exhibition set that includes two ivory carvings and two fragments of Coptic textiles from Egypt of late antiquity. All four artefacts illustrate Aphrodites, Nereids or other mythological figures. The two carvings, dating to the 4th century AD, were destined to decorate bridal jewellery boxes, chests or other precious vessels. The textiles in display, are dated to the period in which Coptic weaving flourished, from the 5
th
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Multi-coloured Coptic textile (inv. no. ΑΙΓ 8381) depicting a naked female figure with her entourage: Aphrodite or Nereid, with a young Eros and Nymphs or Nereids, who hold canisters with the Tree of Life. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Textile fragment (inv. no ΑΙΓ 8385) depicting a naked dancer, a Maenad, Dionysus or some other mythological person. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Ivory carvings (inv. nos ΑΙΓ 947, 949) llustrating Aphrodites or Nereids among dolphins and sea creatures. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Multi-coloured Coptic textile (inv. no. ΑΙΓ 8381) depicting a naked female figure with her entourage: Aphrodite or Nereid, with a young Eros and Nymphs or Nereids, who hold canisters with the Tree of Life. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Textile fragment (inv. no ΑΙΓ 8385) depicting a naked dancer, a Maenad, Dionysus or some other mythological person. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Ivory carvings (inv. nos ΑΙΓ 947, 949) llustrating Aphrodites or Nereids among dolphins and sea creatures. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
The Unseen Museum
is the well-known exhibition project of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum that brings to the fore antiquities stored in its vaults away from the visitor’s eyes.
The Unseen Museum presents
“The last Aphrodites”
. It is a small exhibition set that includes two ivory carvings and two fragments of Coptic textiles from Egypt of late antiquity. All four artefacts illustrate Aphrodites, Nereids or other mythological figures. The two carvings, dating to the 4th century AD, were destined to decorate bridal jewellery boxes, chests or other precious vessels. The textiles in display, are dated to the period in which Coptic weaving flourished, from the 5
th
t
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)