EditorialSpiked disk of a belt from an oak-coffin burial of a girl at Egtved near Kolding, Denmark. (See also 06-03-01 / 45, 46, 47) Early Bronze Age (1000 BCE).
EditorialCylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian. Two figures around an altar; above the altar a solar disk with wings; a god on a bull. Agate, H: 3 cm AO 22347.
EditorialThe Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small figures. His emblem, the solar disk, appears on the altar. The tablet was dedicated by a Babylonian king of the 9th BCE, who restored the temple of Shamash in Sippar, Mesopotamia (Iraq) -Original mould.
EditorialPhalera, ornamental plaque disk of a horse harness (6th-1st BCE). Close-up of the filligree work (Detail of 09-01-03 / 44) from Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe, France. Diameter 25 cm.
Editoriala view of the moon partially obscuring the sun disk, seen behind an X-ray image as a filter, during a partial solar eclipse visible from Gaza City in the Palestinian Gaza Strip enclav, Gaza city, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - 25 Oct 2022
EditorialCherry Stoner. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 38.2 cm (11 15/16 x 15 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: hopper: 7 1/2" in diameter, 3 1/2" high; disk: 3 3/4" in diameter. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialModel of a Masting Sheer, Model of a mast crane, lifting a mast, on a floorboard. The legs lean forward and are held back by two braces and four stays attached to bollards. The foot in which the braces are positioned is adjustable in three positions. B...
EditorialRoman Art. Italy. Ara Pacis Augustae. Processional frieze. Detail. Relief. Original South side. Central section. Four of the figures at the center have been identified as flamines, the leading members of the priestly orders of the state religion. They ...