A large Hellenistic Terracotta Figure of Aphrodite, ca. 3rd century BCE Seals - Cylinder with 18K gold caps and

with 18K gold caps and a blue glass bead suspended from three of the cross points

National Portrait Gallery

Milŋiyawuy (the Milky Way) represented a river in the Sky World

This dome-shaped chalcedony stamp seal is perforated for suspension and engraved with an incised drawing of Gayomard

Background:  There is some conjecture that these glass vessels were actually early Christian amulets taken as relics and/or souvenirs from holy areas

A large Hellenistic Terracotta Figure of Aphrodite, ca. 3rd century BCE Seals - Cylinder with 18K gold caps andA finely modeled Hellenistic terracotta statuette of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, shown standing gracefully atop an integral plinth base. She is depicted partially nude, with a chiton draped low around her hips, its folds clasped in her left hand. Her right hand rests casually atop a herm (bearded male head set on a pillar), suggesting a dialogue between the erotic and the divine. Aphrodite wears a wreath in her centrally parted hair,