LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: snake

Title: Snake Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Roman Date: A.D. 1–100 Medium: Glass Object Number: 2003.257 Dimensions: 36 × 2 cm (14 3/16 × 13/16 in.) The surface of this undulating brown and yellow snake suggests its scaly form. A bulbous head and hooded eye also attests to the glassmaker's attention to detail. Placed on a flat surface, this creature served a decorative function. Animals in antiquity stood as embodiments of virtues and values and also as guardians and companions. Many animal species were represented in sculpture and appear in frescos and mosaics. Snakes in iron, bronze, or even as gold bracelets, were common in the classical world. Because of the medium's fragility, very few glass snakes have survived. To make the snake, a glassmaker combined colored threads of glass into a colorless or lightly colored body. The completed body could then be shaped into a serpentine form. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/221640/unknown-maker-snake-roman-ad-1-100

Title: Snake Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Roman Date: A.D. 1–100 Medium: Glass Object Number: 2003.257 Dimensions: 36 × 2 cm (14 3/16 × 13/16 in.) The surface of this undulating brown and yellow snake suggests its scaly form. A bulbous head and hooded eye also attests to the glassmaker's attention to detail. Placed on a flat surface, this creature served a decorative function. Animals in antiquity stood as embodiments of virtues and values and also as guardians and companions. Many animal species were represented in sculpture and appear in frescos and mosaics. Snakes in iron, bronze, or even as gold bracelets, were common in the classical world. Because of the medium's fragility, very few glass snakes have survived. To make the snake, a glassmaker combined colored threads of glass into a colorless or lightly colored body. The completed body could then be shaped into a serpentine form. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/221640/unknown-maker-snake-roman-ad-1-100

Lid (?) with a Serpent Silver Central Asia (Bactria- Margiana) or Southeastern Iran Late 3rd- early 2nd millennium BC Accession # 1989.281.42 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Bracelet Probably 1st century BC- 1st century AD Gold Accession # 23.2.1 Powerful talismans of fertility and good destiny are woven into this rich golden composition. The bodies of two snakes intertwine to form a Herakles knot, the centerpiece of this bracelet. The snake on the left represents Agathodaimon, and the cobra on the right Terenouthis, two agrarian/ fertility deities associated with Serapis and Isis, respectively. On the platform between them stand two goddesses, Isis-Tyche (or Isis-Fortuna), a deity closely associated with Alexandria, and the nude Aphrodite. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Offering Stand Ceramic Beth Shean, stratum V, south temple Iron IB, 1150-1000 BCE # 29-103-830 This offering stand is decorated with birds and snakes. These animals commonly appear on ritual objects throughout the eastern Mediterranean, though their symbolic significance remains unknown. Text from the U. Penn. Museum label.