A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF OF ARTEMIS OF EPHESUS CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. Carved in raised relief, the goddess depicted frontally, holding knotted woolen ribbons in each raised hand, wearing her characteristic veil, a polos crown atop her head, and dangling earrings, her tunic with rows of egg-like shapes, perhaps bull testes, suspended along her upper torso, with three lower registers richly decorated with partially-preserved stylized lion heads, a stag at her left side, its head turned to face the goddess, a partially-preserved Latin inscription above, ...STORUM 18 ¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high
Author: ROMAN EPHESUS | Date: CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D
