This boar-shaped terracotta rattle is approximately eight
centimeters tall and eleven centimeters wide. It stands on a
small rectangular base and has a ring attached to its right
side. Several holes can be seen on the upper part of the clay
attachment connecting the ring to the rattle’s right side. The
boar’s snout is also [...] Carlos Muñoz is a rising Junior and
Classical Studies major. In the summer of 2011 he will work as
an intern in the Baltimore Museum of Art. During the fall of
2011, Carlos will attend the Intercollegiate Center for
Classical Studies in Rome where he will study Roman history,
architecture and art. The art of gem carving or intaglio dates
as far back as the seventh millennium B.C.E. By the second
millennium B.C.E., engraved gems had developed into a full-
fledged industry in the Indus Valley. Through trade, these
objects reached the Mediterranean. By the fourth century B.C.E.,
we find numerous references in Greek texts to Eastern gems.
[...] This terracotta warrior is shown wearing a pl