Images from the Izmir Museum
Click on one to the thumbnail images below to
see a larger photo, or use the
following text links to go to a map
of Izmir, the excavations of the Agora, views
of Izmir from the Kadifekale, or return
to the map of Asia Minor, or the map
of the Mediterranean
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See map for location of Archaeology Museum (Ethnographic
Museum is adjacent)
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Rare silver ingot (form in which precious metal was
shipped) from museum treasure room
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Household Objects and Activities
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Fine glass cup in shape of head - museum treasure room
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Fine glass bottle - museum treasure room
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Glass perfume bottles (right), 1st cent. A.D.
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Glass jugs, 2nd cent A.D.
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Glass unguentaria and vials, 1st cent. A.D.
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Glass cosmetic containers and
stirring/application sticks, 1st cent. A.D.
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Cosmetics jars, mirror and clasps
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Examples of lamps
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A panel depicting activities in
a kitchen, slaughtering an animal (left) and cleaning (right)
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Sports and Athletics
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Views of a full size bronz athlete (runner)
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Gladiator
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Discus in hand
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Foot injury
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Medical instruments
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Figures Human and Divine (1st Cent.
B.C. to 3rd Cent. A.D.)
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Samples of hairstyle and attire (anonymous figures)
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Priestly Figures
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Detail of sandals
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Diana
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Hermaphroditos (left)
Son of Hermes and Aphrodite who encountered the nymph Salmacis. She was so smitten by his appearance, that when he started to leave her she grabbed him and begged the gods that they should never be parted. As a result the two were merged into a single person both male and female. |
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