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The collection of ancient art in the Allen Memorial Art Museum includes choice works, including many coins, from the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean – predominantly Greece, Egypt and Rome – as well as objects from Hittite, Sumerian, Persian, Etruscan, Phoenician and Cypriot cultures. Additionally, the collection includes a number of objects from the Ancient Americas, predominantly Mexican and Peruvian in origin.
Roman
 Decorative Bust of a Silenus
Early 1st century A. D.
Bronze
6 1/4 x 4 3/16 x 2 3/4 in. (15.9 x 10.6 x 7 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, Oberlin Friends of Art Fund, and Mrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund, 1988
AMAM 1988.24
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 After Skopas of Paros
(Greek, Attic, 4th century B.C.)
Torso from reduced copy of the so-called Pothos
original: second half of 4th century B.C.
copy: 1st or 2nd century A.D.
Pentelic marble
17 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. (45.3 x 18 x 12.3 cm)
(Height of original: about 180 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1941
AMAM 1941.43
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 Etruscan (Corneto or Tarquinia)
Hand Mirror with the Judgment of Paris
ca. 300 - 150 B.C.
Cast bronze, with incised decoration
Overall: 9 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. (24.7 x 12.5 cm)
Diameter of figured panel: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1942
AMAM 1942.122
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 Epiktetos (painter) and Pamphaios (potter)
Greek
Active Athens ca. 520 - 490 B.C. and 530 - 495 B.C., respectively
Red-Figure Eye-Cup
ca. 520-10 B.C.
Inscriptions on tondo and sides 1
Earthenware with slip decoration
H. (as restored): 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm)
Diam. (of bowl): 12 3/8 in. (31.3 cm)
General Acquisitions Fund, 1967; Gift of the Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988 (fragment)
AMAM 1967.61 a-b
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