Roman copy of Philiskos of Rhodes' statue of Polyhymnia, muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance, and eloquence. Found in via Terni inside an ancient underground passage in the area of the Horti Variani (1928).
The main scene on the sarcophagus depicts the Niobids’ massacre; the figure in the left is Artemis, her arrows pierce four of Niobe’s daughters while Niobe herself and a nurse bear two young dying girls. On the right , Apollo’s arrows hit four…
Bust of emperor Claudius wearing a corona quercea. The sculpture is part of the Farnese collection and it belongs to the National Archeological Museum of Naples since 1870. The finding spot is unknown.