Torso of Artemis Ephesia Torso of a highly simplified replica of the Artemis type in the temple of Ephesus. Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, was beside Zeus the most important deity of the Greek-Roman Decapolis. Possibly a work from Anatolia, from the second half of the 1st century AD. White marble. H 46 cm. Found in 1988 east of the podium monument, reused in a late antique spolia wall.
Author: Gadara nymphaeum, possibly from Anatolia | Date: 1st century AD