STUD Photos

Siglo II. Exposición y ventas de esclavo joven en el mercado de Mileto.

A naked, barefoot man appears at the center of a historically styled market scene, tied with ropes around his torso, arms, wrists, and legs, with his penis partially covered by his hand and the bindings. Around him, several half-naked older men, dressed in simple cloths and tunics, watch him, smile, and seem to touch or inspect him in a bustling atmosphere. On the wooden tables are bowls, coins, clay jugs, containers of milk, and trays, while fabric awnings, pale stone, and ancient buildings reinforce a Mediterranean or Roman aesthetic, with a sense of auction, staged slavery, or public ritual.