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Hematite intaglio: Lion-headed god

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Hematite intaglio: Lion-headed god

Period:: Imperial
Date:: ca. 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Culture:: Roman
Medium:: Hematite
Dimensions:: H.: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Classification:: Gems
Credit Line:: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:: 74.51.4299

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 169

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: On rev., indistinct inscription in six lines: ].t.achetadech.pepte, in Greek
References

Bonner, Campbell. 1950. Studies in Magical Amulets, Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, no. 102, pp. 269-70, pl. 5.
See also
What
Sculpture (24,350)

Gems (1,924)

Intaglios (959)

Hematite (367)
Where
Roman Empire (5,259)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,201)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Italian Peninsula, 1–500A.D.

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