Onyx intaglio: Incantation in Greek letters

Period:: Imperial

Date:: ca. 2nd–3rd century A.D.

Culture:: Roman

Medium:: Onyx

Dimensions:: H.: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)

Classification:: Gems

Credit Line:: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915

Accession Number:: 15.43.317

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169

Amulet with inscriptions on both sides.

Bonner, Campbell. 1950. Studies in Magical Amulets, Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian, University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. 49. no. 284, pp. 300-1, pl. 13, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Bodel, John P. and Stephen Tracy. 1997. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA : A Checklist. p. 195, Rome: The American Academy in Rome.

Timelines
Italian Peninsula, 1-500A.D.

Department

Greek and Roman Art (17,248)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

Sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus

Artist: Date: ca. A.D. 41–54
Accession Number: 42.11.30 Date: ca. A.D. 41–54 Medium: Sardonyx Accession: 42.11.30 On view in:Gallery 166

Gold ring with onyx intaglio

Artist: Date: late 2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
Accession Number: 60.55.80 Date: late 2nd–early 3rd century A.D. Medium: Onyx, gold Accession: 60.55.80 On view in:Gallery 169

Chalcedony intaglio: Head of Jupiter Ammon

Artist: Date: 1st–3rd century A.D.
Accession Number: 81.6.56 Date: 1st–3rd century A.D. Medium: Chalcedony Accession: 81.6.56 On view in:Gallery 169

Sardonyx ring stone

Artist: Date: ca. 1st century A.D.
Accession Number: 48.12.3 Date: ca. 1st century A.D. Medium: Sardonyx Accession: 48.12.3 On view in:Gallery 171

Onyx cameo bust of Caracalla

Artist: Date: ca. A.D. 211–217
Accession Number: 42.11.31 Date: ca. A.D. 211–217 Medium: Onyx Accession: 42.11.31 On view in:Gallery 169