Gem

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50-1-115B

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 50-1-115B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Basalt
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Aphrodite Kallipygos
Description

Narrow, rectangular bezel with standing figure in relief: Aphrodite Kallipygos? Schematized human face with plump features below each end of bezel. Band semicircular in section incised on convex surface with closely spaced lines.

Length 2 cm
Width 0.7 cm
Outside Diameter 2.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950

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