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Object name(s):
engraved gems; ringstone
Brief description:
a nude figure seated upon a shield in profile to the right holding a helmet in its right hand and a transverse spear in its left. In front is a cuirass mounted at right and behind a column.
Collection:
Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition method:
given
Acquisition source:
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Material:
carnelian
Object component name:
Intaglio
Object name:
engraved gems; ringstone
Object number:
CG 189
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
5001
Date - latest:
1
Date - period:
1st Century, second half
Object production person:
Unknown
Other number:
CG 189
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
124265
Other number type:
priref
Other number:
CM.13.1978
Other number type:
gem catalogue number
Other number type:
uri
Responsible department/section:
Antiquities
Style:
Augustan
Technique:
intaglio cutting
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Reference details:
103
Reference type:
reference

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/77624ca2-8ec2-3a69-8e6c-a09e5c471b28

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/77624ca2-8ec2-3a69-8e6c-a09e5c471b28, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0

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