Group of Engraved Gems (8) and a Scarab

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Group of Engraved Gems (8) and a Scarab

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Date
late 2nd century B.C.–17th/18th century A.D.
Medium
Red jasper, white chalcedony, heliotrope, nicolo, green jasper, blue on black glass, cornelian, banded agate, brown sard
Department
Jewelry
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
c7240a5c-5d6e-4714-a66b-b57715ee72e9

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.1: Goat lying under a tree, his head turned back; groundline. .2: Eros standing right, leaning on a pickax; groundline. .3: Draped bust of Africa, wearing an elephant headdress, to right. Traces of iron adhering to the sides and back. .4: Raven standing right on a laurel branch. .5: Two actors standing facing each other; they each carry a pedum and cloak over their arm and wear grotesque masks; the actor on the right carries an uncertain circular object in his left hand; groundline; a four-letter inscription along the top and in the bottom right corner: L A E S. .6: Ganymede standing right feeding an eagle, who stands on rocks, from a cup; he wears a Phrygian cap and a chlamys over his left shoulder and holds a pedum; groundline. The gem is miscast. .7: Warrior with spear. .8: Hermes standing left, holding a moneybag in his right hand and a caduceus and cloak in his left hand, his feet are winged; groundline. .9: A sea griffin to right.

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