Allegory of the might of love
Miniature amphora. Sardonyx. Roman, early 1st century.
Height of body (original part) 5.5 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Allegory of the might of love.

Miniature amphora. Sardonyx. Roman, early 1st century.
Height of body (original part) 5.5 cm.

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).

Credits:
© 1994 Photo, text: O. Neverov, Antichnye kamei, “Iskusstvo-SPB”, SPb, 1994. S. 222—223, cat. 99.
Keywords: gemma glyptics gem gems glittica gliptica gemme glyptik glyptique ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque ρωμαϊκή romana roman römische romaine θεός ἀπόλλων απόλλων apollon deus apollo phoebus god dio febo gott apoll dieu ἄρτεμις dea artemis goddess artemide göttin déesse artémis ἀφροδίτη αφροδίτη aphrodite afrodite ἔρως έρως eros éros amor cupid amore cupido amour βένους venus venere vénus ντιάνα diana diane romano romani römischer romain καμέα κάμερες cameo cameos cammeo cammei kamee camée kameo ὑμήν υμήν υμέναιος hymenaios hymenaeus hymen imene imeneo hyménée sardonyx sardonica amphoriskos allegory of the might love miniature amphora cynthia