The childhood of Bacchus
Sardonyx. Roman, 3rd centuries.
2.0 × 2.4 cm. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

The childhood of Bacchus.

Sardonyx. Roman, 3rd centuries.
2.0 × 2.4 cm.

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

Credits:
© 1994 Photo, text: O. Neverov, Antichnye kamei, “Iskusstvo-SPB”, SPb, 1994. S. 264—265, cat. 120.
THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART
Keywords: gemma glyptics gem gems glittica gliptica gemme glyptik glyptique ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque διώνυσος dionysus dioniso dionysos μαινάδα μαινάδες mainades maenas maenades maenad maenads menade menadi mänade mänaden ménade ménades σειληνός seilenos silenus sileni selenus papposilenus silenuses sileno papposileni silenos silen papposilen silène papposilène roman romana romano romani römische römischer romain romaine καμέα κάμερες cameo cameos cammeo cammei kamee camée kameo sardonyx sardonica the childhood of bacchus σειληνός σειληνοί
History of Ancient Rome