Eos on her chariot
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
2.8 × 2.2 cm. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Eos on her chariot.

Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
2.8 × 2.2 cm.

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

Credits:
© 1994 Photo, text: O. Neverov, Antichnye kamei, “Iskusstvo-SPB”, SPb, 1994. S. 68—69, cat. 22.
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