Heracles and Omphale
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
1.8 × 1.9 cm. Inv. No. Ж 294.Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Heracles and Omphale.

Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
1.8 × 1.9 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 294.

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

Credits:
© 1994 Photo, text: O. Neverov, Antichnye kamei, “Iskusstvo-SPB”, SPb, 1994. S. 78—79, cat. 27.
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