Sacrifice to Dionysos
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
3.0 × 2.3 cm. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Sacrifice to Dionysos.

Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
3.0 × 2.3 cm.

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

Credits:
© 1994 Photo, text: O. Neverov, Antichnye kamei, “Iskusstvo-SPB”, SPb, 1994. S. 80—81, cat. 28.
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