Cameo of Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus cameo). Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II
Eleven-layered onyx. Hellenistic glyptics. 278—270/269 BCE.
W 11,3 cm H 11,5 cm Inv. No. IXa 81.Vienna, Museum of Art HistoryPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Cameo of Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus cameo). Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II.

Eleven-layered onyx. Hellenistic glyptics. 278—270/269 BCE.
W 11,3 cm H 11,5 cm
Inv. No. IXa 81.

Vienna, Museum of Art History
(Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum).

Credits:
© 2012. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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