Queen of the Ptolemies — protectress of Alexandria
Sardonyx. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.2.8 × 1.9 cm.
Reworked in the eighteenth century. Inv. No. Ж 155.Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
Queen of the Ptolemies — protectress of Alexandria.
Sardonyx. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
2.8 × 1.9 cm.
Reworked in the eighteenth century.
2.8 × 1.9 cm.
Reworked in the eighteenth century.
Inv. No. Ж 155.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).
Credits:
© 1971. Photo, text: Neverov O. Antique cameos in the Hermitage Collection. Aurora Art Publishers. Leningrad. 1971. P. 77, pl. 7
Keywords: gemma glyptics gem gems glittica gliptica gemme glyptik glyptique hellenistic egypt egitto tolemaico ellenistico ägypten égypte hellénistique καμέα κάμερες cameo cameos cammeo cammei kamee camée kameo απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt sardonyx sardonica female of queen the ptolemies ptolemaic protectress alexandria headgear headdress skin hide elephant inv no ж 155
