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Glyptics | Rome | Cameos
181. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Victory with a team of four horses.
Carved after a Nikomachos’ painting.
Signed by the master: Ῥουφος ἐποίει (Made by Rufos).
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 293.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
182. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Germanicus and Agrippina as Triptolemos and Demeter.
Sardonyx.
1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. No. Ж 296.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
183. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Triptolemos and Demeter.
Sardonyx.
1st century CE.
Inv. No. Ж 296.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
184. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Apollo and Artemis.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 297.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
185. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Dioskouroi riding their horses.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
1.8 × 2.6 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 302.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
186. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Ephebe with a horse.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
2.3 × 2.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 304.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
187. GLYPTICS.
Hera.
Sardonyx. 1st century.
2.9 × 2.2 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 308.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
188. GLYPTICS.
Dionysos with a panther.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
2.1 × 1.5 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 312.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
189. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Sleeping maenad, satyr and Eros.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
2.2 × 3.1 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 314.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
190. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Old man with a goat.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
1.9 × 1.3 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 315.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
191. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Artemis.
Sardonyx. 1st century. 2.6 × 1.9 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 322.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
192. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Lucilla (?).
Sardonyx. Late 2nd century.
2.3 × 1.9 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 329.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
193. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Vespasian.
Amethyst. Late 1st century.
1.8 × 1.2 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 337.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
194. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Commodus.
Sardonyx. Late 2nd century.
5.3 × 6.1 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 340.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
195. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Commodus.
Sardonyx. Late 2nd century.
1.8 × 1.6 cm.
On the reverse is a cabbalistic inscription with the names of Moses, Joseph, Michael, Shinshiel and Horuel.
Inv. No. Ж 341.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
196. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Agrippina the Elder, the wife of Germanicus.
Sardonyx. Early 1st century.
5.9 × 4.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 343.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
197. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Julia, the daughter of the emperor Titus.
Glass paste. Late 1st century.
5.6 × 4 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 344.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
198. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Caracalla.
Sardonyx. Early 3rd century.
4.3 × 3.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 345.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
199. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Caracalla.
Sardonyx. Roman, 3rd century.
4.3 × 3.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж. 345.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
200. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Septimius Severus.
Brownish glass.
Late 2nd century — early 3rd century.
Inv. No. Ж 347.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.