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Glyptics | Hellenistic Egypt | Cameos
1. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cameo “Prince of the Ptolemaic dynasty presented as Hermes”.
Sardonyx.
3rd cent. BCE.
Golden frame, enamel — 18th century.
Inv. No. Camee. 111.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
2. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Prince as Eros.
Jacinth. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
1.2 × 1.1 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
3. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Queen as goddess.
Calaite. Alexandria. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
4. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Berenike II.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
2.3 × 1.4 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
5. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Ptolemy II.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
2.6 × 1.9 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
6. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Queen — protectress of Alexandria.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
2.8 × 1.9 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
7. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cleopatra VII.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
8. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cleopatra-Selene.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
9. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Medusa.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
10. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
The goddess Hathor.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
1.4 × 1.2 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
11. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Dionysos on his chariot.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
3.1 × 2.3 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
12. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eos on her chariot.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
2.8 × 2.2 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
13. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eroses, Psyche, and Dionysos.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
14. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Sleeping Hermaphroditus.
Two-layered onyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
15. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Dionysos, Satyr and Ariadne.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
1.4 × 1.9 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
16. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Sacrifice to Dionysos.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
3.0 × 2.3 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
17. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Satyr and eroses.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
1.8 × 2.3 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
18. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Leda, swan and Eros.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
2.1 × 2.8 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
19. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Perseus and Andromeda.
Two-layered onyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
20. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
The abduction of Ganymede.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
3.3 × 3.0 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.