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Glyptics | Hellenistic Egypt | Cameos
21. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros-horseman.
Sardonyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
0.7 × 1.0 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
22. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros-hunter.
Two-layer onyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
1.4 × 1.2 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
23. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros grain-grower.
Two-layer onyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
1.4 × 1.1 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
24. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros with a mask.
Sardonyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
1.1 × 1.2 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
25. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eros wearing a mask.
Two-layer onyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
1.3 × 1.0 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
26. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Dionysos.
Sardonyx. Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
2.5 × 1.4 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
27. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Horus-Harpokrates.
Three-layered sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
2.5 × 1.5 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
28. GLYPTICS.
Eros with a butterfly.
Sardonyx. 2nd century BCE.
2.7 × 2.5 cm.
Inv. No. APT 55.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
29. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Alexander the Macedonian.
Sardonyx.
Alexandria (?). 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. ГР-12672.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
30. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Ptolemy II and Arsinoe (the “Gonzaga Cameo”).
Sardonyx.
3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12678 / Ж. 291.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
31. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II.
Sardonyx.
Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. ГР-12678.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
32. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Genius of horror. Detail of the Gonzaga Cameo.
Sardonyx.
3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. ГР-12678.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
33. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Gonzaga Cameo (Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II).
Sardonyx, silver.
Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12678 / Ж. 291.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
34. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Gonzaga Cameo: Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II.
Sardonyx in a new silver mount.
Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12678 / Ж. 291.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
35. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Zeus.
Sardonyx.
3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12679 / Ж. 292.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
36. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Zeus.
Sardonyx.
Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. ГР-12679.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
37. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Zeus.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12679 / Ж. 292.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
38. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Aphrodite and eagle.
Onyx.
1st century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12688 / Ж. 301.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
39. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Aphrodite and eagle.
Three-layered sardonyx.
Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12688 / Ж. 301.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
40. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Aphrodite and eagle.
Three-layered sardonyx.
Alexandria, 1st century BCE.
Workshop of Sostrates.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12688 / Ж. 301.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.