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Glyptics | Hellenistic Egypt | Cameos
61. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
The abduction of Ganymede. Fragment of the cameo.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
3.3 × 3 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 299.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
62. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Leda and the swan.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
2.1 × 2.8 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 305.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
63. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Ptolemy III (?).
Sardonyx. 3rd century BCE.
2.6 × 1.9 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 306.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
64. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Berenike II (?) as Isis.
Sardonyx. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 310.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
65. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Hermaphroditus surrounded by Eroses.
Onyx. 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 313.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
66. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Eroses tormenting Psyche in the presence of Dionysos.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
1.8 × 2.4 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 316.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
67. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Sacrifice.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
3 × 2.4 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 317.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
68. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Selene.
Sardonyx. 1st century BCE.
1.8 × 1.7 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 319.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
69. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cleopatra I.
Sardonyx.
Alexandria. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. К-35.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
70. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
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.