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Intaglio: Eros or Cupid

1900.53.0031A

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Artifact Identification Intaglio: Eros or Cupid   (1900.53.0031A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1st – 4th century CE
Culture Roman, Graeco-Roman

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 1.55 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 1.10 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.31 cm
Weight 0.86 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Chalcedony, Stone--Quartz--Agate
Manufacturing Processes Intaglio

Research Remarks

Description

Rogers: A small onyx stone with a Greek youth driving a chariot harnessed to two racing horses. One hand holds the reins and the other waves a whip high over his head. This is a very small design, but shows remarkable skill and artistic ability.

Porada: Cupid(?) as a charioteer, driving a two-horse chariot.
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Porada, Edith. "Concordance of Seals in the Oriental Museum, UIUC." Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.
Rogers, Frances. Babylonian Seal Cylinders as a Historical Source, UIUC Master's Thesis, 1929.

Boardman, Scarisbrick, Wagner, and Zwierlein-Diehl, 2010, The Margorough Gems, no. 397 (also on the web in the Beazley Collection at Oxford).

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction no, Possibly a fake?

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