Roman gems
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Recent papers in Roman gems
Complete technical report by Rachel Sabino follows the comprehensive curatorial essay by Sandra Knudsen.
The article considers the phalerae found as part of the gala horse bridle set in the cache of the Burial-mound № 1/1985 near the settlement of Dachi near Azov. Phalerae with bronze lining are decorated with large polished agate inlays... more
This book presents nearly 200 objects of glyptic art from the Natsvlishvili Family collection, Tbilisi, Georgia. Their cultural, geographical and chronological diversity is considerable starting from the Near Eastern cylinder and stamp... more
Първата и основна цел на статията е да се съберат на едно място всички достъпни геми с изображения на римската богиня на победата Виктория, както и тези на сродяваните с нея божества, носещи епитетите Victor и Victrix, и тези, в които тя... more
166 pieces of bronz objects (from Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Period) from Tokat Museum are evaluated in this book. Each object is dated by analogical method.
Paper presented to Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea Congressus internationales Smyrnenses XI Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine engraved gems in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area-An international e-conference on archaeological and... more
Faerie Stones explores the Faerielore and Folklore associated with different stones and various crystal formations, from the ancient Neolithic arrows known as Elfshot to magical Faerie dusted geodes known as Fairy Cavern Quartz. It deals... more
The visualization analyzed the minerals and precious stones in the Natural History of Pliny: Books XXXVI and XXXVII. Thanks to the information mentioned in book XXXVII of Pliny, we know the origin of many of the most famous gemstones in... more
In this study, a gem with an Aphrodite image on it, obtained from the Philadelphia (Gökçeseki) Excavation in the Isaurian Region will be evaluated in terms of its valuable stone as well as the cultic and iconographical features of the... more
"Das Tema des Beitrags bilden vier römisch-kaiserzeitliche Ringe, gefunden im Kataster von Bratislava – Rusovce. Zwei von ihnen stammen aus Rettungsgrabungen des SNM – Archäologischen Museums. (Kat. Nr. 1 und 2). Die anderen zwei Ringe... more
El objetivo de este trabajo es el estudio del adorno personal femenino en Mérida de la Antigüedad y Antigüedad Tardía, desde la fundación de la colonia en el 25 a. C. hasta la llegada de los omeyas en el 713 d.C. Partimos de un concepto... more
The paper offers a brief survey of the Roman gems from the territory of Verona, subject explored till now only with regard to few items. The present research, focused on the published finds, could give a little piece to the difficult... more
This paper considers the interpretation and function of ancient objects in the European high and late middle ages through the lens of coin hoard evidence, with a particular focus on the inclusion of ancient coins and engraved gemstones in... more
This journal article examines and discusses critically how classical (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) and postclassical (mainly neoclassical) engraved gems and cameos were collected, studied, classified and displayed in the eighteenth,... more
"Brick with jewel impression from Aquincum Summary During the excavation of the Resident of Aquincum’s palace in 1996, a fragment of a tube (brick) was found featuring side by side with the CHR seal (?) an impression which was made... more
The discovery by Clifford M. Brown of a reference to the Felix Gem (now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) in an inventory of the goods of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, drawn up after his death in 1483, confirms the hypothesis put forward by... more
ABSTRACT: Several sources suggest that when the German classical archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler (1853-1907) left his position at the Berlin Museums in 1894 to become professor of archaeology and numismatics in Munich, he brought with him... more
During the first years of his political activity after the death of Julius Caesar, Augustus, then still known as Octavian, launched a propagandistic political program by which he was represented, both in gems and in coins, as the sea-god... more