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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 0 - circa 100; Classification(s): engraved gems, ringstone, intaglio cutting; Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George [CG 254]
Description: Zeus seated upon a throne with elaborately turned legs and back; his body is turned to the left. In his right hand he holds a patera and in his left an upright sceptre. In front of Zeus is an eagle, perched upon a thunderbolt, and holding a wreath in its beak. Ground line. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | engraved gems Unknown ringstone | Temporal: | name=first century A.D.; start=0; end=100 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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