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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa -100 - circa 200; Classification(s): engraved gems, Romano-Egyptian Stamps, intaglio cutting; Acquisition: given by Gayer-Anderson, R.G. [CG 590]
Description: uraeus with human head, letter inscribed and inscription in outer field which reads 'may he (or she) rejoice'. Presumably alluding to the divine daemon shown and using the subjunctive instead of the imperative, possibly because a deity is involved. | 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 Romano-Egyptian Stamps Unknown | Temporal: | name=first century B.C.- second century A.D.; start=-100; end=200 | 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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