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Produced using RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging) and digital enhancement to create a positive version of the intaglio’s carved surface.
Intaglio with standing female figure holding offering dish
1st–3rd century A.D.
Carnelian
0.8 x 1.2 cm (5/16 x 1/2 in.)
Gift of Ambasador and Mrs. William L. Eagleton, Jr., B.A. 1948
1986.100.35
Culture:
Roman, Syrian
Period:
Roman (1st–3rd century A.D.)
Classification:
Jewelry
Status:
Not on view
Provenance:
Ambasador and Mrs. William L. Eagleton, Jr., acquired in Syria; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., acquired from the above, 1986.
Bibliography:
Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire (Chestnut Hill, Mass.: McMullen Museum of Art, 2014), 267, no. 58, pl. 58.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
