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Ancient Art
Intaglio with standing female figure holding offering dish
1st–3rd century A.D.
Carnelian
0.8 × 1.2 cm (5/16 × 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
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.
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