Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 10998 | |
Title: | ENGRAVED GEM | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 10998 | |
Description: | Flat oval with bevelled edge. Figural representation in intaglio on the upper side: on the right, figure raising hands in gesture of protection or supplication (?). Facing her, a drapped male figure holding staff with snake (?) winding around it. In the center, figure depicted at a smaller scale: a child (?). Figures represented may be Asklepios, Hygeia, and patient under their protection (?). Cf. Corinth XII. No. 1767, pl. 101. | |
Material: | Carnelian gem | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Slightly broken at left side. | |
Chronology: | Late 11th-early 12th century AD | |
Area: | Oakley south | |
Context: | NB257 B1 P70 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Oakley south Image: bw 1963 017 03 |