| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 1492 | |
| Title: | NICOLO GEM | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 1492 | |
| Description: | Truncated cone with bevelled base. Rather summary workmanship. | |
| Decoration: | In intaglio: Artemis as huntress, in tunic and chlamys, facing left (in cast) with bow in her right hand; left drawn back as If she had just released an arrow. On head, peaked hat with brim. Subject and pose common on gems of Roman period. Cf. e.g. Fossing, Catalogue of the Thorvaldsen Collection, no. 641. | |
| Mythology: | Artemis | |
| Material: | Nicolo. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | according to Corinth 12 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1772 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: bw 3931 Image: bw 3932 Image: bw 2000 035 04 Notebook Page: NB 127, spread 77 (pp. 143 - 144) |
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