Intaglio gem, Medea riding on a winged dragon

Details

• Title

  Intaglio gem, Medea riding on a winged dragon

• Associated place

  The Roman World (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd century AD (AD 101 - 200)

• Material and technique

  red jasper

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › ornament › gem

• Dimensions

  1.13 cm (length)
  1.3 cm (width)
  0.33 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1941.357

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