Intaglio gem, Adoration of the Magi

Details

• Title

  Intaglio gem, Adoration of the Magi

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Campania › Metropolitan City of Naples › Naples (Naples) (place of purchase)

• Date

  200 - 300 AD

• Material and technique

  bloodstone

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › bloodstone

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › ornament › intaglio

• Dimensions

  2 cm (length)
  1.5 cm (width)
  8.28 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1938.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 30 | Mediterranean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1938.1109

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