ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Cameo with Male Offerant
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date1st Century CE
Credit LineClassical Purchase Fund
Dimensions5/8 x 7/8 in. (1.6 x 2.2 cm)
Object number2005.049.001
Label TextA nude bearded man stands facing right. He wears a chlamys (cloak) over his left shoulder and a sash around his waist. His hair is bound with a fillet, with short locks combed neatly forwards, leaving looser and thicker tufts at side and back. He holds a sword (?) in his raised right hand and pours a libation from a patera onto a flaming altar decorated with a gorgoneion. A wine-jug stands behind. Groundline.Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
ProvenanceWith Feuardant Freres (1867-1953), Paris, France. With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Ltd., London, England, purchased from Boisgirard & Associes, Paris, France, ca. 2005. Purchased by MCCM from Rupert Wace.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
1939-1760 BCE
early 1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
ca. 1334-1324 BCE
1st-2nd Century CE
mid to late 2nd century CE
1539-1077 BCE
1400-1353 BCE
1st-2nd Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
