ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Intaglio with Cupid
AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Techniqueintaglios (sculptural objects)
AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date2nd Century CE
Credit LineGift of Dr. Erica Frank and Dr. Randall F. White ('82C, '86M, '03G, '04PH)
Dimensions1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Object number2005.080.081
Label TextCupid stands facing left, balancing on his left leg. He holds an arrow (?) in his left hand. Framed by an inscription in Greek: SOSTRATOU ('Of Sostratos')ProvenanceEx coll. Erica Frank, United States.
InscribedSOSTRATOU
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
mid to late 2nd century CE
ca. 1st Century CE
1st-2nd Century CE
1st Century CE
2nd-late 1st Century BCE
2nd Century CE
2nd Century CE
2nd Century CE
late 1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st-2nd Century CE
1st Century CE
2nd-3rd Century CE
