ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Intaglio with Omphale
AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
AAT Object Techniqueintaglios (sculptural objects)
CultureItalic
PeriodHellenistic
Date1st Century BCE
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions5/16 x 3/16 x 1/16 in. (0.8 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm)
Object number2008.031.016
Label TextOmphale advances right wearing a lion-skin and carrying a club over her shoulder. Hatched border.ProvenanceEx Bauer Collection. Sold at Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Switzerland, 1980. Ex coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
2nd Century BCE
late 1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
2nd-late 1st Century BCE
2nd Century CE
1st Century BCE
early 2nd Century BCE
late 6th-mid 5th Century BCE
2nd Century CE
early 1st Century CE
1st-2nd Century CE
2nd Century CE
