ECL-Bn.14:104-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:104-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Two gems
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
On left is an ovoid gem on which are the heads of a man and woman, facing one another. Beneath: EFFIGIES ANTONINI ELAGABALI/ EIUSQUE SECUNDAE UXORIS IULIAE/ AQUILIAE IN OPALA ARTE ELEGANTI/INCISAE.
On right is an ovoid gem, broken on left. On it in the centre a youth wearing a loin cloth steps to left, playing the double pipes. On right a half-draped male reads a scroll while a draped female leans over him. Beneath this gem: CAMAONAE CUM TIBICINE/ CANENTES IN CAMEO ONYCHIS/ VENARUM ET COLORUM/ MIRABILIS.
Inscribed in the hatched background: C.Piccinus F.
On right is an ovoid gem, broken on left. On it in the centre a youth wearing a loin cloth steps to left, playing the double pipes. On right a half-draped male reads a scroll while a draped female leans over him. Beneath this gem: CAMAONAE CUM TIBICINE/ CANENTES IN CAMEO ONYCHIS/ VENARUM ET COLORUM/ MIRABILIS.
Inscribed in the hatched background: C.Piccinus F.
Content (object)
gem
Dimensions
height (actual size): 198mm
width (actual size): 264mm
width (actual size): 264mm
Inscription
See Description:
Inscribed in the hatched background: C.Piccinus F.
Inscribed in the hatched background: C.Piccinus F.
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Piccinus, C. (Engraver)