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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Omeka ID 3208
Empúries

gemstone engraving

MAC GIR-023151

Object type
stone engraving
Production date
1 / 100
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Culture
-
Discovery location
Empúries
Materials
stone
Township
Escala, l' (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Alt Empordà)
Technique
stone carving
Where is it?
MASPG
Dimensions
29 x 27,5 x 6 mm
Description
Roman intaglio from Empúries (L'Escala, Alt Empordà), made in jasper, 2.9 cm long and 2.7 cm wide. These types of ornaments are small gemstones carved with a low relief at the top that were embedded in jewellery such as rings or pendants. In the case of this intaglio we can see three female figures making an offering to an altar of a phallic Hermes. The first female figure on the left is depicted leaning towards the altar, the second figure behind the first carries in her hands a mirror or arch, and the last one plays a double flute. Intaglios could represent very diverse decorative motifs: divinities, symbols, faces, figures, symbols or animals.

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