Roman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon

The article presents the collection of Roman engraved gems in the National Museum of Archaeology, in Lisbon. Although a small cabinet, it contains a wide variety of themes and motifs. Among the intaglios, the nicolos deserve to be especially highlighted for their quantity when compared with the oth...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Graça Cravinho
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2018
Materias:	Ammaia Cleopatra intaglio cameo nicolo etched carnelian Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/afbe5685f1f24805b632f9eb5ee15e42
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:afbe5685f1f24805b632f9eb5ee15e42
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:afbe5685f1f24805b632f9eb5ee15e422021-11-27T13:19:06ZRoman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon10.12797/SAAC.21.2017.21.091899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/afbe5685f1f24805b632f9eb5ee15e422018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/41https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X The article presents the collection of Roman engraved gems in the National Museum of Archaeology, in Lisbon. Although a small cabinet, it contains a wide variety of themes and motifs. Among the intaglios, the nicolos deserve to be especially highlighted for their quantity when compared with the others, thus strenghtening the evidence for the existence of a regional quartz industry in the city of Ammaia, which particularly specialized in the manufacture of nicolo gemstones. The themes match those existing throughout the Empire, but some items deserve special attention: Eros removing a thorn from a lion’s paw (no. 3); three Satyrs performing a sacrifice (no. 1); the wounded warrior (no. 31); the ‘prodigy scene’ (no. 36); Faustulus, the Capitoline Wolf and the twins (no. 37); a possible portrait of Cleopatra (no. 42); the Jewish symbols (no. 70) and the magical amulet (no. 72). Graça CravinhoKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleAmmaiaCleopatraintagliocameonicoloetched carnelianAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 21, Iss 21 (2018)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN FR
topic	Ammaia Cleopatra intaglio cameo nicolo etched carnelian Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632
spellingShingle	Ammaia Cleopatra intaglio cameo nicolo etched carnelian Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632 Graça Cravinho Roman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon
description	The article presents the collection of Roman engraved gems in the National Museum of Archaeology, in Lisbon. Although a small cabinet, it contains a wide variety of themes and motifs. Among the intaglios, the nicolos deserve to be especially highlighted for their quantity when compared with the others, thus strenghtening the evidence for the existence of a regional quartz industry in the city of Ammaia, which particularly specialized in the manufacture of nicolo gemstones. The themes match those existing throughout the Empire, but some items deserve special attention: Eros removing a thorn from a lion’s paw (no. 3); three Satyrs performing a sacrifice (no. 1); the wounded warrior (no. 31); the ‘prodigy scene’ (no. 36); Faustulus, the Capitoline Wolf and the twins (no. 37); a possible portrait of Cleopatra (no. 42); the Jewish symbols (no. 70) and the magical amulet (no. 72).
format	article
author	Graça Cravinho
author_facet	Graça Cravinho
author_sort	Graça Cravinho
title	Roman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon
title_short	Roman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon
title_full	Roman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon
title_fullStr	Roman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon
title_full_unstemmed	Roman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon
title_sort	roman engraved gems in the national archaeological museum in lisbon
publisher	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/afbe5685f1f24805b632f9eb5ee15e42
work_keys_str_mv	AT gracacravinho romanengravedgemsinthenationalarchaeologicalmuseuminlisbon
_version_	1718408524193595392

Roman Engraved Gems in the National Archaeological Museum in Lisbon

Ejemplares similares