intaglio
- Museum number
- 1814,0704.2378
- Description
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Unfinished oval black and white banded glass paste intaglio: bearded craftsman seated in front of a herm, tooling/decorating the face.
- Production date
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late 1stC BC-1stC
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1stC
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.20 centimetres
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Width: 0.85 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Parallels, including one from the house of the Pompeian jeweller Pinario Ceriale in Pompeii (Pannuti 1983, no. 176), dated to the Mid-1st century CE to 79 CE. See discussion in Butini (2019, 99-111, 103, fig. 47).
Butini, E. 2019. Enigma Dei Vasi Murrini, L'Erma Di Bretschneider.
Pannuti, U. 1983. Catalogo della collezione Glittica del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli vol. 1
- Location
- On display (G1/fc7/Townley cab2/dr2)
- Acquisition date
- 1814
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1814,0704.2378