Collection Item: Intaglio

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Intaglio
Object category
Roman
Description
Intaglio ring setting; Depicting a Standing female figure facing right (Aequitas/Fair-dealing) with drapery, holding a staff in her right hand and a set of scales in her left. Made from Cornelian. Intaglio shape (after Zwielein-Diel and Boardman) is an ovular, curved type 4 with a flat base
Production date start
70
Production date end
410
Period
Roman

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1972.22.4
Number of objects
1
ID
16806

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Cornelian (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole length 1.4 cm
Whole width 1.1 cm
Whole thickness 0.4 cm

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Place
York