Intaglio ringstone with image of Eros or Cupid
- Description
- This 'intaglio' ringstone shows the Greek god Eros or Roman god Cupid sitting on a pile of rocks under a tree, playing a double flute. It was found in the Roman province of Dalmatia, and was once part of the collection of Sir Arthur Evans.
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/384
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- intaglio ringstone with image of Eros or Cupid
- Simple Name
- ringstone
- Full Name
- intaglio ringstone depicting Eros/ Cupid
- Dimensions
- W 13 mm; length 18 mm
- Cultural Group
- Roman
- Period Classification
- Roman Imperial - 31 BC-476 AD
- Family Group
- Material
- jasper
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Site Name
- Epidaurum, Dalmatia
- Collection Country
- Croatia
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
