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81

Onyx ringstone, shape F4.

12x10x3.

Diskobolos in the pose of Myron's statue; a tree behind. Ground line.

1st cent. BC/AD.

Gem image

82

Cornelian ringstone in gilt metal ring, shape F.

12x12.

A dressed man raises a wreath to a dressed woman who holds out a phiale (?).

Possibly an Asklepios and Hygieia but attributes are not made clear.

2nd/3rd cent. AD.

Gem image

83

Cornelian ringstone, shape A3.

13x10.5x3.

A naked grotesque ma10 April, 2012er from which hang two pots. Short ground line.

1st cent. BC.

Gem image

84

Cornelian ringstone, shape F2.

11x10x2.5.

An old man in a short chiton, with boots and a cloak over his arms, leaning on a knobbed stick. Below, a skull. At either side ribboned cornucopiae. Short ground line.

Symbolic of plenty, age and death; a memento mori?

1st cent. BC/AD.

Gem image

85

Cornelian ringstone, shape F7.

15x13x2.5.

A naked man seated on a low stool, holding a hammer and chisel (?), contemplating a volute crater on its side, which he is chasing. A sphinx appears in relief on the crater side. Ground line.

1st cent. BC.

Gem image

86

Cornelian ringstone, shape F2.

12x10x3.

Cited by H. Guiraud in Intailles et camées de l'époque romaine en Gaule (1988) 149, no. 530.

A youth at feast. He reclines on a cushioned couch, which has turned legs, a dog at his feet. At the foot of the couch a lampstand; beside it a cock and a three-legged table with objects upon it. Above, instruments hang from a shelf (grill, knife). He looks round at two attendants standing beside a tall table (?) and offering him something; one holds a jug. Ground lines for these and the table.

1st/2nd cent. AD.

Gem image

87

Cornelian ringstone, shape F1.

13x11x1.5.

Race course with the pillar terma at the centre. Four bigae with charioteers race around. Ground lines.

1st/2nd cent. AD.

Gem image

88

Cornelian ringstone, shape F1.

12x10x3.

Three masks - a youth with spiky wreath; a comic mask wreathed with flowers; a female tragic mask.

1st cent. BC/AD.

Gem image

89

Red jasper ringstone, shape F1.

12x8x2.5.

Inscribed in Greek: MNEMONEUE MOU ANTI PSYCHON SOU.

3rd cent. AD.

Gem image

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