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1839-2533, AESCHYLUS [A HEAD OF THE POET WITH A TORTOISE IN THE FIELD; HE WAS KILLED WHEN AN EAGLE DROPPED A TORTOISE ON HIS BOLD HEAD, MISTAKING IT FOR A STONE ]

  • Record Number: 40002652
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: 1839-2533
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: AESCHYLUS [A HEAD OF THE POET WITH A TORTOISE IN THE FIELD; HE WAS KILLED WHEN AN EAGLE DROPPED A TORTOISE ON HIS BOLD HEAD, MISTAKING IT FOR A STONE ]
  • Inscription Greek: ΑΓΙΣ
  • Signature: Agis
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VIII.6.24
    • Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 344
    • Christie's, London: 1839-2533
    • Unknown: 419.3
  • Comments: PHILLIPS: AMETHYST; SET IN AN AMETHYST NECKLACE WITH TWELVE CAMEOS AND INTAGLIOS. The gem copies the bust of Aeschylus from the Capitoline Museums, Rome
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