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276, Two naked males seated on a draped block at the left, the beardless one holding a staff; Aphrodite frontal, dress loosely around her, holding a baby Eros who seems to run away; a youth with a kithara stands beside Pan with pipes seated on a draped block at the right. Ground line. Nonsense inscriptions

  • Record Number: 40004803
  • Sub-database: Marlborough
  • Reference Number: 276
  • Material of Original Gem: Agate
  • Description: Two naked males seated on a draped block at the left, the beardless one holding a staff; Aphrodite frontal, dress loosely around her, holding a baby Eros who seems to run away; a youth with a kithara stands beside Pan with pipes seated on a draped block at the right. Ground line. Nonsense inscriptions
  • Inscription Greek: ΜΙΛΤΙΥ ΥΙΛΚΙΥ ΥΗΥΚΙΧ ΤΥ ΚΥΙΛΚ ΛΙΥΙΙΚΥΙ.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 276
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 272
  • Size: 28x22
  • Comments: Set in a modern ring; 'two unrecognisable personages on the back'.
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