Menu
Search
Main SiteGandhara ConnectionsVase Corpus (CVA Online)
Search

2.I.A.116, Jupiter as a bull, with a human head, who rapes Europa. More probably Bacchus with a bacchic woman, with a long serpent in her hand. The rods of Hercules.

  • Record Number: 40005560
  • Sub-database: CADES
  • Reference Number: 2.I.A.116
  • Material of Original Gem: ETRUSCAN SCARAB IN CORNELIAN
  • Description: JUPITER AS A BULL, WITH A HUMAN HEAD, WHO RAPES EUROPA. MORE PROBABLY BACCHUS WITH A BACCHIC WOMAN, WITH A LONG SERPENT IN HER HAND. THE RODS OF HERCULES.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Cades, T.: Impronte dell' Instituto
Image

Last updated 01/03/2026 17:19:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/B406D853-6D66-4B35-80A1-5686C93B27B5

My photograph albums
Site map Copyright Accessibility Privacy statement Contact us
Gandhara Connections
Gandhara Connections on Facebook
Gandhara Connections on Twitter
Back to top