1839-74, VENUS, HEAD, VERY DEEPLY CUT [HEAD OF IO; THE HEAD OF ISIS]

Record Number: 40001316
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: 1839-74
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: VENUS, HEAD, VERY DEEPLY CUT [HEAD OF IO; THE HEAD OF ISIS]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Dioskourides
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.182
- Christie's, London: 1839-74
- Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 17 ?
- King, C.W.: Antique gems: their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history; and as illustrative of ancient art: with hints to gem collectors (1860): p. 217
- Cook, A.B.: Zeus a Study in Ancient Religion (1925): vol. 3, 641, fig. 438
Comments: PONIATOWSKI: EUTYCHES SON OF DIOSKOURIDES. THE GEM IS LISTED BY KING AND COOK AS: Head of lo

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