| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10998 | |
| Title: | ENGRAVED GEM | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10998 | |
| Description: | Flat oval with bevelled edge. Figural representation in intaglio on the upper side: on the right, figure raising hands in gesture of protection or supplication (?). Facing her, a drapped male figure holding staff with snake (?) winding around it. In the center, figure depicted at a smaller scale: a child (?). Figures represented may be Asklepios, Hygeia, and patient under their protection (?). Cf. Corinth XII. No. 1767, pl. 101. | |
| Material: | Carnelian gem | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Slightly broken at left side. | |
| Chronology: | Late 11th-early 12th century AD | |
| Area: | Oakley south | |
| Context: | NB257 B1 P70 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Oakley south Image: bw 1963 017 03 |
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