Title

Felix gem, early 1st Century. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Felix gem, early 1st Century. Sardonyx engraved with a scene from the Trojan Wars: Diomedes, carrying the Palladium and a sword, leaps over an altar; Odysseus who gestures towards the slain figure at his feet; in the centre: the figure of Poseidon surmouns a column. Dimensions: length: 3.5 cmwidth: 2.65 cmweight: 3.22 g//Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Date

1th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Reference

HRM19E78_406

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

122,1Mb (3,5Mb) / 24,0in x 19,8in / 7193 x 5933 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy close up Palladion Theft of the Palladion Calpurnius Severus Calpurnius 2nd earl of Arundel people male man men religious arts country Rome religion statue law guy crime weapon weapons color colour column pillar pillars jewellery jewelry deity God Roman Neptune war location century sword jewel gem image literature studio shot swords concept theft mythology close-up goddess warfare gemstone engraving poseidon onyx weaponry black background Greek mythology 1st century carnelian intaglio male likeness Odysseus Trojan Wars Ulysses Earl of Arundel sardonyx object Unknown stone Thomas Howard Severus Thomas Howard Thomas Howard Arundel human likeness Diomedes Ashmolean Museum Felix gem Calpurnius Severus Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel stone object