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🎨 Emerald Ringstone depicting Amymone (Not Extant)

  • A carved gemstone of "smaragdus" (emerald, or another green gem) described by Pliny. Said to have been purchased from Cyprus by the Theban musician Ismenias, so treated as predating second half of the 4th c BCE.
  • Source subtype
    Jewelry
    Period
    Late Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE) Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE) Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)
    Other place
    🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) β€‚πŸŒ Cyprus (island)
    UNESCO status
    Now lost
    Inventory number
    Not Extant
    Reported to have depictions of
    πŸ‘€ Amymone Danaid, mother of Nauplios
    Described by
    πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 37.6
    Commentary
    A carved gemstone of "smaragdus" (emerald, or another green gem) described by Pliny. Said to have been purchased from Cyprus by the Theban musician Ismenias, so treated as predating second half of the 4th c BCE.
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