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Intaglio with a Greek Inscription
1st-4th century CE (Roman Imperial)
pale yellow carnelian
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
This circular intaglio is carved on the obverse with an inscription across three lines in Greek that reads ΠΑΡΗ / ΓΟΡΙΟ / ΥΥΓΙΑ. The edge of the intaglio is beveled.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Unidentified Sale, no. 913; Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Measurements
H: 9/16 x D: 3/16 in. (1.45 x 0.45 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.867