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chris22121

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Intaglio #5
« on: January 15, 2015, 06:31:09 pm »
I have come to inherit my grandfathers items when he passed. I am very new to this, but would love some help. If you have any info on what you think this might be can you please help? Thanks! This intaglio is a little over 1 cm, but I have no clue about this one.

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Re: Intaglio #5
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2015, 02:12:39 am »
The fancy tri-partite head-dress and very narrow lower portion is typical of some Eastern female deities. 

Artemis of Ephesus

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Re: Intaglio #5
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2015, 06:50:52 am »
That's who I was thinking too.

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Re: Intaglio #5
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2015, 12:51:11 pm »
Looks like a statue of Ephesian Artemis to me.
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Re: Intaglio #5
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2015, 01:47:55 pm »
Thanks a lot for the help!

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Re: Intaglio #5
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2015, 07:42:17 pm »
Yes, it is a representation of Artemis of Ephesus, quite common on Roman intaglios: facing goddess with raised hands above candelabrum or incense-burners, animals (does) at her feet, and often symbols of Sun and Moon above.
See other intaglios on same subject from my corpus below.

Artemis of Ephesus is represented on coins, for example Cistophori from Ephesus for Claudius, with goddess alone (see picture below, http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=123734), or inside temple of Artemis.

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Re: Intaglio #5
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2015, 10:57:28 pm »
Right on man! Thanks a lot for that awesome info!

 

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