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AN ITALIC CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. OMPHALE WITH INSCRIPTION.
AN ITALIC CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. OMPHALE WITH INSCRIPTION.
2nd - 1st century B.C.
10x14x3 mm
The female figure is standing left, naked and partially covered with Hercules lion skin. His mace behind her shoulders. In the field, an inscription in latin letters (to be identified). Wear marks.
Provenance: The Gustave Mustaki collection, exported from Egypt under licence c.1950 and gifted to Elsa MacLellan, his daughter, thence by descent.