File:Cameo - Hermaphrodite - BM 1873,0208.5 - 2.jpg

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Onyx cameo engraved with Hermaphrodite reclining asleep on a rock. Production date: 1stCentury - 2nd Century

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English: Onyx cameo engraved with Hermaphrodite reclining asleep on a rock.

They have drapery over their legs, a bracelet on each arm, female breasts, and long hair in a coil on top of his head. They are attended by three Erotes, one playing a lyre, one playing Pan-pipes, and a third holding a fan in the shape of an ivy-leaf. In the background is a tree.

Cameo

Production date: 1stCentury - 2nd Century

Materials: onyx

Technique: engraved

Roman Imperial (early)

Dimensions:

Height: 2.70 centimetres

Length: 3.30 centimetres

British Museum

Museum number

1873,0208.5
Date
Source https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG58634
Author British Museum
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