~ Oval gem with bust of Io.
Culture: Greek or Roman
Period: Late Republican or Early Imperial Period
Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 50
Medium: Glass
Source: collections.mfa.org
~ Gem with a rider on horseback, perhaps at altar.
Culture: Near Eastern, Persian
Period: Sasanian
Date: A.D. 300 or later
Medium: Chalcedony
Source: collections.mfa.org
~ Family Picture.
Culture: Roman
Period: Late imperial
Date: mid A.D. 3rd century
Medium: Sardonyx, layered horizontally. In a modern, enamelled gold setting as a pendant with an eyelet and ring at the top, small eyelet at the bottom.
▪︎ From the source: The portrait busts show the image of a probably Christian family: the clothed busts of the spouses are placed opposite each other, on the left the bearded man, on the right the woman with a braided hairdo. The little daughter's bust between her parents. The Greek inscription running around the top gives the names of the sitters. It reads in translation: "Good luck, Pancharis, with your mistress Basilissa and with Paulina". Between and below the busts: "Life (is) the one God".
Source: khm.at
~ Gem.
Date: A.D. 2nd–4th century
Culture: Roman
Medium: Nicolo (variety of onyx having bluish layer over black).
• Inscription: Herakleitos, you will live in God.
Source: metmuseum.org
~ Scaraboid gem with a head of a bearded man.
Culture: Greek
Period: Classical
Date: 450–430 B.C.
Artist: Dexamenos
Medium : Jasper
Source: collections.mfa.org
~ Ophelimus.
Date: A.D. 1st–3rd century
Medium: Engraved, red jasper
Source: mfab.hu
~ Engraved Gem.
Culture: Roman
Place of origin: Roman Empire
Date: late A.D. 2nd century
Medium: Red jasper
Source: getty.edu
~ Gem sherd.
Culture: Roman
Place of origin: Mediterranean
Period: Imperial Period
Date: late 1st century B.C. - early A.D. 1 st century
Medium: Glass Paste
Source: penn.museum
~ Carved Intaglio Gemstone with Figures of Pegasus and a Dog.
Date: A.D. 1st–3rd century
Culture: Roman, Syrian
Medium: Carnelian
Source: artgallery.yale.edu
~ Gem with Venus and Anchises.
Culture: Roman
Place of origin: Italy
Date: ca. 25 B.C. (18th century mount)
Medium: Carnelian in modern gold and enamel mount
Source: getty.edu
~Carnelian ring stone. Period: Imperial Date: ca. A.D. 1st –3rd century Culture: Roman Medium: Carnelian
Source: metmuseum.org
~Ring. Place of origin: England or France Date: 1200-1300 (made); ca. 1375 - 1425 (altered) Medium: Gold; wolf’s tooth • From the source: Gems have long been considered by all peoples as somehow magical because of their brilliance of colour and hardness, but other materials, such as teeth, also had magical properties. This ring has the hoop engraved with two inscriptions, providing double the power; one a magic formula, the other a biblical phrase. The magical charm: ‘BURO + BERTO + BERNETO’ is to protect against toothache; the tooth set in the bezel may well have been expected to contribute to the prophylactic power of the words. The biblical phrase ‘CONSUMMATUM + EST’ are the last words Christ spoke on the Cross, and were used as a charm to calm storms. As this ring is large, it is probably it belonged to a man, and as storms would endanger the wearer only when at sea, it has been suggested that a travelling merchant who undertook many sea voyages might be a possible candidate for ownership.
Source: m.vam.ac.uk
~ Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix. Date: ca. 1220–40, with later grill Geography: Made in Limoges, France Culture: French Medium: Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass.
Source: metmuseum.org
~ Oval gem with bust of a woman. Culture: Roman Period: Imperial Period Date: late 1st century B.C.–mid A.D. 1st century Medium: Carnelian
Source: mfa.org
~ Cameo with Victory driving a chariot. Culture: Roman Period: Imperial Period Date: late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D. Medium: Sardonyx
Source: mfa.org
~ Oval gem with bust of an amazon or Diana. Culture: Roman Period: Late Republican or Early Imperial Period Date: 1 B.C.- A.D. 50 Medium: Carnelian