Intaglio

Description

Intaglio of carnelian showing Ceres with basket of fruit, ear of corn and ant, from the site of the Roman wall at Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, 140 - 165 AD

Museum reference

X.FR 489

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Intaglio

Date

140 - 165

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Carnelian

Collection place(s)

Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Depicted: Ceres

On display

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