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Source Description
This intaglio depicts the Hora (personification of a season) of summer walking to the right. She holds a wreath in her left hand and wheat in her right.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
15057
label
Intaglio with the Hora (Personification) of Summer
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
15057
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Intaglio with the Hora (Personification) of Summer
description
This intaglio depicts the Hora (personification of a season) of summer walking to the right. She holds a wreath in her left hand and wheat in her right.
provenance
Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 139; said to be from Rome]; Jacob Hirsch, Munich, 1941 [executor of Evans' will]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
date
late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE (Early Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
intaglios (sculptural objects)
gems
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.1
height
2.9
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
with mount: 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in. (4.1 x 2.9 x 0.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman
reign
Augustus Caesar (27 BC-AD 14)
med
glass, gold mount
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
6aaac7b9c71c3816