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Several cameos from the Archaeological Museum in Split

Iva Kaić ; Archaeology Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb

Abstract

The Archaeological Museum in Split holds the largest collection
of Roman-era intaglios and cameos in Croatia. In the
Museum’s hand-written gem inventory, known as “Catalogue
I”, Fr. Frane Bulić registered a total of 2,559 gems, of which 35
are cameos. Up to the present, 17 cameos have been preserved
and they have been partially published or their publication is
pending. The remaining four cameos and one plaster cast from
that inventory list are covered in this paper. The find-spots of
two examples from this group have been recorded (Split and
Konjsko), while this information has not been preserved for the
other three. The cameo bearing the head of a boy/Eros and the
inscription ΤΥΧΗ/ΚΑΛΗ dates to the Roman era, as does the
plaster cameo featuring an erotic motif of a satyr and maenad.
The cameo with a bust of a young African man and the cameo
featuring a laureate man’s head date to the Early Modern period.

Keywords

gems; cameos; glyptic collection; Archaeological Museum in Split; Roman era; Early Modern era

Hrčak ID:

271197

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/271197

Publication date:

22.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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