Intaglio - Satyr with dog

Jewelry

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Intaglio - Satyr with dog

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 4421

Description

Carnelian intaglio showing a satyr as a huntsman with two spears, running with his dog. The intaglio is a dark reddish colour, on a black background.

Style

Roman

Use

Intaglios were used for a variety of purposes, including fashion, status symbol, and an identification seal.

Context

Numerous intaglios were found at Trimontium, both during James Curle's excavations (1905-1911) and later on from field walkers.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 4421

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

2nd century

Jewelry Details

Method of Manufacture

Carving

Gem

Carnelian

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Roman, Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

intaglios (sculptural objects)

Other Names

Name Type

Previous Accesssion Number

Other Name

X.1999.1

Material

Carnelian

Color

Red

Web Links and URLs

Artefact page on the National Museums Scotland website, 'Engraved gemstones from the Roman frontier post at Newstead, Roxburghshire’, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 112 (1983), 295-9 – see p 297 no 2.

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found, Fieldwalking