Intaglio - Jupiter

Jewelry

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Trimontium Museum

Photo ©National Museums Scotland

Photo ©National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Intaglio - Jupiter

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.159

Description

Carnelian intaglio depicting bust of Jupiter, classicizing style of 1st century AD, part of the Cruickshank collection of finds from Newstead, Roxburghshire.

Style

Roman

Use

Intaglios were both fashionable and practical, and would be used as a signature of the wearer.

Collection

National Museums Scotland, Cruickshank Collection

Category

Intaglio
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.2000.17.8

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

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 and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

X.FRA 4936

Material

Carnelian

Color

Red

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Caroline and Jack Cruickshank

Notes

Finders. Part of the Cruickshank collection

Web Links and URLs

Artefact page in the National Museums Scotland website, "Engraved gemstones from the Roman frontierpost at Newstead, Roxburghshire" by Walter Elliot and Martin Henig. Proceedings from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol 112 (1982).

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Carnelian gemstone depicting a bust of Jupiter, king of the gods