Intaglio - Cupids

Jewelry

Trimontium Museum

Photo ©National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Intaglio - Cupids

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.160

Description

Carnelian intaglio showing two cupids wrestling, cap-with-rim style, 2nd century, part of the Cruickshank collection of finds from Newstead, Roxburghshire.

Style

Roman

Use

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

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.2000.17.4

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 4932

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 frontier post at Newstead, Roxburghshire" by Walter Elliot and Martin Henig. Proceedings of he Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol 112 (1983)

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Carnelian gemstone showing two Cupids (gods of love) wrestling.