Cesnola, Luigi Palma di [Hrsg.]: A descriptive atlas of the Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Band 3) (New York, 1903)

Plate XXVIII.

Engraved Gems: nearly all from Curium. Shown enlarged about y% of a diameter.
i. Ring. Gold and carnelian. Diameter % inch. Stone y2xy8 inch. From Idalium.
Similar to the two following. Erect female figure, winged; with Greek helmet; long flow-
ing garment, trailing behind.

2. Ring. Gold and carbuncle. Diameter i inch. Stone l/2x13/32 inch. From Golgos.
Plain, round tapering band; enlarged near chaton; oval, flat setting. Stone oval; engraved

with erect female figure; one hand raised in adoration, other holds a wand. See Cesnola, Cyprus,
pages 390: 5 and 7; 391: 27.

3. Ring. Gold and garnet. Diameter 2%2 inch. Stone %6xYi6 inch.

Band plain and tapering; chaton oval, with flat setting. Stone covex, with erect female
figure, winged; left hand at face. Flowing garment to feet with chiton above. See Cesnola,
Cyprus, page 391: 27, and 390: 5 and 7.

4. Ring. Gold plate and carnelian. Diameter 1 inch. Stone y^xVie inch.

Ring similar to No. 6, but not as massive. Engraved with erect female figure, with
an indistinct object (rod?) in left hand; right hand extended. See Cesnola, Cyprus, page

39G 17-

5. Ring, Seal. Gold and sard. Diameter 13/ig inch. Stone y2 inch in diameter.

The setting is modern; hammered out of a Napoleon by a native workman. Round stone
is engraved with a face wearing a heavy bushy beard. Cypriote characters about same; for trans-
lation see Supplement to Cypriote Inscriptions below, No. 6. See also Cesnola, Cyprus, pages
386, 389, and Plate XLI, a.

6. Ring, Seal. Gold plating; carnelian. Diameter 1 inch. Stone y%xl/z inch.

Gold band, plain inside and curved outside. Filled with a white friable material. Thick-
ened to form setting. Seal shows female profile with crest above and coil of hair behind head.