Ancient Greek Ring with Artemis Carnelian Stone Intaglio circa 300-100 BC i48957

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Ancient Greek Ring with Artemis Carnelian Stone Intaglio circa 300-100 BC i48957:
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Ancient Greek Ring with Artemis Carnelian Stone Intaglio circa 300-100 B.C.
Weight: 2.92 grams

Artemis standing left, holding bow and pulling out arrow out of quiver on her back.

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Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Some scholars believe that the name, and indeed the goddess herself, was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera,Potnia Theron < Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals\". In the classical period ofGreek mythology, Artemis (Greek: (nominative)Ἄρτεμις, (genitive)Ἀρτέμιδος) was often described as the daughter of Zeus andLeto, and the twin sister ofApollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. The deer and thecypress were sacred to her. In later Hellenistic times, she even assumed the ancient role ofEileithyia in aiding childbirth.

Artemis later became identified withSelene, aTitaness who was a Greek moon goddess, sometimes depicted with a crescent moon above her head. She was also identified with the Roman goddessDiana, with theEtruscan goddessArtume, and with the Greek orCarian goddessHecate.

An engraved gem is a small gemstone, usuallysemi-precious, that has been carved, in the Western tradition normally with images or inscriptions only on one face. The engraving of gemstones was a major luxury art form in the ancient world, and an important one in some later periods.

Strictly speaking,engraving means carving in intaglio, with the design cut into the flat background of the stone, butrelief carvings, with the design projecting out of the background as in nearly allcameos, are also covered by the term (this article uses \"cameo\" in its strict sense, to denote a carving exploiting layers of differently coloured stone). The activity is also called gem carving, and the artists gem-cutters. References to antique gems, and intaglios in ajewellery context, will almost always mean carved gems. Vessels like theCup of the Ptolemies and heads or figures carved in the round are also known as \"hardstone carvings\" and similar terms.

Glyptics, or \"glyptic art\", covers the field of small carved stones, includingcylinder seals and inscriptions, especially in an archaeological context. Though they were keenly collected in antiquity, most carved gems originally functioned asseals, often mounted in a ring; intaglio designs register most clearly when viewed by the recipient of a letter as an impression in hardened wax. A finely carved seal was practical, as it made forgery more difficult - the distinctive personalsignature did not really exist in antiquity.

Carnelian (also spelled cornelian) is a brownish-redmineral which is commonly used as a semi-precious gemstone. Similar to carnelian is sard, which is generally harder and darker. (The difference is not rigidly defined, and the two names are often used interchangeably.) Both carnelian and sard are varieties of thesilica mineralchalcedony colored by impurities ofiron oxide. The color can vary greatly, ranging from pale orange to an intense almost-black coloration. Carnelian was used widely during Roman times to makeengraved gems for signet orseal rings for imprinting a seal with wax on correspondence or other important documents. Hot wax does not stick to carnelian. The word carnelian is derived from theLatin word caro, carnis meaning flesh, in reference to the flesh color sometimes exhibited. According toPliny the Elder, sard derives its name from the city of Sardis inLydia, but it more likely comes from thePersian word سرد sered, meaning yellowish-red.

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