Great Cameo of France
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title:
Great Cameo of France
text:
The Great Cameo of France is a five-layered sardonyx Imperial Roman cameo of either about 23 AD, or 50–54 AD. It is 31 cm by 26.5 cm. It is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It is the largest Roman imperial cameo to have survived. It would have been an object of great value and prestige, almost certainly made for a member of the ruling Julio-Claudian dynasty. It is carved with twenty-four figures, divided into three levels. The identity of some figures, and the meaning and iconographic
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Ancient Roman cameo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cameo_of_France
date created:
2007-01-29T17:44:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:57:00Z
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