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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Gem Semi-Divine/Divine Figure, Dionysos
Period: Middle Roman - Late Roman
Material: Green Jasper
Site: Jerusalem, Old City, Western and Southern Walls
Lenght: 15 mm
Wide: 12 mm
Description: The gem is decorated with a combination of four Dionysian heads.
Bibliography:
Peleg-Barkat O. 2011. The Roman Intaglios From The Temple Mount Excavations, in: E. Mazar: The Temple Mount Excavations Volium IV. QEDEM 52: 255-304, Fig. 15.3: 11.

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Gem Semi-Divine/Divine Figure  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael




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