Cameo Gem

Unknown

late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.

Sardonyx

J. Paul Getty Museum

A carved cameo depicts two figures embracing against a column. The carving is set against a dark background. Cameo gem engraved with the image of a Muse leaning on a column and playing a lyre. "Acquisitions/1985." The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 14 (1986), p. 199, no. 83.