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Kit Weiss
Thorvaldsens Museum
  • Ubekendt, THM I 97

Zeus with a thunderbolt, a scepter and an eagle

  • No earlier than 30 BC - No later than 200
    • Jewelry > Ring > Finger Ring > Gold Ring
    • Signet Ring > Ringstone
  • Location

    • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > Room 37
  • I97
  • I97
  • Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Gems (I)

Motif / Theme

  • Animal > Bird > Eagle
  • Object > Tool > Staff > Scepter
  • Object > Weapon > Thunderbolt
  • Human > God > Zeus / Jupiter

      • Metal > Gold
      • Gemstone > Onyx > Nicolo

Dimension

  • Height 1.2 cm
  • Width 1.2 cm
  • Stonemasonry / Stonecutting
  • Roman > Imperial Period (27 BC - 476)
    • Thorvaldsens Museum
    • Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • March 24, 1844
  • https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/I97

Sources / Literature

    • Poul Fossing: The Thorvaldsen Museum Catalogue of the Antique Engraved Gems and Cameos, 1929, 535

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