Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . PTOLEMY AND BERENICE. JUPITER .EGIOCHUS V. The head of Jupiter iEgiochus. This cameo was found atEphesus, and is now in Venice. CELEBRATED ENGRAVED STONES. 277 VI. The Carpegna cameo in the Vatican. It represents thetriumph of Bacchus and Ceres in a car drawn by Centaurs. Thiscameo is remarkable as being the largest slab of sardonyx known,being 16 inches long by 12 deep. It is composed of five layers. The Museum of Venice possesses several other magnificentcamei, especially those which represent Orestes, the car of Nep-tune
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . PTOLEMY AND BERENICE. JUPITER .EGIOCHUS V. The head of Jupiter iEgiochus. This cameo was found atEphesus, and is now in Venice. CELEBRATED ENGRAVED STONES. 277 VI. The Carpegna cameo in the Vatican. It represents thetriumph of Bacchus and Ceres in a car drawn by Centaurs. Thiscameo is remarkable as being the largest slab of sardonyx known,being 16 inches long by 12 deep. It is composed of five layers. The Museum of Venice possesses several other magnificentcamei, especially those which represent Orestes, the car of Nep-tune, Rome and Augustus, Claudius and his family. In Paris,in the Bibliotheque, there are many remarkable camei. The apo-theosis of Germanicus, Agrippina and Germanicus under the figuresof Ceres and Triptolemus, Ulysses, portraits of Tiberius, Claudius,Marcus Aurelius, Faustina, Adrian, Antinous. In the BritishMuseum and in the Devonshire collection are some smaller, yetbeautiful specimens of Greek and Roman work. In the collectionat Naples is the cameo by Athenion, representing Jupiter hurl
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