Priam Supplicating Achilles for the Body of Hector

Medium

Onyx, gold

Dimensions

Overall (in setting): 1 15/16 x 2 1/4 in. (4.9 x 5.7 cm); visible cameo, overall: 1 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 7/16 in. (4.1 x 4.7 x 1.1 cm), 40.8 x 47.4 x 11.4 mm

Classification

Lapidary Work-Gems

Culture

Italian, Rome

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Milton Weil Collection, 1940

Accession Number

40.20.40

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