NMS Archaeology Object 136330: X.FRA 747 - Intaglio


Description

Summary


Intaglio showing Ganymede feeding the Eagle, from the Roman site at Newstead


Accession Number


X.FRA 747


Other references

Not recordedII.15.353

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Intaglio, Ganymede feeding the Eagle. "Rom. Fron. Post, p. 333. PL LXXXVII, 36.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Newstead Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1905

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1915

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

Image

Image of Intaglio showing Ganymede feeding the Eagle, from the Roman site at Newstead © National Museums Scotland
Image of Intaglio showing Ganymede feeding the Eagle, from the Roman site at Newstead © National Museums Scotland

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