NMS Archaeology Object 388748: X.FRA 4247 - Intaglio


Description

Summary


Intaglio of glass showing Cupid holding a butterfly and torch, from the Roman site at Newstead, 140 - 180 AD


Accession Number


X.FRA 4247


Other references

Not recordedX.1988.5

Original description

[MOS List, II.5.3, Organised Religion: revised object list by case, 5.3.98. Case X03 + uncased]. Intaglio of a Cupid, Newstead. Trevor Cowie registration, Feb. 1997: [One of] Twelve Roman intaglios from Newstead etc. From the Mason collection (DB 1988/5). - Cupid, Newstead, Henig 121.

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

Mason Collection
Cupid

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1988

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Intaglio of glass showing Cupid holding a butterfly and torch, from the Roman site at Newstead, 140 - 180 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Intaglio of glass showing Cupid holding a butterfly and torch, from the Roman site at Newstead, 140 - 180 AD © National Museums Scotland

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