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Farnese Cup is unveiled

200 BCE · Europe · Culture

Farnese Cup is unveiled
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The Farnese Cup or Tazza Farnese is a 2nd-century BC cameo hardstone carving bowl or cup made in Hellenistic Egypt of four-layered sardonyx agate. It is at the Naples National Archaeological Museum. It is about 20 cm (8 in) wide and similar in form to a Greek phiale or Roman patera, with no foot.

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