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Gemma Augustea is unveiled

10 CE · Europe · Culture

Gemma Augustea is unveiled
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The Gemma Augustea is an ancient Roman low-relief cameo engraved gem cut from a double-layered Arabian onyx stone. It is commonly agreed that the gem cutter who created it was either Dioscurides or one of his disciples, in the second or third decade of the 1st century AD.

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