Intaglio

Oval, white/honey-coloured agate intaglio showing a bust of Athena in profile, with long ringlets, wearing an ear-ring and a Macedonian helmet with a prominent ram's horn on the side. The ringlets and helmet (but with a bull's ear and horn) recall portraits of Athena on coins of the Indo-Greek king Menander I (c.

Kind

artefact

Date

300–499 CE