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# 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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3569](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3569) · Pramāṇa
