Oval gem with head of Tigranes II of Armenia
early to mid 1st century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueJasper
DimensionsLength: 14 mm (9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7595
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Smyrna 1900.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901
2nd century A.D.
550–500 B.C.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
2nd century A.D.
6th–early 5th century B.C.
Late 5th–early 4th century B.C.
about A.D. 136
1st century B.C. (?)
450–400 B.C.
mid 1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.
1st century A.D.