Engraved gems, signets, talismans and ornamental intaglios, ancient and modern (1912)
Osborne, Duffield, 1858-1917 · New York : Henry Holt · leaf 46
26 MIXOAN GEMS the perforated ends surrounded by a triangular groove. On these are hieroglyphics in their most conventionalized forms. Quadrangular prisms now occur (PI. I, 1), sometimes with the four sides equilateral, and, also, other shapes, including the … charm seals (Fig. 3), with Fig. 3. variously fashioned tops or handles, elaborately worked and with the design cut on the base. There is one, an agate, some¬ what in the form of a scaraboid, the relief side of which is worked with a convoluted design ( Fig. 4 ) , and a unique, heart- shaped…
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