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Historical Archive: Medusa, Gorgon


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Etruscan terracotta oinochoe: dancers and gorgons, Chiusi c.550-500 BCE, AIC on loan from Field Museum no. 1104, cat. no. 96600. This work has its own page.
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Gonzaga cameo, agate: 2 rulers, 3rd c. BCE or 1st c. BCE/CE, Hermitage ГP-19076, which has its own page
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Medusa, 1st c. BCE/CE, red jasper intaglio, Florence MA Migliarini 1745
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Medusa, 1st c. BCE/CE, modern impression, Florence MA Migliarini 1745
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armor with Gorgon: Victory carrying a trophy from Apollonia (Epirus), Greece, marble, late 1st c. BCE, Louvre Ma 1432. For reverse see Louvre.
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Medusa, Roman crystal intaglio, Met 81.6.119
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Medusa, Roman crystal intaglio, Met 81.6.119
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Medusa, silver, 1st to 4th c. eastern provincial Roman, MFAB
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armor with Gorgon: Gemma Augustea, banded agate cameo, 9/10-12 CE, KHM ANSA IXa 79. This work has its own page.
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Medusa killed by Perseus: mythological sarcophagus end, marble, Pécs-Aranyhegy (Hungary) mid 2nd c., HNM 62.84.1
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Lead sarcophagus, 2nd/3rd c., prob. E Mediterranean, DO BZ.1941.2. This work has its own page.
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lead sarcophagus from Tyre, 3rd c., Penn B10280/82/83/84, which has its own page
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Medusa, jet, late 3rd c., KHM XI 1309, which has its own page
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poss. Gorgon, prob. roaming womb with 7 serpents (uterine amulet), 'seal of St. Servatius', jasper intaglio, 10th-12th c. Byzantine, Maastricht, Sint Servaas treasury
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'seal of St. Servatius', jasper intaglio, 10th-12th c. Byzantine, Maastricht, Sint Servaas treasury
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Medusa, oak and iron, 1691, Lille Hospice Comtesse ML 35
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Gorgon brooch, gold/opal/nephrite/jasper/emerald/pearl, Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach, Berlin 1902, KGM LG 147
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Gorgon brooch, center