Kleine Praser and Chromium-bearing Chalcedonies. About a small group of engraved gems
As early as 1900, A. Furtwängler identified a small group of green gems under the heading “Gattung der kleinen konvexen Praser”; underneath various descriptive terms a rare gem is concealed, a variety of green translucent chromium-bearing chalcedony. The collection of the Berlin Antikensammlung cont...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Presses universitaires du Midi
2010-10-01
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| Series: | Pallas |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/10993 |
| Summary: | As early as 1900, A. Furtwängler identified a small group of green gems under the heading “Gattung der kleinen konvexen Praser”; underneath various descriptive terms a rare gem is concealed, a variety of green translucent chromium-bearing chalcedony. The collection of the Berlin Antikensammlung contains a small group of such gems, but that number, very high in comparison with other prases so far published, offers a reference rich enough to validate Furtwängler’s classifying scheme. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-0387 2272-7639 |