Piese de gliptica romana aflate în colectia Muzeului Judetean Gorj "Alexandru Stefulescu", din Targu Jiu
Roman gems from the collection of Gorj County Museum "Alexandru Stefulescu", Targu Jiu

Summary/Abstract: This article brings into question the gems collection of the Gorj County Museum „Alexandru Ștefulescu”, from Târgu Jiu, consisting from eight Roman intaglios. This collection is relatively recent, the gems being purchased through archaeological research since 1997, as well as from donations from the metal detectors discoveries. Some of them were published in 2012, then again in 2018, but with fewer details. The gems coming from archeological research were discovered on the territory of the county, on the occasion of preventive or systematic research, in sites from the Roman era, or even from the medieval era like Bumbești Jiu, Căpreni. The gems were made of carnelian and were engraved with simple subjects like the man with ship rudder, deities like Minerva Pacifera, Faunus, Diana, mythological subjects like Omphale, animals like deer, fantastic beings as Medusa or the motif dextrarum iunctio.

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